Sanctuary (1-800-Where-R-You Series)
- Book Review,
by Jenny Carroll
From School Library Journal
Grade 7 Up-Sixteen-year-old Jessica Mastriani, nicknamed "Lightning Girl" because of her ability to locate missing people after being struck by lightning, has an uneasy feeling when the doorbell rings on Thanksgiving Day. At the door is her new neighbor, one of the few African Americans in town, Dr. Thompkins, looking for his missing son. Later that night, Nate's body is discovered in a cornfield with a strange symbol on his chest. Then Seth, a Jewish boy, goes missing on the same day a synagogue is burned and the cemetery next door is defaced with swastikas and the same symbol found on Nate's body. It turns out that a local white-supremacist militia is responsible, the same group that is holding Seth hostage. After a police rescue attempt fails, Jessica decides that she is the only one who can save him. The story starts out believably, but it becomes quite far-fetched toward the end. However, Jessica is a strong female character with a voice true to that of a modern teenager. She tries to fit in with the "normal" kids, but her extraordinary power keeps her on the fringes of the in-crowd. Although this is the fourth in a series, the book can stand alone and is sure to be popular with readers looking for a quick thriller.Michele Capozzella, Chappaqua Public Library, NYCopyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
Sixteen-year-old Jessica Mastriani knew she wasn't going to be able to hide her psychic powers from the U.S. government -- interested in utilizing her special skills for their own devices -- forever. But she never thought that she and Cyrus Krantz, the special agent brought in to "convince" Jess to join his elite team of "specially gifted" crime solvers, would turn out to have something in common. But when a local boy's disappearance is attributed to a backwoods militia group, Jess's goal -- to find the missing child -- and Dr. Krantz's -- to stop a group of madmen before they kill again -- turn out to be one and the same. Suddenly Jess finds herself working with one enemy in order to stop a far worse one. In an atmosphere of hate and fear, can Jess and Dr. Krantz -- not to mention Jess's would-be boyfriend, Rob -- work together to unite a community and save a life...without losing their own?
About the Author
Meg Cabot is the author of the 1-800-WHERE-R-YOU books (originally published under the name Jenny Carroll), as well as The Mediator series and the #1 New York Times best-sellers All-American Girl and The Princess Diaries series (which was made into a major motion picture by Disney). Meg has written many books for older readers as well. She currently resides in New York City with her husband and one-eyed cat, Henrietta.
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