This Is Not a Test (novel)
First edition | |
| Author | Courtney Summers |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Design by Lisa Marie Pompilio, Photograph by Vladimir Piskunov/Getty Images |
| Language | English |
| Series | This Is Not a Test |
| Genre | Survival Horror |
| Publisher | St. Martin's Press |
Publication date | June 19, 2012 |
| Publication place | Canada |
| Media type | Print (paperback), ebook |
| Pages | 336 pp (first edition) |
| ISBN | 9780312656744 |
| Followed by | Please Remain Calm (This Is Not a Test #2) |
This Is Not a Test is a novel written by Canadian author Courtney Summers. It was first published on June 19, 2012 by St. Martin's Press. Summers reacquired the publishing rights in 2024 and a revised and expanded definitive edition of the novel, including the sequel novella, Please Remain Calm was republished January 13th, 2026 by Bindery Books.
The novel takes place in a fictional Canadian town called Cortege, during the beginning of a zombie apocalypse. This Is Not a Test follows Sloane Price, a suicidal and abused teen girl as she faces the mental torments of her abusive father and being abandoned by her elder sister all the while reluctantly surviving alongside five other damaged teenagers. In 2013, it made the Inky Awards Shortlist and was a nominee for Silver Inky. In 2014, it was an Ontario Library Association Forest of Reading White Pine Honour Book.