This novel started out very promising. The puzzles were interesting and I was invested in the characters.
This would have to rank as one of the most thrilling and original action-adventures for teens that I have read in a long while. Probably since the first in James Patterson's "Maximum Ride" series.
I just finished reading The Tomorrow Code, and was very impressed. I found the story hard to put down (stayed up far too late to finish it), and with a great storyline, engaging characters and a `satisfyingly hanging' conclusion, I would highly recommend it to any older teen (or adult like me!
The Tomorrow Code by Brian Falkner Crack the code or tomorrow is history! That's what it says on the cover of my copy of The Tomorrow Code and this tagline does a good job of summing up the excitement and urgency of this adventure story.
This story takes place in New Zealand and follows 14 year old Rebecca and Tane, friends since birth, as they discover a code sent from the future. The first set of codes they receive are numbers which they make the leap and make the conclusion that they are lottery numbers.
I liked this book quite a bit. The apocalyptic event, although a little far fetched, was pretty entertaining, and the messages back through time was a really neat twist.
I don't recall what recommendation put this book in front of me, but I'm glad I read it. I didn't realize until I was a few pages into it that it was written for a younger crowd, but I kept on and enjoyed it the whole way through.
Sending messages to save the world the two teenagers find themselves reading their own SOS messages from the future. both embarks on a mission to find town folk disappearing into the fog as it spreads across.
This is not a book about time travel. But it is certainly a smart book.
Good science and a good plot make this an excellent science adventure story with teenagers as the protagonists, something that you don't see very often. There's also bits of the Maori culture thrown in there that make things interesting.
I love a good circular ending. The explanation of events and the progression of solving the mystery was clear without resembling "info dump.
Teenaged outcasts try to use science to save New Zealand (and the world) from a mysterious fog. A real page turner.
You have to read this book with an open mind. I bought this book two years before I read it and I was completely hooked.
Humans are a plague to the earth. Earth's antibodies are coming to get us.
