Maximum Ride: The Final Warning

Maximum Ride: The Final Warning

By: James Patterson

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company

In the fourth book in the Maximum Ride series, The Final Warning, Max and the flock are sent by her mom and father to Antarctica to help with the "Saving the world" business. When their there, Total, their talking dog, falls for a malamute, Akila. (Who by the way, does NOT talk.) While there, one of the researchers gets attacked by a leopard seal, and it is discovered that she works for the bad guys. Meanwhile, Max and Fang's relationship becomes more and more confusing for Max, as he's spending most of his time with a young scientist.  Angel goes off to find a penguin, and falls into a crevice. Max and Fang go out to rescue her, and the three of them get kidnapped. (Surprise there! Not.) Will they be able to escape while a category 4 hurricane batters there imprisonment?

I liked this book, although it wasn't my favorite. I liked one of the later books best. I'm getting a bit tired of the fact that the plot keeps repeating, but Patterson always finds a way to make it different then the others.

Rating: (out of five) ***

Suggested age: 12+

Warning: Violence and Kissing and Swearing (Use caution!)

-D

The Time Travelers (Book One in the Gideon Trilogy)

 The Time Travelers(America) or Gideon the Cutpurse (England)
                                Author: Linda Buckley-Archer
                                Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks


   The first book in the Gideon Trilogy, The Time Travelers is a pretty good book.

 
    It is about two twelve-year-olds, Peter Schock and Kate Dyer. THey were helping Kate's dad with his friend's science experiment when they got sent back in time to 1763 England. Along the way they meet: Gideon Seymour, Cutpurse and Gentleman; The Tar Man, THe Honerable Mrs. Byng, Lord Luxon, and King George. (among many others.)

      The book was good, but I found a few errors that bothered me, probably because I was studying grammar this year. The book is very long, and chapters can be over 30 pages. I found I could only read two to three chapters every night, which bugged me since I like to finish books in a few days or a week.

                                                             Rating: (out of five)3 stars
                                                            Suggested age: 10 and up
                                                            Warning: Some swears that were not considered bad in 1763
              -D