The Dark Side of Nowhere

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Summary: The Dark Side of Nowhere.
Review: A boy looses one of his best friends because of appendicitis. he is living in what he thinks is the most boring town in the world, and can't get out. wait till his decition can affect the whole world, and see how important his town is now. It's not nowhere anymore.

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Summary: This is a GREAT book!
Review: AMAZING! I really enjoyed this book! I couldn't put it down! It was the BEST book I have ever read! I can't wait to read another of Neal Shusterman's books!

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Summary: Not a bad read for sci-fi
Review: As a teacher of eighth grade English, I make it a point to keep up with young adult literature. I found this book by Shusterman to be very entertaining and compelling, until it got to the end. I felt that at the end it all kind of fell apart and became truly unrealistic. I am writing this review to show my sixth period class how to do an online review. I think it's an excellent way for students to do real-world publishing and share their opinions with others.

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Summary: I just couln't put it down.
Review: As I read I felt like the book just kept pulling me in. It was entertaining and thrilling.

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Summary: Antony Dimov's Book Review
Review: As many people would assert, The Dark Side of Nowhere is a thrilling book for a very specific reason. This science-fiction novel is about a young adult named Jason Miller, whose life is very, very "nice." But in his opinion, "nice" would refer to neither good nor bad. His best friend, Ethan, has perished of a burst appendix. This occurrence leaves Jason terribly hurt and saddened, and then starts to call his life plain and simple. It is tedious and monotonous. The teenager lives in a small town called Billington, which is, according to him, the most boring place in the world. But as he learns from his father and the school janitor that he is one of the Warrior-Fools, alien group that has failed its invasion of planet Earth, his life becomes an awful perplexity and bewilderment. He is the most "normal" person on the face of the globe, and yet, he is forced to believe the unbelievable. He finally decides that he really is an alien after all. As the school janitor reveals this fact to him and gives him a special metal glove shooting BBs, Jason meets his friend Ethan, who hasn't genuinely died. He has just taken the appearance of an extraterrestrial. The Warrior-Fools had been treated with a special DNA injection that kept them in "human shape." They had taken the external looks of the people who were killed during their attack. But as the quantity of DNA injections lessen, Ethan, Jason and all of his friends commence to show symptoms of creatures from outer space. The Warrior-Fools were ready for another invasion, but Jason refuses...
This book is one that many reluctant readers will surely enjoy. I am very unwilling, but I liked it. It is a piece of literature which "hooks you up" and almost forbids you to leave it aside. Knowing that it is a novel of man vs. himself made me read it in three days, staying until five in the morning in order to finish it completely. At numerous intervals during the story, Jason always inquires himself whether or not he is right about his decision-making, and whether he is human. He almost asks the reader for his opinion on the dilemmas he encounters. In addition, I enjoyed the suspense that the author used. At every single point during the course of the tale, I was always "drooling" to learn what would transpire next. An example is when Jason is given the metal glove. Nevertheless, The Dark Side of Nowhere was a little bit confusing. I had to read the book four times to understand it accurately, which I personally consider as normal for me. It is a novel for ages 12 and up, but sometimes I seriously ask myself how kids younger than me could ever grasp the meaning of the story. Although The Dark Side of Nowhere is a puzzle to decipher for me, I think that it's a great interpretation of the average teenager's adolescence.

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Summary: The Dark Side Of Nowhere; A Great Book
Review: Christina Kiely 12/1/03

The Dark Side of Nowhere By: Neal Shusterman ISBN:0-812-56878-8

" Because no matter what my reflection tells me-no matter what genes give rise to my form-I know exactly who and what I am.
I am Jason Jonathan Miller. And I am human." The Dark Side of Nowhere is about a boy named Jason who doesn't know what he is till his parents tell him some shocking news.Jason has to get shots every month, and he thinks its normal until he meets a girl named Paula who doesn't have to get shots. His friend Wesley and him think its weird that she doesn't get them. Paula doesn't understand why they get them until Jason and Paula go to Old Town, and find a picture of someone they both know. But these pictures are like 20 years old and they are only 14. This book is a PB fiction novel.
I found this book as a recomandation from one of my friends. She said it was a great book and that I would enjoy it and now I'm telling you. This book was definitly a page turner because the author always left you hanging.I did not connect to any characters because in the end they change a lot like from human to something else. I really enjoyed this genre because it was a very good book and even though it was very weird and could never happen the author makes it where it is interesting. I really liked the style of writing that Shusterman uses when he explains Old Town. He explains it like "It was dark and glomy the houses lookeed all recked up as we walked down the street." There are a lot of surprises in the book especillaly when Jason is holding the BB gun glove and he turns from human to there monster cretures. Mostly every chapter ended in a cliff hanger like chapter 10 because everyone thought Ethan died but he just turned into the monster creture and at the end of the chapter it ends like "Ethan?" because they just found out he was alive. This was not a boring book and it is an easy read and I would recomend it to everyone even girls because it is a really good book.

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Summary: The Dark Side of Nowhere
Review: Christina Kiely 12/1/03

The Dark Side of Nowhere By: Neal Shusterman ISBN:0-812-56878-8

" Because no matter what my reflection tells me-no matter what genes give rise to my form-I know exactly who and what I am.
I am Jason Jonathan Miller. And I am human." The Dark Side of Nowhere is about a boy named Jason who doesn't know what he is till his parents tell him some shocking news.Jason has to get shots every month, and he thinks its normal until he meets a girl named Paula who doesn't have to get shots. His friend Wesley and him think its weird that she doesn't get them. Paula doesn't understand why they get them until Jason and Paula go to Old Town, and find a picture of someone they both know. But these pictures are like 20 years old and they are only 14. This book is a PB fiction novel.
I found this book as a recomandation from one of my friends. She said it was a great book and that I would enjoy it and now I'm telling you. This book was definitly a page turner because the author always left you hanging.I did not connect to any characters because in the end they change a lot like from human to something else. I really enjoyed this genre because it was a very good book and even though it was very weird and could never happen the author makes it where it is interesting. I really liked the style of writing that Shusterman uses when he explains Old Town. He explains it like "It was dark and glomy the houses lookeed all recked up as we walked down the street." There are a lot of surprises in the book especillaly when Jason is holding the BB gun glove and he turns from human to there monster cretures. Mostly every chapter ended in a cliff hanger like chapter 10 because everyone thought Ethan died but he just turned into the monster creture and at the end of the chapter it ends like "Ethan?" because they just found out he was alive. This was not a boring book and it is an easy read and I would recomend it to everyone even girls because it is a really good book.

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Summary: Suspenseful, unpredictable and different
Review: Fourteen-year-old Jason lives in "nowhere" -- a hick town where nothing ever happens. At least, that's what he thinks, until.... I'm not going to give a plot summary. Let's just say that "nowhere" ends up being a lot more interesting -- and disturbing -- than Jason had ever thought it would be. The plot escalates rapidly and unpredictably, and the author pulls no punches. You feel like holding your breath as strange events escalate until they are out of control.

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Summary: The best book I ever read
Review: I have read many books by neal shusterman, but thisis the very best, in fact the best book I ever read, I bet there are alot of adults who would love to read this book. I stayed up half the night and read it when I was supposed to be sleeping, if you like sci-fi or fantasy, you absolutly have to, with out a doubt read this. I am recomending it to every body I know.

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Summary: The greatest young adult science fiction I have ever read!
Review: I loved this book and immeadiatly re-read it. The Dark Side of Nowhere, I thought, was a great combination of teenage life with a marvelous sci-fi twist. I reccomend it to anyone! Sorry I can't say much, but I don't want to give it away!