Fall 2004 Review:

This book is about a guy named Jay who is throwing a party for all his friends, as this will be the last time he will see them again. The night starts out good, but then someone from the past comes back. That would be a kid by the name of Stew, who comes from the Zone, a district of buildings that got burned up in a fire. When Jay was younger, Jay and his friends had gone into the zone to as a dare to retrieve certain things. When Stew turns up, he crashes the party and Jay has to go into the zone once again to get revenge. He and his friends enter the zone but are at odds against each other because of earlier conflicts at the party. They have to work together and cooperate to pull off the biggest event of their life. At the end, Jay is being chased by Stew and is almost killed when he runs across a small plank from one building to another while his friends hold the plank. After that incident, Jay gets away, and the book ends him and his friends forgiving each other and making up.

This is a story that will probably interest readers from grades 9-12. It is a very intense and very mature book that shouldn’t be read by kids lower than 8^th grade. It was very exciting. The book had so many twists and turns that it kept me on the edge of my feet. The end was one of the best I have read in a long time. It started off slow but quickly got interesting as the story moved along. It will keep you in your seat until you have finished the book. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. 

Vincent Calautti, grade 9, Boardman High School 

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