MASTERMINDS
Gordon Korman
Harper Collins
2015
Available:
Hardcover, paperback
Five
kids. Five viewpoints.
Serenity, New Mexico is the perfect community, crime-free and peaceful.
Everyone's parents are employed. Every backyard has a pool. The small community
and has a small school. There are only thirty kids and for the most part they
all get along. This isn't to say don't have best friends, but in a town where
honesty and personal integrity are held in the highest esteem, it seems that
the kids are almost as perfect as their perfect parents. That is until
Eli's
best friend Randy is banished and sent to a private boarding school. All
because he talked Eli into riding his bike past the town limits. Randy's
parting words to Eli is that something screwy is going on. Without Randy to
hang with, Eli finds himself teaming up with a new group of friends. Together
they come to suspect the adults in town have a secret and the kids decide to
investigate. What they find out is unbelievable.
This was a highly entertaining book, told from five kids' viewpoints.
Although the voices aren't radically different, their prospective on what is
happening is. The clues are well paced and the kids likable. The action and
suspense are great. Can't say more as it would spoil the read. As soon as I
finished the book I immediately logged on-line to see if I could get the second
book in the series. Unfortunately it's not out yet.
Target audience: Grades 7-9
Mystery / Suspense: Excellent
Kid appeal: Great
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