Missing the Piano vs Why I Quit Zombie School: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Missing the Piano Missing the Piano Adam Rapp · 1994 ★★★★☆ 3.6 208 pages · ≈ 3 h 51 m · Light
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When Mike's mother and sister go on tour with "Les Miserables," Mike's father and his new wife enroll Mike in St. Matthew's Military Academy where, facing brutality and ignorance, he learns to survive.

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Cover of Why I Quit Zombie School Why I Quit Zombie School Robert Lawrence Stine · 2011 ★★★★☆ 4.1 139 pages · ≈ 2 h 34 m · Light
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When Matt's parents send him to a strange boarding school, where the students move at a dead-slow pace, he begins to suspect he has been enrolled in a school for zombies.

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The verdict

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Scores by source

Missing the PianoWhy I Quit Zombie School
Goodreads 3.4 (57) 4.0 (922)
Hardcover — 2.2 (2)
Google Books — 4.5 (7)
Apple Books — 4.5 (46)
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Reception

Missing the PianoWhy I Quit Zombie School
Ratings 57 922
Editions 7 5
Want to read — 1249
Reading it now — 116
Written reviews — 65
Pages 208 139
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Questions readers ask

Which is rated higher: Missing the Piano or Why I Quit Zombie School?

Why I Quit Zombie School has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Why I Quit Zombie School 4.1/5, Missing the Piano 3.6/5).

Which is shorter to read: Missing the Piano or Why I Quit Zombie School?

Why I Quit Zombie School is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Why I Quit Zombie School (139 pages, ≈ 2 h 34 m); Missing the Piano (208 pages, ≈ 3 h 51 m).

Which is harder to read: Missing the Piano or Why I Quit Zombie School?

Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Missing the Piano: Light; Why I Quit Zombie School: Light.

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