Dangerous Author: Visit Amazon's Shannon Hale Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1599901684 | Format: PDF
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Shannon Hale's books blow me away. When I read them I get lost in the magic - her stories ARE magic. Stephenie Meyer Master storyteller Hale takes readers to dizzying new heights. Layered with gritty action and heartfelt characters, DANGEROUS is a can't-miss adventure Kiersten White, New York Times bestselling author of PARANORMALCY One of the best books I've ever read. Ever. It's chock full of intrigue, suspense, and clever, authentic, wonderful humor. I'm in love with this book James Dashner, New York Times bestselling author of THE MAZE RUNNER Dangerous is exactly that-you will not be able to put this book down, nor will you be able to get its fantastic heroine, Maisie Brown, out of your head Ally Condie Fast paced and action packed, bubbling over with ideas and full of heart, Dangerous is a dangerously addictive read Scott Westerfeld
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About the Author
Shannon Hale is the Newbery Honor-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Princess Academy and its sequel Princess Academy: Palace of Stone, The Books of Bayern, and the graphic novels Rapunzel’s Revenge and Calamity Jack—as well as three novels for adults, including Austenland, now a major motion picture starring Keri Russell. She and her husband, the author Dean Hale, have four children and live near Salt Lake City, Utah.
www.shannonhale.com
- Age Range: 12 - 17 years
- Grade Level: 7 and up
- Hardcover: 416 pages
- Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens (March 4, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1599901684
- ISBN-13: 978-1599901688
- Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.8 x 1.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Contrary to what I rated Dangerous, with 2 stars, for the right reader I think it would have been a much more enjoyable read.
The points that I believe might have helped find the right readers:
- If the book description for Dangerous were more forthcoming about the content, theme and or plot line of what it actually was about! - Then it would have been better able to appeal to the right readers.
- My opinion on the target audience for this book would be tweens, not teens, because originally I had thought this book was supposed to be young adult and yet it felt more like some of the outrageous adventure plot lines I normally see in middlegrade fiction. In addition to the fact that the kids are actually around 14 or less, go to space camp, then end up with crazy super hero like powers (with a sci-fi twist). Albeit there is more violence and death in Dangerous then I've normally seen in other middle grade books, I still think that is where this book belongs and should be targeted.
- Dangerous is a mix of science fiction, comic book style super hero/villain fiction and romance. Now ask yourself folks, did you get that indication from the book description? I sure as heck didn't.
Things that didn't work for me:
- The adults. Some of their actions, dialogue and overall behavior was just ridiculous. I can not realistically see some of these things going down. Immediately things like that would pull me out of the story.
- Super smart children I can absolutely believe as there are definite prodigy kids out there. But their personalities coupled with the plot line just didn't mesh well. It would have been better for me if either one or the other were toned down.
- The bad jokes and puns.
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