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The Marvelous Effect
By CLE, Troy
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-41693-958-0
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2007
Gr 6-9 Fantasy fiction with African-American protagonists is hard enough to come by, so it's a joy to discover a book that fills the need with flair. Louis Proof is racing RC cars in an underground amusement park when he glimpses a pair of ethereal beings. Soon after, he falls into a coma and awakens three months later to a world turned upside down. Surreal events have become commonplace, several parents and teachers are now unusually permissive, and the teen has been granted phenomenal powers. Eventually a stranger named Timothy exp...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
When alien creatures take over his town, Louis Proof is thrown into a real-life video game. He finds himself with n...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
