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HMH Books for Young Readers (2010), Edition: First, 432 pages
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Six teens face a bioterrorist attack on American soil as four are infected with a mysterious disease affecting their small New Jersey neighborhood and two others, both brilliant computer hackers, assist the United States Intelligence Coalition in tracking the perpetrators.
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2008
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LibraryThing member chibimajo
A Terrorist group has planned to poison the water of a small town in NJ. Their schemes are uncovered with the help of a Pakistani teen hacker. The novel is told in alternating viewpoints of this teen, 3 teens from the town where the water is poisoned, and one other teen appears later in the novel,
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who has less to do with events. Very interesting read, kept me turning the pages, lots of character development and a very, very human story. Show Less
LibraryThing member juliewerks
I found this book thrilling, it was a total page-turner. Each chapter is told from a different perspective and as the story goes on you come to see how these stories are connected. The story is tight, the author doesn't go into great detail on each character's backgrounds, which helps the story
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advance so swiftly. Teens and several adults are afflicted with flu-like symptoms in NJ, meanwhile a teen in Pakistan is creating computer hacking programs and helping a CIA-like US organization track communication from would-be terrorists. Well-written and engaging. Show Less
LibraryThing member LadySavant2006
I loved this book. It was such a wonderful example on how differently cultures treat their children as well as the American prudish nature of treating things and people differently once they are or happen on American soil.
The story line was captivating and well written. I would love to find more
The story line was captivating and well written. I would love to find more
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LibraryThing member annekiwi
Good book for the most part. Too much about trying to catch the spies and not enough about the characters themselves. Skimmed the parts with all the computer and science stuff and mainly read about the kids.
LibraryThing member PallanDavid
As an adult reading this teen fiction/mystery I began to wonder how teenagers think of the world they are living in. This book is set a few months after the 9/11 attacks and now it is nearly a decade since the attacks. How do the teenagers today feel about what happened when they were in early
This book explores a bio-terror attack in the United States. Of course it is in an idyllic town filled with nice people, and it is a group of teenagers who are most effected. Two teens, one Pakistani and another with a mother who is a spy for North Korea, are brilliant hackers who find out the details of who is behind everything; and they track the bad guys down. Throughout, the adults, either relatives or international operatives with relationships to the teens, are "caretakers" who do not fully understand the depths of emotions the teens have as they live through the terror.
The premise is very realistic and possible. The characters are well written and as a high-school teacher I can say I "know" each of them, even the two non-native-American teens - the hacker geeks. I like this book and highly recommend it to any adult who enjoys teen fiction or to any teen who is looking for a modern mystery to read.
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elementary school - if they were not even younger than that. For me, the book follows the thought processes of young people very well. Teenagers from different backgrounds and parts of the world are shown looking at the terrorist situation differently. "Sheltered" American teens who have no clue to the possible extents of (bio)terrorism; medically educated youth who understand but helpless in the face of the possibilities; teens who are very aware - but from behind a computer screen - "see" what is happening through a monitor but never had to face the terror in reality.This book explores a bio-terror attack in the United States. Of course it is in an idyllic town filled with nice people, and it is a group of teenagers who are most effected. Two teens, one Pakistani and another with a mother who is a spy for North Korea, are brilliant hackers who find out the details of who is behind everything; and they track the bad guys down. Throughout, the adults, either relatives or international operatives with relationships to the teens, are "caretakers" who do not fully understand the depths of emotions the teens have as they live through the terror.
The premise is very realistic and possible. The characters are well written and as a high-school teacher I can say I "know" each of them, even the two non-native-American teens - the hacker geeks. I like this book and highly recommend it to any adult who enjoys teen fiction or to any teen who is looking for a modern mystery to read.
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LibraryThing member edspicer
Realistic, engaging, characters are full of win. Bioterrorists- a very unexplored plot. Tyler ahd Shahzad are meant for each other. One of the best books I've read this year! AHS/JD
LibraryThing member callmecayce
A truly excellent novel about some teens who get sick via a terrorist attack on their water. It's the story of four teens in a small suburb and two computer nerds, one from Pakistan, who do everything they can to save those four other teens. I absolutely loved this book and highly recommend it.
Pages
432