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Summary: the sunglasses
Review: The book that I read is the gadget by: paul zindel. It all stared when stephen and his cousin where on the roof when the war was going on and the japines came and bombed london and his cousin stared to run and when all of the smoke clered he went to see where his cousin was and he said that he was on the ground like a torwn bleeding doll. Then he had to go live with his dad in new mexico so he could be procted. Then he went to go find some friends where he lived then he staterd to go to school he started to get more friends and that is where he begin to be friends with aliex. If you like to read then you would probley wantto read this book I liked this book alot maby you will like it to.
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Summary: The Gadget
Review: The Gadget is a verey good book.It's adout this kid Stephen and his friend Jackson one night they were on the roof top playing around like kids do and then they heared a loud siren so harried to the door but they never made then there was this loud exelosion then there was nothing left besiades a huge dark black cloud filled with smoke.I think this book is good for peole who like adventures.
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Summary: action packed, great read!
Review: The Gadget is a very good book, guided towards readers 6th gr. through 9th gr. It is one of those kind of books were you can't put it down. I would recommend this book to someone who likes reading historical fiction books. It's about a 13 year old boy named Steven who is sent from war-torn England to Los Alamos, NM . The reason he is sent there instead of anywhere else is because his dad is a scientist working at a military base there. His dad, along with a whole team of other scientists are working on a huge project, which goes by the name of ' The Gadget'. Steven makes a new friend while at the base named Tilanov, who also has a father who is a scientist working on 'The Gadget'. Steven and Tilanov are very curious to find out what this thing really is, so they are always sneaking around base, looking for clues to what this really is. But what they get is more than what they bargained for, they just wanted to know what it was but they end up finding themselves in danger as they try to find out what 'The Gadget' really is. If you want to find out what 'The Gadget' is, and to see what danger Steven and Tilanov run into, read the book already!
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Summary: the best book
Review: The Gaget is a very exiting book to read . Its very susspenful . I cant put the book down i just have to keap reading and reading . The book is about a boy from europe that goes to a military base during world war two . He tries to seek the secrets that his dad is hiding from him . he has a friend that is gouing to help him . His name is alexis . they are boath gouing to find the secret that stephen dad is hiding . I recomend this book to enyone ho likes world war two history
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Summary: The Gadget
Review: The title of the book I read, was The Gadget. The author was Paul Zindel. In this book, I honestly didn't think there were any weaknesses. Its strengths were that it goes along with WWII history. It also was a very mysterious book.
A short summary is as follows. Stephen (the main character) goes to a secret place where his father works at a laboratory. At the laboratory, scientists are making something they could, as they thought, WWII. Only a few people know about the project and Stephen wants to figure out what the secret is.
This book falls under the category of mystery. It can also be categorized under historical fiction. I highly recommend this book to people who like history. This is because it is a great cliffhanger, and it leads you to what happens in history. There would be no reason that I would not recommend this book because it is a great book for all ages and lots of people like mysteries.
What I liked about the author can be summed up this way. He puts great detail in this work. He also did a wonderful job portraying history in The Gadget. It felt like I was there most of the time. I look forward to reading more stories by Paul Zindel.
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Summary: Awesome Book but sad
Review: The year is 1945, WWII tears through Europe, and America fears it will spread to the US. This is wear we meet Steven, a 13 year old boy who is the son of a physicist. Steven lives with his father in a town that does not exist, Los Alamos, NM. This is wear the USA plans to stop the war, it is also wear Steven and his new found friend Alexia find out how.I thought this was a good book, especially for those who are reluctant to sit down and take the time to read. Like most of Zindel's books, the chapters in The Gadget are short, but catchy. I found that this seemed to make the book more suspenseful, and flow much better. The shorterr chapters make more sense in this book to, since each chapter is equal to a day or two in Steven's life at Los Alamos. I also discovered that the author does not spice his writing with uneeded ingritents. The writing is simple,crisp, and two the point. As you read this story, you notice how two of the main chracters change. Steven seems to drift away from his father, as Steven's father wants to become closer to his already distant son, but can't due to his work. I found this predictable because his father was never home. I found that this book was inticing, and did not contain any major flaws. The only flaw that seemed to bother me wasthat in moved extemely fast, but this may suit different readers. I also found how historicly accurate this book was even though it was historical fiction. While i was reading this book it reminded me of the movie Pearl Harbor, because of it's connection to WWII. It also reminded me of the movie starring Nicholas cage, but iI cant remember it's title. This movie is almost exactly like the book except for the abcense of Steven. Overall I thought that this was a good book for young readers who are afraid to read.
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Summary: Paul Zindel dropped the bomb
Review: The year is 1945, WWII tears through Europe, and America fears it will spread to the US. This is wear we meet Steven, a 13 year old boy who is the son of a physicist. Steven lives with his father in a town that does not exist, Los Alamos, NM. This is wear the USA plans to stop the war, it is also wear Steven and his new found friend Alexia find out how. I thought this was a good book, especially for those who are reluctant to sit down and take the time to read. Like most of Zindel's books, the chapters in The Gadget are short, but catchy. I found that this seemed to make the book more suspenseful, and flow much better. The shorterr chapters make more sense in this book to, since each chapter is equal to a day or two in Steven's life at Los Alamos. I also discovered that the author does not spice his writing with uneeded ingritents. The writing is simple,crisp, and two the point. As you read this story, you notice how two of the main chracters change. Steven seems to drift away from his father, as Steven's father wants to become closer to his already distant son, but can't due to his work. I found this predictable because his father was never home. I found that this book was inticing, and did not contain any major flaws. The only flaw that seemed to bother me wasthat in moved extemely fast, but this may suit different readers. I also found how historicly accurate this book was even though it was historical fiction. While i was reading this book it reminded me of the movie Pearl Harbor, because of it's connection to WWII. It also reminded me of the movie starring Nicholas cage, but iI cant remember it's title. This movie is almost exactly like the book except for the abcense of Steven. Overall I thought that this was a good book for young readers who are afraid to read.
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Summary: This Book
Review: This book had a cornacopia amount of action. This was a supercalafragalisticexpealadocious book( that means that it was a great book.). It had a lot of problems that people my age go through. This book is worth the time of reading it.
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Summary: The Gadget
Review: This book is about a boy sent to an army with his dad, but his dad is already there. Sthepen (boy) os only sent there to keep his dad company. But wierd things start happening to Stephen while he is there. You'll just have to read thebook to find out the wierd stuff. This book has alot of action in it and a great WW II.
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Summary: The book that went Bad
Review: This book was not very interesting at all it did not capture my atention in any way. Although I read the whole book it was very dull there is no paspizazz, action , the details where not realistic. At the begining when steven's cousin was killed the book became opaque. Because the book started right after the boy was killed. Steven got sent to a military acedamy and was sent to live with his father. Know lets skip to the middle of the book he saw the adam bomb go off. he was in the fire of the bomb why didn't he die. Next the child went to see his friend Alexie who he fins out that he is an undercover spies for the war. Know when Steven was running away from alexie why didn't he have a gun if he has been trained by the army.
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