| Booktalk
#1
April and her family leave
town in a rush because her father has given evidence in a drug trial and
has been the target of a hit man. With her new identity, she's spotted
by an old friend at Disney World. New friends in the sleepy Florida town
they've moved to aren't helping her adjust -- they're pressuring her to
conform to the drinking and bowing to the demand of the cute conceited
tennis star of the school. An interesting detail about this book is that
the hitman, Vamp has the same name as a suspect in the twisted tale of
the real-life murder of author Lois Duncan's daughter Kaitlyn. The wield
thing is this novel was published before her daughter's murder. Readers
might want to read "Who Killed My Daughter" and get leads on other bizarre
coincidences.
Booktalk #2
April's father was a witness
in a trial and he was receiving letters threatening his life and the life
of his family. The FBI suddenly puts April's family in the witness protection
program. Without any warning, April has stood up her boyfriend for a date,
the Prom, and now his graduation. All without any notice or explanation.
April decides she must send some message to her boyfriend and decides to
sneak a letter out to him. She has to slip out at night just to get the
letter mailed. (Read some of page 37-38). But now that she's disobeyed
her bodyguard, will it put the family in danger? Read the book and find
out.
(Odile Heisel.
oheisel@pen.k12.va.us, Library Media Specialist, Plains Elementary
School , 225 American Legion Rd., Timberville, VA 22853)
Booktalk #3
Are you in 8th-12th grade and
interested by a good realistic mystery book about assassins, witness protection,
and a man working undercover for the F.B.I? Well than listen up because
this is the right book for you. In the book Don't Look Behind You, by Lois
Duncan, April, an average teenage girl, finds out that her father is working
undercover for his friend in the F.B.I. to catch a man involved in a drug
ring. Because of the business April's father is doing for the F.B.I. April
and her family are placed in witness protection. Little does she know that
her father is thought to know more than he does by people in the drug ring.
They are sending assassins to kill her father and or his family. April
tries one little innocent attempt to salvage her lost identity. She loved
her identity so much, which included her boyfriend, her friends, her school,
and even her memories. This sets a deadly spiral of danger into motion
for April and her family. Join April on her journey through the Federal
Witness Security Program while being hunted down by assassins to see if
she makes it out dead or alive. (Luke S., student) |
