What’s up when pretty and popular Alecia claims she was attacked and beaten by a stranger and then suddenly disappears? Brian, the freshman science nerd, and Roni, a reporter for the school paper, team their skills to find the answer….and get in soooooo much trouble. They are pretty sure they will be grounded for life.
Pete Hautman who wrote Snatched provides lots of suspects for the kidnapping and introduces two totally opposite protagonists to keep things from getting too serious. The book is labeled “The Bloodwater Mysteries,” so it could be the start of a delightful series.
Tell me about some of your favorite characters. Do you like them because they are just like you? Because they are someone you think that you would like to be? Because they are exaggerated or so real?
I am not a horror fiction fan. I don’t like to be scared out of my wits. I do find science fiction fascinating as long as it is futuristic enought to still strike me as fantastic.
Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer is science fiction that is too close for comfort. Her premise that a giant meteor collides with Earth’s moon is entirely plausible and the consequences are chillingly realistic. What follows is the disintegration of all that we now take for granted.
This book covers all the classic themes–man versus nature, man versus man, man versus self. What rules? …intelligence, planning, luck, violence, love?
This is a fascinating book that will have you asking…could this really happen?
Have you ever read a book that gave you chills? What was it? why did you find it scary or disturbing? Was it fantastic or realistic?
