(Not) Judging Books by Their Covers

Self discovery, shmelf discovery. This is my reading adventure through the library, pure and simple.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Remnants Dream Storm by K.A. Applegate

   Dream Storm is the eleventh book in the Remnants series written by the author of Animorphs (which I find amusing, given my firm declaration earlier that I would not be subjecting myself to reading Animorphs). This is one of the books I pulled from the library's children section.
   Remnants takes place in the aftermath of the Earth's destruction by an asteroid, commonly called The Rock. Dream Storm follows a group of seven survivors who were apparently placed on a hibernation shuttle to escape the cataclysm. There are more survivors, but it seems they left them stranded on a now barren Earth.
   The book seems to fit 3rd/4th grade readers. They're not going to encounter amazing vocabulary or complex tale telling, but they'll get a serial adventure. It has a cliffhanger ending which probably works well to hook the kids. It also seems to have a good mix of good, bad and inbetween characters.

Favorite Quotes:

None found.

Overall Opinion:

If my kids ask, I'll tell them to give it a shot. I don't know if I'll go out of my way to recommend it though.

Rating:

Me: 2    Young Kids:  Probably higher on their scale

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