Night of the Living Gerbil / Elizabeth Levy / 85 pages / November Challenge Zombies

"How does a book about zombies begin?"  "With a dead-ication."  Robert has 2 gerbils, Exterminator and Terminator.  He also has bad luck with pets.  He has lost a goldfish and a turtle and now Exterminator is sick.  Robert's older brother, Sam, jokes about Extermie's, and past pets', passing.  To assuage his brother's grief, he asks Mr. Winston, who owns a shop called "Weird Science", to stuff Extermie.  After their teenage babysitter, Willie, shares information about Zombies and Night of the Living Dead, Sam and Robert suspect that both Exterminator and Mr. Winston are zombies.