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Booktalk
#1
What a book! Just imagine--you
live with your dad who is a filthy rich businessman, but who treats you
like you are the world's worst kid, and keeps you as poor as a church mouse.
To compensate, you work for your dad's company, and get into lifting stuff
from the business, which you then sell on ebay and the black market to
get that necessity of every teen's life, money. Suddenly, your dad,
who you constantly have a terrible time with, (but who is still your dad)
is arrested for murder. The key to solving the crime lies with one
of the laptop computers you lifted. Now, what do you do? Turn
over the computer, and your "goose is cooked;" leave your poor dad to be
convicted of something he didn't do, and end up serving a long prison sentence;
or try to find out who did do the murder, and become the shining, brilliant
son your father has always wanted (and, in your mind, you've known that
you always could be)!
This is easy reading
with short chapters, and written in a very appealing, off-hand style (remember
Ferris Bueller?). There's plenty of action, suspense and escapades!
There's coming to grips with who you are; father-son relationships; even
a love interest. Weave into that the threat of unleashing smallpox,
high-tech hacking, and international intrigue, and you have a great, fast-paced
story. (Barb Hartings, Lebanon High School Library/Media Center)
Booktalk #2
Sixteen-year-old Evan Macalister
narrates this exciting page-turner. His account spins between laugh out
loud funny, and terrifying. Evan’s dad is a multimillionaire but he doesn’t
want Evan to be a spoiled rich kid. He’s pretty hard on Evan and doesn’t
give him any of the luxury items Evan’s rich friends all seem to have.
Evan takes matters into his own hands. He wants nice things and finds a
quick, albeit illegal, way to get what he wants. He “liberates” electronics
from his father’s business, and sells them online for quick cash. All goes
smoothly with Evan’s scheme until there’s a murder at the business and
his dad is accused of the crime. The murder victim’s laptop, which could
provide clues, is missing. Rather than let on to the police about his illegal
theft of office equipment, Evan enlists his friends to help him prove his
father’s innocence. The story becomes one of international intrigue with
the threat of bio-terrorism and Evan and his friends are right in the middle
of it. (Jean B. Bellavance for Pennsylvania
Young Reader's Choice Awards, 2006-2007) |
