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Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Simon Pulse
ISBN13: 9781416927051
Condition: NEW
Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
When lightning strikes there can only be trouble - as Jessica Mastriani finds out when she and best friend Ruth get caught in a thunderstorm. Not that Jess has ever really avoided trouble before. Instead of cheerleading there are fistfights with the football team and month-long stints in detention - not that detention doesn't have its good points - like sitting next to Rob - the cutest senior around! But this is trouble with a capital T - this trouble is serious. Because somehow, on that long walk home in the thunderstorm, Jess acquired a newfound talent. An amazing power that can be used for good...or for evil.
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| A gr-8 series |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Review of Meg Cabot's LIGHTNING GIRL Series (1-800- WHERE-R-U)
Meg Cabot's books in the 1-800-Where-R-You series are fantastically fun and must be read in the order they were written . The first book, WHEN LIGHTNING STRIKES, sets the concept for this series about Jessica who can, after being struck by lightning, locate people in her dreams. Jess sees a picture of a missing child and the next morning when she wakes up she knows exactly where the child is located. This seems pretty cool but this "gift" of being "lightning girl" causes lots of difficulties. Jess and her friend Ruth speak our language and think our thoughts. Each character seems so real. Jess has anger issues and is perpetually in detention for fighting. Jess is plucky and all of her fights were in defense of others.
I don't want to spoil any part of this book or others in the series by revealing anything of the plot. Meg has the ability to bring conflicts of mystery into her story. Jess must battle doubters , the US Government who want to use her to catch criminals, FBI agents and bad guys who want her dead, all the while trying to get a boy she likes to like her. She escapes with the help of her almost boy friend, Rob, in a exciting techno scene and it was obvious a new book was coming..
Try the entire series. I have read them all.
The second book CODE NAME CASSANDRA has Jess trying to hide her abilities to avoid being used by the FBI and other governmental agencies. While not hiding she becomes a camp counsel for a group of boys (an interesting development that is really funny.) When Jess finds and saves a missing boy she makes an enemy who wants her dead. When a boy goes missing she used deductive reasoning and a sweater to locate him, fight the bad guy and save the day all while foiling her FBI stalkers. Her almost Boy friend, Rob, helped her again.
The third book, "SAFE HOUSE involves a murder of a missing high school cheer leader that occurred when Jess was away on vacation. Jess faces hostility because no one is accepting her story that she has lost her abilities to find people by dreaming. She wasn't there to help the missing girl before she was murdered and almost everyone is mad at her. This book introduces a boy who Jess uses to try and make her almost boy friend Rob jealous. Yes, we have a girl with super powers who spends most of her waking hours trying to figure out boys and how to get her almost boy friend to accept her as a girl friend . This book was more of a murder mystery and kept me guessing. It is exciting and, as in each book, Jess is in physical danger and Rob is there to help her again.
The fourth book, SANCTUARY, was really good. I could picture everything as I read it. It was a murder book. Jess gets even more help from her almost boy friend, Rob. As I was reading a part of the book where Jess and Rob were going to sneak into an area to rescue a missing boy I thought it to be pretty fanciful and farfetched. OK, I then thought I am accepting without question the fact that Jess has special powers from her lightning strike and I question a rescue attempt? Jess used all of her wiles in this and didn't rely on any special magic- other than her ability to deliver a solid punch. I like Jess and I have ordered book 5 and I can't wait to read more of the same. I like the way she thinks and views life in high school while at the same time trying to get her almost BF Rob to realize she is perfect for him.
Book Five, MISSING YOU, begins after Jess was out of the country locating bad guys in a war zone for the Government. She had left without saying good bye to Rob because she saw Rob kissing a girl. Jess was drained from her experience and lost her powers for real, or so she thought, until Rob appears asking Jess for help to locate his sister. I won't say anything about the circumstances as they are disclosed with frightening reality. Of course, we are rooting for Jess and Rob to get back together and for Jess to stop being so obstinate- all while Jess is solving a complex mystery.
Jess is a great character. Meg goes into incredible detail chronicling her thoughts and her family life and her pursuit of a boy friend. She is a real girl. She thinks and talks like us and except for her special gifts she could be your best friend, if your best friend solves some problems with her fists. HeHe.
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| Got me intrested in reading |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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I was in fith grade when i first read this, and i loved the series so much. I was never a big fan of reading, but i read all of these books and were able to find similar books that i ended up loving as well. I think that this book gave me my first real love of reading. Now i tend to read a novel every week and I can't wait to pick up a new book.
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| A great start |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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To a perfect series. They just get more and more great the farther into the series you get. I wasn't sure at first about this book but as I cracked open the second novel of the 1-800-Where-R-You series I was sure this was gonna be good.
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| Great book |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Read this in one sitting. I enjoyed Jessica's narration immensely. Jess is a heroine to love, she's tough, defends her best friend and has a huge crush on a bad boy. I wasn't sure what to expect from this book. Its a new concept on an life changing event where finding lost children is the reward. This book was easy reading and impossible to put down. Can't wait to read the next one.
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| Very Good |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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"When Lightning Strikes" is one of the best books I've read in a long time. Worth the read. And as the series continues, the plot gets better. I'm on the third one right now. The main character, Jess, is admirable, a girl that every other teenage girl will love. Five stars. :D
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