After studying the ecology and nature of the American south for a few weeks, a group of young Canadian students find themselves leaving the Louisiana marshlands only to have their bus stopped on the way to the airport as - in the time they were away - a deadly virus has broken out all over the world in epidemic proportions, highly contagious and turning its victims into hideous, mindless creatures of superhuman strength when angered. With the military already beginning to build a wall around the infected area they are in, the young students are checked and cleared to depart ... until it becomes obvious that one of their own has become infected, and therefore must stay behind. When the infected youth's sister chooses to stay with him, a chain reaction of emotions among the group ends with all of them remaining with them (some more willingly than others), waiting to see how a new treatment works on their friend in the hopes they can then find a way out with him when he's cured. Green Class 1: Pandemic is just the beginning of what happens when this group of friends are shut off from the rest of the world, surrounded by either the infected or the monsters the infected have become, all of whom are their enemies even as they wait to see if one of their own turns on them as well. Beautifully drawn and colored, the characters in this graphic novel come off as individuals with backstories you do care about, trapped in this zombie world surrounded by a wall seemingly without end as they try to find a way out. And while the story itself doesn't bring anything really new to the table, the people who populate it - these young students who risk themselves to try and save a potentially-doomed friend - made me freaking irritated as heck when book one ended on a cliffhanger and I couldn't find out what happened to them next. And that is a sign of a decent ride. 4/5 stars
NOTE: I received a free ARC of this title from NetGalley and the publisher, in exchange for an honest review.
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