De La Pena, Matt The Living, 308 p. Delacorte (Random), 2013. $18.
Language: R (100+ swears, 5 ‘f’); Mature Content: PG-13 (who really
wants to hear a teenaged boy’s thoughts when he lusts after a girl?); Violence:
PG-13 (murder, dead bodies, shark attacks).
Shy needs the money from his summer job on a cruise ship, but he’s still
a little spooked after a passenger committed suicide in front of him on his
first voyage. This voyage starts out
fine, but quickly turns for the worst when a huge earthquake off the coast of
California creates a huge tidal wave that breaks the liner. But escaping with his life is only the first
step for Shy. There is something
seriously wrong on the mainland – people are dying in droves from a new
disease. Each piece is connected and Shy
is right in the middle of it all.
De La
Pena certainly weaves a nail-biter.
There is no time to breathe. The
tidal wave and danger from the ship would have been enough for me – but add in
an out of control manufactured virus and a huge conspiracy. I don’t know where book two is headed, though
I do hope it doesn’t involve zombies.
HS
– OPTIONAL. Cindy, Library Teacher
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