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Stahler, David, Jr.
5 Reviews
(3)
YA
High school slackers Frenchy and Stewart surprise everyone by auditioning for the school musical, Man of La Mancha, and landing lead roles. Frenchy, who finds himself caring about something for a change, begins to worry about Stewart's inability to shake his role as Don Quixote while offstage. The characters are well developed, and the story skillfully plays with perceptions of fantasy and reality.
Reviewer: Randy Ribay
(4)
YA
Strengthening his psychic powers, Jacob (Truesight, The Seer) searches for former "Blinders" like himself, in hiding on a planet called Teiresias. His perilous journey, including a spaceship crash, doesn't win him a peaceful home: the Foundation is still trying to destroy them all. Despite some clichéd dialogue and trite sentiments, this book provides a satisfying ending to the well-developed series.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam
(4)
YA
Newly sighted Jacob pursues Delaney, a fellow exile from Truesight's repressive society, to the city, where she's become an intergalactic music star. Using his emergent psychic powers and help from retired mercenary Xander, Jacob rescues Delaney from the corporation that controls her--but neither will be free until they confront their pasts. Some clichéd dialogue and trite characterization hobble this ambitious sequel.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam
(3)
YA
Fleeing memories of his father's death, Aidan and his mother relocate from a Boston suburb to his grandmother's Vermont farm. Farm life distracts Aidan, until he discovers that his grandmother hosts troubled spirits straddling life and death. Aidan's discovery launches him on a wild chase for his father's spirit. This story avoids predictability and Aidan's sixteen-year-old moodiness is convincingly realistic.
Reviewer: Lauren Maggio
(3)
YA
In a colony on a distant planet, Jacob believes in the genetic engineering that blinds the colony members and the social structure that unifies them. But when his eyes are opened--both to corruption and to a miraculous ability to see--he questions what he's been taught. In solid, workmanlike prose, Stadler explores society and the human heart.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam
5 reviews
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