Synopses & Reviews
This sequel to The Lighthouse Land is “better than the first . . . nonstop action.”*
From an acclaimed crime novelist comes the second book in this inventive sci-fi trilogy.
Jamie ONeill is back on Earth, where no one but his best friend, Ramsay, knows hes the hero of a great war that saved an alien nation. Now hes back to being a kid with one arm, no girlfriend, and a band that plays bad songs about intergalactic romance. Then the news breaks on the Internet: A space probe has picked up a coded message from far across the galaxy. But not even NASAs best scientists can figure out what it says. Only Jamie and Ramsay know its a message from Altair: Theyre needed again.
* flamingnet.com
F&P level: Y
F&P genre: SF
Synopsis
Danny Lopez is new in town. He made a mistake back home in Las Vegas, and now he has landed at an experimental school in Colorado for “tough cases.” At the Cobalt Charter School, everything is scripted—what the teachers say, what the students reply—and no other speaking is allowed. This supercontrolled environment gives kids a second chance to make something of themselves. But with few freedoms, the students become sitting ducks for a killer determined to “clean up” Colorado Springs.
Synopsis
Fourteen-year-old Danny Lopez reviews the path that led him from Las Vegas, Nevada, to an experimental school near Colorado Springs and then to his imminent death at the hands of a cat-killer ready for bigger prey.
About the Author
Adrian McKinty, called one of his generations leading talents” by Publishers Weekly, is the author of many highly regarded crime novels for adults. The books of The Lighthouse Trilogy are his first for young people. Adrian was born and grew up in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland. Educated at Oxford University, he then immigrated to New York City, where he lived in Harlem for five years, working in bars and on construction crews, as well as doing a stint as a bookseller. He lives in Denver, where he teaches high school.