The Dark Side of Nowhere

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Summary: The Best Sci-Fi Book Ever!
Review: The Dark Side of Nowhere is an amazingly thrilling extra-terrestrial story about a boy named Jason who lives in a boring, everyday town and has his life changed forever after getting beaten up at a Little League Game. He comes out of the bathroom after washing up and there's the school janitor, waiting for him. The janitor gives Jason a weird silver glove and tells him to be at the Old Barn in Old Town for a meeting and Jason goes into the bathroom to try it on. It feels like it was made for a hand his size, but not his shape. He stretches it out in front of the mirror as far as it would go and the mirror explodes.These strange happenings start the ultimate shift for Jason which are: The Dark Side of Nowhere.

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Summary: The Best Book Ever
Review: The Dark Side of Nowhere was the best book I have ever read. The plot just jumped out of nowhere and slapped you in the face. When I finished the book, I couldn't help but wonder, "What if it was real?"

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Summary: It was an alright book, I've read better
Review: The Lincoln High School 9th grade English class read the book "The Dark Side of Nowhere." The book was o.k. but there could have been beter parts of the book, and the ending wasn't very interesting because who would have stayed dating an extraterestrial. But I would probably recommend it to a friend though.

Three Freshmen Guys.

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Summary: I loved this book
Review: This book was really great. I borrowed it from the library and read it in one night. I just couldn't put it down. I think if anyone wants an exciting book they should read this one. After reading it, I just had to get it. I haven't read any of Neal Shusterman's other books, but I intend to..in the mean time, this book is my favorite.

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Summary: Fantastic Alien Adventure in Boy's Own Home and Neighborhood
Review: This is a clever science-fiction novel, full of double-entrendres, about a 14-year-old boy who finds out the the true value of his friends and family members. The plot starts out a little slow, due to the main character's feeling about how BORING and ORDINARY his life is. Then, one day, everything changes. He finds out that he is really part of a group in the town of aliens, who have to take monthly shots (which he had previously thought were allergy shots) to maintain their human image. Jason and his friends are the children of an advance force sent before a planetary invasion of the Earth. As they undergo a process that turns them back into their "natural" forms, Jason wonders about his girlfriend, who is a normal human, and part of this group. He has to lie to her repeatedly, and finds that it gets easier and easier. But at a certain point, the realization of what he is doing wakes him up, and he decides to go against the alien group. He later comes to find that his parents also, were secretly sabotaging the alien group.

I am a teacher, and HIGHLY recommend this book. I am not surprised to see that it has won a number of awards. Neal Shusterman is a VERY entertaining writer. His use of language contains a lot of double meanings which are quite funny. I would only recommend this book to younger readers with an extremely good vocabulary, or a lot of the meaning will go over their heads. This book would be of interest to anyone between grades 6-12, who is interested in science fiction, aliens, or how a boy's boring life could suddenly change. In addition, it would be of great interest to any kids who are anti-authority, or like to look for "kicks," as this is the character's prevailing attitude during the first two-thirds of the book. Extremely entertaining, yet teahces a good moral lesson, and kept me thinking about it for several days afterward.


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Summary: Pure sci-fi goodness
Review: This is great sci-fi. The pace is heart-stopping, but the action never leaves deeper issues behind. Buried within this story of alien invaders are themes of self-image, self respect, peer pressure, and the refusal to accept the seemingly inevitable. I enjoyed this book from start to finish and can't wait to share it with my class.

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Summary: Dark Side of Nowhere
Review: This science fiction novel is written in informal style. The story is told from the point of view of the main character, Jason. The contemporary setting is a small U.S. town named Billington. The theme is: what being human really means. Young adult readers would identify with Jason at the beginning of the story when he feels that he lives in a dull town where nothing exciting ever happens. This soon changes as exciting facts are revealed to him. Even his ordinary parents are not what they appear to be. The main conflict is man against himself. Jason and other characters in the novel must ultimately decide whether to remain human or prepare to join the Warrior Fools in their alien take over of the world. This book would probably appeal to reluctant readers. The fun of seeing the mystery unravel provides enjoyable recreational reading.

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Summary: Amazing, suspensfull Thriller!!!!!!
Review: This story is about Jason, a boy who is captivated by the death of his best and closest friend Ethan, who supposedly died of a burst appendix . He and Paula, his girlfriend, investigate this mysterious case. They go to Old town house where surprises await for the two kids. After they went there many clues appeared before them like the killing of two local boys in the town and when suddenly the school janitor approaches Jason and tells him that he has gotten this surprise from him. Afterward he and his friend Paula tried to find the mystery of the missing people but they can't because someone is trying to prevent them from finding the clues that will automatically lead them to this case. The school janitor approaches Jason again, and he gives him this magical glove which can fire pellets when you tense any of your fingers. He then tells Jason to go to Old Town where he himself would be waiting for him. When he arrives there he sees the school janitor among many other children in the camp. Mystically the other children in the camp were exactly the same children that went to their church. This really creeps Jason out and then he sees that all of them had gloves like the ones he had and he gets worried about this whole case.
He tells his parents about what happened and then his parents started to get freaked out at the whole case. They told Jason the truth about everything, what had happended to them before Jason had even been born. Jason freaks out and he doesnt know what to do. He tells Paula the breath taking secret... he was an alien!!!!!!
She couldn't believe what had just come out of Jason's mouth, she was petrified. He then told her that the aliens were going to rule the planet. she got terrified and stopped seeing Jason. Will Jason and his fellow aliens conquer the Earth and make the earth people leave????
Neil Shusterman really exceeded his way of writing in this novel, he puts a bit of him in every page of this book. When you have finished reading a chapter you feel like if you want to read more more more and more. I would really recommend this book to people of all ages because it is a wonderful thriller filled with a magical touch that penetrates you into this book.

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Summary: The Best Book I've Ever Read
Review: This was the coolest book i've ever read. If you like sc-fi, you should read this book. It was exciting all the way through. Until you get to the end. The end is stupid. I must be dumb, but i don't really understand it(that part, at least). Other than that, it was a really cool book.

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Summary: Great book! Just loved it!
Review: When I really think about this book, it's so amazing..and I dont know how to describe it. I think that when everyone that really liked this book thought about it hard..they wouldn't be able to either. How the writer made it so..interesting and kept you there so that you feel like you're actually in it. How he seemed to be able to describe a normal teenager's life..until Jason discovers something so different from his little boring town, Billington. This story is so great because it keeps u reading it. After every sentence, you want to read another until you get to finishing a chapter..then you want to read the next. A sequel would be nice, I'd like hear what happens to Jason and Paula. But otherwise..I recommend this book to anyone who likes excitement in their reading.