Joe and his friend Maria find that being third-grade zombies is very hard. If it's not their teacher, Ms. Bogus, on their case, it's the principal, or for Joe, it's his mom and her voodoo doll. Then one day, Joe and Maria get to audition for the show THE ZOMBIE KIDZ. You could say they finally get to be themselves.

Joe's akimbo features aren't a big hit among his classmates. The story follows Joe in his day-to-day life of being a third-grade zombie, pressures he feels from being different, and ultimately, how he learns to accept, and even embrace, his uniqueness.