Dangerous, by Shannon Hale
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Dangerous, by Shannon Hale
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How far would you go to save the world?
When Maisie Danger Brown nabbed a spot at a NASA-like summer boot camp, she never expected to uncover a conspiracy that would change her life forever.
And she definitely didn't plan to fall in love.
But now there's no going back-Maisie's the only thing standing between the Earth and annihilation. She must become the hero the world needs. The only problem is: how does a regular girl from Salt Lake City do that, exactly? It's not as though there's a handbook for this sort of thing. It's up to Maisie to come up with a plan-and find the courage to carry it out-before she loses her heart . . . and her life.
Equal parts romance and action-adventure, this explosive story is sure to leave both longtime Shannon Hale fans and avid science fiction readers completely breathless.
Dangerous, by Shannon Hale- Amazon Sales Rank: #412400 in Books
- Brand: Hale, Shannon
- Published on: 2015-05-05
- Released on: 2015-05-05
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.21" h x 1.09" w x 5.57" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 416 pages
From School Library Journal Gr 7 Up—Her middle name may be Danger, but Maisie "Danger" Brown doesn't seem a likely action heroine. She is a homeschooled half-Latina science geek with a special love for physics and astronomy, and she has an artificial arm. When she wins a contest to go to astronaut camp with other teens, her life changes dramatically. Her team gets an opportunity to go up in a space elevator, and she and four others, including Wilder, the boy she's crushing on, are exposed to alien artifacts or "tokens," which enter their bodies and give them superpowers. Maisie becomes a tech whiz, one teen becomes superstrong and beastlike, another is able to shoot objects from her fingers, one teammate gains the ability to grow armor and weaponry from his body, and Wilder becomes the Thinker, a mastermind who can direct them all on a mission envisioned by the aliens who created the tokens. But what is the group's ultimate purpose? Will they survive the alien mission? And will they be able to escape the grasp of the humans competing to exploit them and the alien technology, including Wilder's own unscrupulous father? This fast-paced science fiction novel with echoes of the "Fantastic Four" comics doesn't let up for a moment. Maisie is a strong, smart heroine with a wry sense of humor, and readers will be rooting for her to save the world. A must-read for fans of superhero adventures.—Kathleen E. Gruver, Burlington County Library, Westampton, NJ
From Booklist Fantasist Hale’s foray into sci-fi—a thriller about teens possessed by alien nanotechnology—is a rocky one, with pell-mell plotting and sketchy world building, though it hits the right notes for blockbuster appeal. Maisie Danger Brown, born with only one hand, had given up on becoming an astronaut when she wins three weeks at an astronaut boot camp run by Bonnie Howell, creator of the world’s only space elevator. Maisie and four others, including misunderstood hottie Wilder, are rewarded with a jaunt up this space beanstalk, where they come into contact with alien tech: tokens that melt into their bodies, imbuing each teen with powers that make them capable of taking over the world—or protecting it from invaders. This stand-alone novel has a trilogy’s worth of ideas, resulting in a convoluted story moving too fast for the serious moments (such as a character having his arm chopped off) to have emotional impact. Hale’s energetic writing carries the rough patches, though, and Maisie is an intelligent, self-aware hero, even when in the throes of romance. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: The sky is indeed the limit here, with a 10-city national tour, advertising that will cover the media spectrum, video trailers, and more. Grades 7-10. --Krista Hutley
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“One of the best books I've ever read. Ever. It's chock full of intrigue, suspense, and clever, authentic, wonderful humor. I'm in love with this book.” ―James Dashner, New York Times bestselling author of The Maze Runner
“Master storyteller Hale takes readers to dizzying new heights. Layered with gritty action and heartfelt characters, Dangerous is a can't-miss adventure.” ―Kiersten White, New York Times bestselling author of Paranormalcy
“Fast paced and action packed, bubbling over with ideas and full of heart, Dangerous is a dangerously addictive read.” ―Scott Westerfeld, New York Times bestselling author of the Leviathan and Uglies series
“Maisie Danger Brown is Danny Dunn and Nelly Bly rolled into one. Hale mashes up her science and her superheroes with aliens and a terrestrial villain or two, then stirs in just the right amount of wonder and delight. I loved this book.” ―Megan Whalen Turner, Newbery-Honor winning author of The Thief
“Dangerous is exactly that--you will not be able to put this book down, nor will you be able to get its fantastic heroine, Maisie Brown, out of your head.” ―Ally Condie, New York Times bestselling author of Matched
“Girl power abounds . . . A change of pace that largely succeeds, showing that Hale's range is wider than her readers might have expected.” ―Kirkus Reviews
“An action-packed SF thriller with plenty of surprises and an intriguing premise.” ―Publishers Weekly
“This fast-paced science fiction novel with echoes of the "Fantastic Four" comics doesn't let up for a moment . . . A must-read for fans of superhero adventures.” ―School Library Journal
“Maisie is an intelligent, self-aware hero, even when in the throes of romance.” ―Booklist
“This adventure, sci-fi, romance novel will keep readers engrossed. Hale's audience will likely extend with this new dimension in her writing.” ―Library Media Connection
“Hale fans will easily find much to appreciate in the well-developed setting and sturdy girl characters in this new genre for the author.” ―BCCB
“Hale writes her first suspenseful science fiction novel with great success. Maisie Danger Brown is a strong, smart, unique character. . . . Fans of Hale's previous work, as well as those with no prior knowledge, will enjoy this new addition to the growing young adult science fiction field.” ―VOYA
“Girl power abounds… A change of pace that largely succeeds, showing that Hale's range is wider than her readers might have expected.” ―Kirkus Reviews
“This fast-paced science fiction novel with echoes of the “Fantastic Four” comics doesn't let up for a moment… A must-read for fans of superhero adventures.” ―School Library Journal
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful. A fast paced adventure but loses its way with lackluster characters and odd, choppy prose By Christina (Ensconced in Lit) I received this book from the Goodreads First Reads book giveaway, thanks!Dangerous by Shannon Hale is the first book I've read by her. I've heard great things about her Princess Academy and the Goose Girl books, and this apparently is a pretty big divergence from those books. We are introduced to Maisie Danger Brown who is a genius and is the kid of two very bright scientists and is homeschooled. She wins a prize to go to a smart kid camp with one of the greatest scientists in the world. At the camp, she meets a sexy guy, and friends that understand who she is (other than her best friend at home, Luther). But quickly, after a space trip goes awry, Maisie realizes that she's gotten more than she's bargained for at this camp.I'm going to remain vague at this point so the reader can discover the book's secrets for themselves. The premise was pretty entertaining and the plot fast paced. Probably out of all of the characters, I liked Maisie's parents the best. I love that we have a YA book where the parents are still alive and obviously love their kid very much, so I appreciated that.I had a ton of issues with this book, however. The prose is extremely choppy. I'm not sure if that's just Hale's writing style in general, but all of the sentences are short to the point that it was very obvious after a few pages. The characters are not well drawn out so I didn't feel that connected to any of them. The head scientist was supposed to be quirky and maybe on the autistic spectrum, but just ended up being weird to me. And everything just seemed way over the top, and as the pages were turned, the body count piled up, as if there was nothing wrong with that. No one really cared when people died in this book, so that made me less willing to care. The love story between Maisie and other kid was not that convincing and it made her look wishy washy as a character to keep oscillating in her feelings for him. To me, he wasn't that great.Overall, fast paced adventure, but I would not rank this in my favorites of the YA sci fi genre, and the characters are pretty lackluster.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful. Eh By A Book Vacation This is a very fast read, but the plot itself moves much too quickly, in my opinion. We meet the main character, Maisie, and almost immediately, she’s whisked off to astronaut camp, meets a boy, they make out, he dumps her, they get injected with alien DNA on “accident”… and on and on it goes, with little to no character or plot building to ease the reader through it all. And because of this, I personally found all five main characters to be bratty and stuck up; I didn’t care for any of them because I never had time to get to know them—the novel moved so quickly that we were off on the next adventure/mishap before I had time to wrap my head around the last. And since there was no real time to make any connections with the “fireteam,” as they so aptly name themselves, it was doubly hard for me to get into the novel. So while the premise was interesting enough, as were the effects the alien substances had on the five, it just moved too quickly to be enjoyable or hold my interest.Truthfully, I didn’t find much of the novel plausible, and with so much happening and the characters constantly speaking in a “scientific manner,” I had a hard time following some of their conversations–like those about the changes their bodies were going through, or how Maisie was able to take apart and rebuild things so easily.Now, the novel did get a little better as it unfolded, but even so, it was still choppy in its execution and just didn’t hold my interest due to its lack of plot development. Unfortunately, this novel just wasn’t for me.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful. Sci-fi and super hero / villains in what feels more like middle grade style fiction By Pabkins Contrary to what I rated Dangerous, with 2 stars, for the right reader I think it would have been a much more enjoyable read.The points that I believe might have helped find the right readers:- If the book description for Dangerous were more forthcoming about the content, theme and or plot line of what it actually was about! - Then it would have been better able to appeal to the right readers.- My opinion on the target audience for this book would be tweens, not teens, because originally I had thought this book was supposed to be young adult and yet it felt more like some of the outrageous adventure plot lines I normally see in middlegrade fiction. In addition to the fact that the kids are actually around 14 or less, go to space camp, then end up with crazy super hero like powers (with a sci-fi twist). Albeit there is more violence and death in Dangerous then I've normally seen in other middle grade books, I still think that is where this book belongs and should be targeted.- Dangerous is a mix of science fiction, comic book style super hero/villain fiction and romance. Now ask yourself folks, did you get that indication from the book description? I sure as heck didn't.Things that didn't work for me:- The adults. Some of their actions, dialogue and overall behavior was just ridiculous. I can not realistically see some of these things going down. Immediately things like that would pull me out of the story.- Super smart children I can absolutely believe as there are definite prodigy kids out there. But their personalities coupled with the plot line just didn't mesh well. It would have been better for me if either one or the other were toned down.- The bad jokes and puns. They were cute for awhile, but the further I along I read the more tiresome I found them.Ultimately, I don't think Dangerous was a bad book I just thing it was the wrong book for me. Almost half of what I read is young adult fiction and the other half is adult, then maybe a very few middle grade books each year. This particular one I likely wouldn't have picked up if I'd had a more accurate idea of what was in store for me.
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