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Wallenfels, Stephen
3 Reviews
(3)
YA
Teen twin brothers Cory and Ty Bic, on the lam from their foster family, discover a wrecked car in the wilderness. In the car's trunk is an injured, blindfolded, and bound teenage girl. What ensues is a suspenseful survival story, told in alternating voices and time periods, revealing a tangled web of secrets from the past that continues to threaten the brothers' present and future.
Reviewer: Grace Enriquez
(4)
YA
When three teenage boy classmates and one new girl go camping together in Yosemite National Park, the threats--both external (fire and storms) and internal (more than one hiker has an ax to grind...perhaps literally)--quickly pile up. Although the narrative voices are not always sufficiently distinct, the alternating viewpoints and shifting chronologies result in a slow-burning psychological thriller with consistently mounting tension.
Reviewer: Norah Piehl
(2)
YA
Black pearlescent orbs hover over Earth's surface, obliterating every human who ventures outside. This creates a crisis for sixteen-year-old Josh, trapped with his father in their house in Washington State, and for twelve-year-old Megs, trapped by herself in a parking garage in Los Angeles. Each of these alternating stories, which only obliquely intersect, has a compelling arc, ending with hope and renewal.
Reviewer: Jonathan Hunt
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July, 2010
3 reviews
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