FIRE-WILL-FALL

1. [PDF] Fire Will Fall Fire Will Fall Carol Plum-Ucci DOC | *audiobook | ebooks | Download PDF | ePub #2788362 in Books 2011-05-23 2011-05-23Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 5.00 x 1.20 x 5.00l, .82 #File Name: 0547550073492 pages | File size: 70.Mb Carol Plum-Ucci : Fire Will Fall before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised Fire Will Fall: 0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Better than the firstBy Happy mamaI had read "Streams of Babel" and thought it was okay, but I don't have the ability to NOT read the second book in a series, so I had to read this one. I found it to be a much better book, and could pretty much stand alone if a reader chose to skip "Streams of Babel." The plot moved a lot faster, yet realistically in this book in my opinion. And there was lots of Tyler, who is probably my favorite character in the series so that was a good thing. My only complaints are that Owen is almost a completely different character from the one developed in the first book, and the last 40 pages of this book should have just completely been cut. The story was resolved and those pages, which would basically be an "epilogue" added nothing

2. to the story, weren't consistent with what the characters had been doing up to that point, and basically just made me angry.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great BooksBy Elizabeth81091I loved this two book series and would love to see more books by this author in order to learn more about the characters beyond the end of the book. This is how invested I became in the characters!3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Nerve Racking Fun! (a wonderful read)By PamWhat a great read. FIRE WILL FALL was just great fun, although I have to complain a little about it keeping me up too late at night. In fact, the tension was so great at one point that I had to resolve not to read the book too close to bedtime because it was freaking me out.The story is a follow-up to a previous book --Streams of Babel-- that I haven't read, but which I am definitely going to track down. It's principally about 4 teenagers who are recovering from a poisoning that took place in the previous book where terrorists dumped toxic bio- hazards into their small town's water supply. Most of these teens lost parents and friends, and they are still barely surviving on a pharmaceutical cocktail of meds that have some odd side effects. They are brought to a restored house to recover with the assurance that they are out of danger from the terrorists. 'Dogs don't return to their vomit', they are told. BUT unfortunately that doesn't turn out to be the case as they just happen to have been settled near the next target site.TALKING POINTS:::I don't do "terrorists/spy" books, and I don't do popular thrillers (no Dan Brown for me), but maybe I should broaden my reading and take a look at more books in this genre, because I really enjoyed FIRE WILL FALL. I thought Plum-Ucci did a fabulous job with building tension and with differentiating the characters. In fact, I guess that's why I like the book: I got hooked on the characters and how they interacted. The mind-tingling excitement of trying to figure out who would die, was just delicious icing on that cake!All good things said, this shouldn't be a book you pick up when your exhausted because the chapters are divided amongst 6 points of view, and first person at that. Everything flows brilliantly, but it won't be as much fun for you if you are tired and can't quite remember who is who.NOTE: You absolutely do not have to have read the first book. This one stands on it's own.Brilliant fun. A definite 'guilty-pleasure' read. Enjoy!Pam T~(booksforkids-reviews) ShadowStrike poisoned the water of Trinity Falls two months ago. Now the Trinity Four, the teens most affected by the poison, have been isolated in a remote mansion, under twenty-four-hour medical care while scientists on four continents rush to discover a cure. Meanwhile, U.S. operatives scour the world for the bioterrorists responsible for this heinous crime, as two teen virtual spies, also infected, hunt for the criminals on the Internet. The danger remains realfor ShadowStrike has every reason to pursue the Trinity Four, and their evil plan will unleash a new designer virus thats even deadlier than the first. From School Library JournalGrade 9 UpIn Streams of Babel (Harcourt, 2008), a terrorist organization poisoned the drinking water of a small New Jersey town. Fire Will Fall begins two months after the events in that book. The four surviving teens have been released from the hospital but are not yet out of danger. Suffering from chronic health problems and under threat from those members of ShadowStrike who evaded capture, they are taken to an isolated mansion near the Jersey shore where they can recuperate under 24-hour guard while scientists around the world race to find a cure for the deadly virus to which they were exposed. In the meantime, members of USIC are working around the clock to find the terrorist cell before its members can strike again with a new and even deadlier biological weapon. The compelling characters, dramatic situations, and page-turning pace of this thriller will keep readers enthralled right up to the climax.Jane Henriksen Baird, Anchorage Public Library, AK (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.From BooklistScott, Owen, Cora, and Rain are the Trinity Four, teen survivors of a bioterrorist attack in Trinity Falls, New Jersey, that has left them famous in People magazine but also seriously ill and sequestered in a remote compound, where they receive intensive medical care and wait for the terrorists who planned the attack to be apprehended. The Four alternate narration, along with two other teen spies, also ill and hidden in another location, who hack into chat rooms and collect information on the terrorists. This thrillers pacing is slow, considering the multiple narrators, the promising premise, and the elements of danger and espionage. Most of the story takes place over a few days in the spring following 9/11. After security is breached, and the hackers are announced dead in a house fire, figuring out whom to trust gets harder for everyone, including the reader, and the narrative picks up speed. Sexual tension and fragile relationships are part of the story as much as the terrorist hunt is, and the two couples fears about their own possible impending mortality will captivate a high-school audience. Grades 9-12. --Cindy Dobrez "This sequel to the outstanding Streams of Babel (2008) more than lives up to its predecessor's standard. A taut read, it's hard to put down, with characters readers will care about and plenty of momentum. Humor is deftly woven into both character development and dialogue, lightening the mood at just the right spots. A must-read, all-too-contemporary page-turner."--Kirkus, starred review"Sexual tension and fragile relationships are part of the story as much as the terrorist hunt is, and the two couples fears about their own possible impending mortality will captivate a high-school audience."--Booklist