Kelsey
Peña, M. D. (2015). The hunted.
E-book review
The Hunted
The Hunted by Matt De Pena is a
captivating adventure about a group of friends determined to help the people of
California during a major crisis. The story begins as the friends arrive on a
lifeboat after being stranded at sea. With them they carry syringes containing
a vaccine to cure people of the virus that has swept through California. They
also have paperwork implicating the drug company for spreading the virus in the
first place in order to create a demand for a “cure”. These friends face all
kinds of trouble as they travel. They can not tell anyone their real purpose
because then they will no longer have the vaccine, and once they make
themselves known they become hunted by the drug company who obviously do not
want the information to be leaked. They travel all the way to the border and
manage to get the vaccines over after a great deal of struggle and find
themselves having to make decisions about what they will do next.
The author does a wonderful job of
holding the readers interest. The story is packed with adventure and the reader
is always holding his/her breath waiting for what will happen next. This book
would be suitable for high school readers. There are some moments that are
suggestive for younger students. The main characters have sex in the story and
there is a great deal of graphic violence and disturbing imagery. I became very
much absorbed in this book and couldn't stop reading it. I was disappointed
when I got to the end and realized that there was a book that came before
because I wish I had read that first. Overall the book had very rich
characters. Many races were represented clearly in the story which was great
for young readers to help students identify.
More Resources
http://www.ca.gov/http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2015/08/06/one-thing-leads-to-another-an-interview-with-matt-de-la-pena/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR8dhpQBCMc
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