City of the Dead

"Derek Stone just turned fourteen. He's lived in New Orleans with his dad and older brother, Ronny, his whole life. He's a little overweight and can't hear well out of his left ear. And he's on the run from the dead."@en
"Derek Stone, an overweight teenager who can't hear well out of his left ear, is on the run from the dead and he doesn't know why."
"Derek Stone thought that his father and brother were killed in a train accident, but then his brother returns, strangely changed, and Derek begins to suspect that dead people are coming back to prey on the living."
"Derek Stone just turned fourteen. He's lived in the heart of New Orleans with his dad and older brother, Ronny, his whole life. He's a little overweight. He can't hear well out of his left ear. Oh, and he's on the run from the dead. Derek never imagined that the dead could be anything but dead. But there's no denying it. They're back - and they're after him. He just doesn't know why. And he doesn't have long to figure it out."@en
"Derek Stone is fourteen, overweight, and can't hear well out of his left ear and lives in New Orleans with his brother and father, but after a train accident Derek is on the run from the dead and he doesn't know why."