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Summary: Nice and fun.
Review: "Hangman's Curse" and "Nightmare Academy" are entertaining and easy reads. If you've been doing heavy research or reading this is a good switch. Light, and fun, I enjoyed it after a long study program I was in.. I read both books back to back so this review will be seen under both books.I liked "The Visitation" better, but all three are worthy of your money..
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Summary: Nice and fun.
Review: "Hangman's Curse" and "Nightmare Academy" are entertaining and easy reads. If you've been doing heavy research or reading this is a good switch. Light, and fun, I enjoyed it after a long study program I was in.. I read both books back to back so this review will be seen under both books. I liked "The Visitation" better, but all three are worthy of your money..
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Summary: A Book That Will Keep You Hanging
Review: Frank Peretti is an excellent writer. All of his books keep you in suspense. This book highlights the problems of teasing and making fun of those who are different, and is helpful if you are teased. Also, if you tease others maybe this book will help you see how much it hurts.
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Summary: Delightfully creepy.
Review: Hangman's Curse is the first in a new series by Frank Peretti called The Veritas Project. The main characters are Elijah and his twin sister Elisha. They solve mysteries with the aid of their parents, Sarah and Nate. In this book, they are trying to figure out why kids have suddenly started going insane at some highschool. They collapse and start babbling nonsense words. A rumor is going around that they are being haunted by the ghost of Abel Frye, a student who supposedly hung himself a while back. Everyone suspects that a kid named Ian Snyder is behind the attacks, but there is no proof. Ian is definately wierd. He wears all black and supposedly once stuck a needle through his tongue to freak out a teacher. He also gets picked on constantly by all the athletes. Elisha and Elijah have to go undercover in the highschool and try to figure out what's going on. Elijah gets in a hilarious conversation with his teacher over morals. The teacher says that there isn't such a thing as right or wrong. People should be allowed to decide for themselves. Elijah then asks if that statement is right or wrong. Surprisingly enough, he is supported in his arguements by no other than Ian Snyder. Elisha makes friends with a lot of people, including a nerd called Norman who was also picked on by the same guys who picked on Ian and are now insane. The plot takes an interesting turn when someone nice is goes insane, and then dies within 24 hours. The ending made my skin crawl, it was so creepy. Still, I absolutely love this book and would recommend it to anyone above the age of 11.
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Summary: Too religious...but a good story/plot
Review: I bought this book at a local supermarket, so I had no idea what the reviews were. The back cover text really interested me. Overall, I really enjoyed the story. Peretti is a good author for the most part. (There could be some minor improvements)
The thing that urked me the most was the Christian viewpoints and stereotypes. If I'd known it was a Christian book I never would have bought it, but by the time I found out, I was into the plot and hated to quit.
Witches are portrayed in a very disrespectful manner. The characters are constantly talking about praying and asking for guidance. As other reviewers said, it would have been nice to at least see other religions in it, but as I now know, this is a Christian book, and it can only be expected. The author even went so far as to mention in one chapter that a character didn't have a husband, and how this didn't help matters any. He mentions that the character smells of cigarettes and alcohol, and how run down she looked, as if all single mothers are alcoholics and the only way to lead a good life is to have a husband. Ha.
If you're looking for a good Chrisitan book, this is it. If you want to read a good thriller/mystery and could careless about religious undertones, then pick this one up. It's a good read, but not for everyone.
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Summary: Morals Meet Mystery
Review: I was glad to see this book because I was a big fan of "The Cooper Kids Adventures" --at least when Peretti had written the first 4. I've tried to read the second set of Cooper Kids Adventures & I think I'm just too old now. :) But Hangman's Curse succeeds in that respect: it's readable for anyone over the age of 13. I happen to agree with "opheliainlove", though: some characters feel way too typical (dare I say, Disney-ized?) But the dialogue btn Elisha and Elijah and their teachers is definitely worth the read. For those of us who remember evolution is *theory* and not *fact*, it's good to hear the kids debate philosophy with philosophy and science with science. However, I don't agree with opheliainlove that this should be shelved with Christian fiction, because that means opheliainlove has just missed one of the main points of the book. Kudos to Mr. Peretti on a well-written, exciting adventure!
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Summary: Get ready for the truth (and plenty of suspense)
Review: If the glow-in-the dark cover doesn't grab you, the suspense will. Even from the start it's creepy: Jim Boltz, star quarterback for Baker High School suddenly freaking out on the playing field. Bizarre hex signs scratched on the lockers of other jocks gone crazy. And the legendary Abel Frye, the ghost of a guy who killed himself in the 30's, the whispered cause of it all. In Peretti's masterful style you'll follow the mysterious Veritas project, a family investigative team, as they attempt to unravel the secrets surrounding the strange Baker High events. Undercover, they dig for the truth as to why three jocks have become completely disabled, strapped to hospital beds in different stages of coma muttering odd syllables and "Abel Frye". Things only get uglier as more students are struck with the crippling disease, and when someone dies it becomes a race against time for the team to save the lives of the rest of the students and themselves. If you've ever been bullied for being different, felt like you don't fit in, or are simply thirsty for a spine-tingling mystery, this book is for you. With tantalizing clues (and some strange creatures) scattered throughout, it'll keep you page turning into the wee hours. And trust me, you'll never guess the ending.
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Summary: fantasy or truth?
Review: in Hangmans Curse by Frank Peretti though this is a good book it is hard to tell whether this book has any truth in what it is teaching. i believe it is a good book to read but dont take everything you read in here so seriously. It talks about how these kids (Elijiah and Elisha)find their strength in God when really they find their strength in manipulating people. This book was a quick read and i would reccomend this if people want to hear both sides of stories but otherwise if your searching for truth (or veritas as this book calls it) you should look somewhere else.
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Summary: A good lesson
Review: The Springfield family (Nate, Sarah, Elijah, and Elisha) is very Christian. They try to help whoever they can. And they work without being too judgmental.
This is a strength because teens like to do the opposite of whatever they are told, especially if being PREACHED to. It becomes a minor weakness, though. The religious aspect is a tiny part of the novel; but when it comes in, a reader will notice that the author and his editors have held back...the novel may be too politically correct.
The novel begins as the Springfields bust a drug ring. Then they are asked to investigate weird incidents at Baker High School. They accept the assignment and begin separating the truth from the legend of Abel Frye (a student who committed suicide in the 1930s and is now helping the weaker students exact revenge on their tormentors).
Children and teens will enjoy this novel because it not too preachy. Parents will appreciate the good message taught by HANGMAN'S CURSE. Other adults will be intrigued as well.
While aimed for the 12+ crowd, okay for 9+.
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Summary: hangmans curiosity
Review: this was a really creepy, suspensful book. An average high school is suffering a mysterious outbreak of.......curses? When several of the school's most popular students end up in the hospital, crazed and muttering "Abel Frye, Abel Frye", the administration begins to wonder: are they on drugs, or being haunted by Abel Frye, the kid who hung himself in the school 60 years ago? Enter the Springfields, a family of undercover detectives with the Veritas project. As the 2 kids, Elisha and Elijah, begin searching, they discover a lot more than they bargained for. Is it a ghost? Or are the students being cursed by an underground witch coven? And what happens when Elisha is targeted? This book is excellent, and really suspensful. If you are looking for a great teen thriller, this is it!
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