The Project

By Brian Falkner

275 Pages

Published by Random House

★★★

By Mel

 

 I gave this book only three stars because although I loved the story line, for whatever reason I could not get myself to read this book for more that five to ten minutes at a time. This is unusual for me because I usually can sit down and read for hours! The ending did get a little bit better, and maybe it was just how the author wrote the book that didn't keep me in. But, I have a tendency to rad a book until the end unless it is completely unbearable. It's kind of ironic I said that because this is a book about the most boring book in the world which is supposed to be so boring that it will make you fall asleep in minutes. That's the kind of book I don't think I would finish. Anyways, other than that, I really don't have any complaints about the story line of the book.

 

One thing I love is how ordinary the main characters are. They are just two average teenage boys who are constantly getting themselves into trouble at school in Iowa. Luke, the main character, is a poor boy from New Zealand. Tommy, Luke's best friend, is a rich boy who has always dreamed of becoming a spy and spends his allowance on coll gadgets off the internet.

 

Their town's river has been flooding. They've had a very rainy season. The boys volunteer to help put sand bags and move the books in the library from the basement to the upper floor and out of reach of the flood waters. That's when the find the most boring book in the world. Luke had recently read about the book online. It is worth two million dollars and said to have been lost a few decades ago. and now he and Tommy know where it is and can easily get it. But that's when everything goes wrong. 

 

It turns out that the man who had offered two million dollars for the book had come here after hearing it might be in the library. This man tries stealing the book and is armed with guns, along with some other men Tommy and Luke nickname Mumbo and Jumbo. Tommy and Luke don't know it yet, but this book holds some valuable information, hidden in code, that could completely change the world as they knew it. And it's up to two ordinary boys to find out what it is and how to stop this evil man from getting this information.

 

This book takes you places you would never imagine of going to. It has plenty of mystery and action. I really liked how the bad guys also spoke German because I'm taking German in school. It was kind of coll when they spoke it to be able to translate it. But don't worry; you definitely don't need to speak German to read this book. I also enjoyed the fact that it kind of had a little to do with the history of World War II. That's a subject that really interests me. Anyways, others might enjoy reading this novel a little more than me so it would be a great book to try.

(Phew, I finally got something up. Sorry for the delay, but I was at string camp for a week where we had zero access to the internet. It. Was. TORTURE! I developed a Jolly Rancher addiction because I was unable to look up Catching Fire movie news. And Mel, the viola's missed you! You're sister was there, why didn't you come?! And if your sister is reading this, HI VAL!!! <3 Em)