Schoenagel+-+Tentacles

  Reviewed by Jenna Schoenagel   Tentacles      By Ronald Smith     <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"> I read Tentacles it is a great book. I think this because it is the spy kind of stuff I like with the guns and bombs and things like that. So this book was fun to read. The story starts on an island where a boy named Marty lives. His friend Luther is visiting him on the island. The kids are about to take an amazing journey in search of a giant squid. Marty is an expert at flying this super advanced electronic bug he calls the dragon spy. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"> I like the setting because it is on an island then on a boat on the ocean and I love being at the ocean. I liked it also because it switches from place to place and the author explained the setting clearly so you can understand it. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"> A man named Ted Bronson who sometimes has a fake identity is aboard the ship. He pretends to be Theo Sonborn. Sonborn is Bronson mixed up. There is also a girl named Grace, a man named Travis Wolfe, Butch McCall, dinosaur eggs, three dolphins, along with other passengers on board, and Noah Blackwood and boats of pirates who are trying to get Grace and the dinosaurs, then sink the ship along with the other people on board. My favorite characters were the two dinosaurs. I think the characters were important in the story. I liked them because they caused misfortune in the book. The characters also created a problem too. Like Noah Blackwood stealing the dinosaur eggs and grace. Butch also caused some problems like making the helicopter fall over board, pushing a man overboard and being sort of a spy for Noah. So I liked the characters and think they added to the story. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"> I liked the plot because the book kept you guessing and wondering what would happen next. I liked it also because it made you wonder if Noah and his men were going to get grace and the dinosaurs. In the end Noah does get grace and the dinosaurs. The plot and the way things kept you guessing made the plot great. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"> The theme was awesome. I liked it because it was kind of a spy action book with guns and bombs and action and I am in to all that stuff. It also added to the story because it was dinosaur and old animal things. Because of the dinosaurs and high tech stuff in the book I really liked how the theme added to the book. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Overall I really liked the story especially when Luther goes through security and empties his pockets and inside he has half a dozen colored pencils, two flash drives, floss //, // pencil sharpener, candy wrappers, a small sketch pad, a pair of sunglasses, a comb useless to him, a hand held video game player, a digital camera, stereo ear buds, a stick of gum, and an I phone. If you are into the spy action stuff this is the book for you it's great. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">
 * Tentacles **