Ms. Guiney's Review:
Title: 13 Days to Midnight
Author:Patrick Carman
Grade: A-
Ideal readers: Boys age 13 years and up (some violence)
Summary:
Jacob Fielding was recently told, "You are indestructible." This one sentence changes his life and gives him a power he never dreamed possible. Imagine walking through fire and not getting burned or challenging the bully at school to a fight, knowing you can't be hurt, but as with Spiderman, with great power comes great responsibility! When Jacob shares the knowledge of his secret power with his two best friends, he also discovers that by saying this phrase he can share the actual power. Transferring the power of being indestructible back and forth between each other gets intense, especially when one of the characters decides they need to use the power for the good of others. This seems like a reasonable idea, but it gets confusing "playing God" and deciding who to save. The teens face some serious dilemmas about life, death, and ultimately, love. This is a definite nail-biting page turner that gets especially dark in the last fifty page. Readers will like the main characters as well as the fanatical story-line. I predict this will be one that everyone has on their wish list this year.
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