Monday, May 27, 2013

The 13th Reality: The Journal of Curious Letters

       The 13th Reality: The Journal of Curious Letters by James Dashner is about a boy named Tick (short for Atticus Higgenbottom.) He is the smartest kid in his class.
       One day, Tick receives a strange letter, sent by someone with the initials M.G. The letter says that "things are literally splitting apart at the seams," and, "many lives are at stake." It also states that Tick will begin to receive a series of twelve clues, which he must decipher before a certain date. However, if he doesn't want to continue, all he must do is burn this letter.
        One by one, Tick gets the letters, and tries to solve the clues contained within them. Though some of the letters seem pointless, M.G.,  the person sending the letters, says that everything is a clue.
       As Tick races to unravel the mysteries of the letters, he is faced with sinister creatures and machines, such as Tingle Wraiths and Gnat Rats. Will Tick be able to make sense of the clues before the special date? Will he figure out the identity of M.G.? Will he survive whatever's coming to him? Well, I don't want to spoil the book for you, so I guess you'll just have to read the book to find out.
       Now, for my review of the book. The book was fun to read. It had some suspense, and some adventure. I enjoyed the way the author combined science fiction with fantasy. If you like both science fiction and fantasy, like I do, then you will enjoy this book. If you like solving puzzles as well, then you will especially like the book. A.

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