Maxine "Max" Compton is in detention when the outbreak starts; so are several other students when Max's best friend Brie storms in – chomping on the thigh bone of their favorite Home Ec teacher, Ms. Watkins! Brie is a zombie, and quickly starts biting everyone in the room—even her best friend, Max! When the class realizes what happens, it's too late; they are all zombies—and they're no longer alone. Now a thin gray man in a white lab coat is testing them; making them read, and once they can no longer read, the zombies are led from the room, never to be seen again. One by one the zombies stop reading, all but a few of them, Max included. Oh, and that cute thug she's been crushing on for years, Zander Cash! That's when Max learns that there are good zombies, and bad zombies. And if she's to survive, she has to pick a side. Who knew Detention could be this hard… or last forever?