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Pete, Jimmie, Dan. Tessa, Big Sue and Jay are good friends. They all take off in Jimmie’s car for Sparrow Island. They arrive at Big Sue’s Grandpa’s cabin. Suddenly out of no where the building shakes. In the sky are bright lights. The gang thinks it is a nuclear blast. They seal themselves down in the basement. Days go by. Then when the gang thinks it might be safe, they hear a starching noise. There is a tunnel and inside the tunnel are rats. One of the rats attacks Jimmie. Jay was scratched during his and Pete’s fight in the tunnel. He is showing the same symptoms as Jimmie. Sparrow Rock by Nate Kenyon is a must read! Just when you thought you had it all figured out, Mr. Kenyon throws you a curve ball. The characters really worked well together. I like that both the males and females played equal parts in this book. There were flash backs to Pete’s life. The first time this happened it through a bit and took me a moment to realize what happened. Though after that it was a smooth pr...

I want to thank Mr. Kenyon for sending me a copy of this book to review. David Pierce is in desperate need for a job. He has a wife and a child to take care of. When he is offered the job as an advisor at Hydro Development. The plant has recently been re-opened after being shut down for a while. When the mutilated body of a farmer and the disappearance of a little girl where thought to be connected with the plant, the company shut it down. Now Hydro Development is ready to get up and running again. David will be the man to help them do just that. Dan Flint works for Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The FERC is has its eye on Hydro Development, especially after it was reported that the plant has supposedly tainted the water. A child caught some fish that had some strange growths. Dan senses something honest in David. He contact David and asks him to help him get the goods on the plant. Neither one of them could ever imagine the nightmare that awaited them. The first few pages of t...

In honor of Halloween. I have a scary read for you. Nate Kenyon was a finalist for the Bram Stoker award. The Reach will release November 25, 2008. Ten years old, Sarah has pretty much lived her whole life in a mental hospital. Dr. Wasserman at The Wasserman Facility has diagnosed Sarah as being a schizophrenic. Sarah isn’t your normal schizophrenic; in fact Sarah is also a psychic. Jess Chambers has studied the extreme child psychology cases and that is why she is very excited to be able to meet young Sarah. The doctors at The Wasserman Facility have been able to control Sarah. You know the saying “Be careful what you wish for”, well Jess is about to find out that wishes are not always a good thing. After Jess meets Sarah strange and scary things start happening at the facility that no one not even Sarah could predict. This book was filled with plenty of intense and electrifying horror. The Reach started out very strong and ended on a high note. I thought Sarah was a normal ten ye...