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Void, by Mark Mynheir (c2009)

Posted by: | January 18, 2011 | No Comment |

This book has a futuristic setting and some interesting and scary concepts to consider.  

 A murder has been committed in close proximity to a biogenetics laboratory.  Is there some connection?   In reality, what is going on inside the lab?

Agent Robbie Sanchez and her colleagues, members of the Florida Department of Law enforcement,  are called to the crime scene where the bizarre story begins.  Humans are being cloned in the lab, and it gets out of control.  The clones enter the world outside the lab and begin violently murdering Christians.   Worse yet, they are vying for human souls.  God will get the victory, but lives are being snuffed out.  The clones must be stopped!

Book 3 in the Truth Chasers series.

under: Adult Book Reviews, Christian Fiction, Scarey stories, Science Fiction, Suspense

Thirteen-year-old Logan and his parents have barely unloaded their moving boxes when their next-door neighbor, Arthur,  tells them that the former home owner was found murdered in the basement.  Looking for clues to the unsolved mystery, Logan and Arthur investigate the creepy remains of an old amusement park nearby–putting themselves squarely in danger.

Do you have any scarey books? 

I hear that question a lot as a school librarian.  Since we don’t have a lot of the popular “scarey” books in our collection because of their inclusion of magic or the occult, I’m always looking for a good, clean “scarey” book.  This book fits the bill.

The cover looks creepy and there is an old murder to solve that leads to danger and suspense, but basically it’s just a good, clean enjoyable mystery.

Recommended for grades 5-8.

under: Boy-appeal, Middle School Book Reviews, Mysteries, Scarey stories
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