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Wake Up Missing
De Kate Messner
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Einstein, Edison, DaVinci, Oppenheimer, Curie. The greatest minds in science are about to be illegally recreated-and Cat Grayson must stop it. After suffering a concussion, Cat is attending I-CAN, a groundbreaking facility that promises to cure her of constant headaches and lost memory. But I-CAN is state-of-the-art in its technology and its secrets, with a plan to implant DNA from great scientists into modern kids and use them to create a super-weapon. When Cat and her fellow patients discover the truth, they're in serious danger and must make a daring escape through the Everglades to expose the secrets of I-CAN and save its subjects from losing themselves forever. This fascinating adventure is sure to keep readers on the edge of their seats.
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Wake Up Missing
De Kate Messner
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Einstein, Edison, DaVinci, Oppenheimer, Curie. The greatest minds in science are about to be illegally recreated-and Cat Grayson must stop it. After suffering a concussion, Cat is attending I-CAN, a groundbreaking facility that promises to cure her of constant headaches and lost memory. But I-CAN is state-of-the-art in its technology and its secrets, with a plan to implant DNA from great scientists into modern kids and use them to create a super-weapon. When Cat and her fellow patients discover the truth, they're in serious danger and must make a daring escape through the Everglades to expose the secrets of I-CAN and save its subjects from losing themselves forever. This fascinating adventure is sure to keep readers on the edge of their seats.
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This exciting adventure story takes it inspiration from genetic research. Cat is twelve and is suffering from Post-Concussion Syndrome after falling from a tree while birding. She suffers from uncertain balance, holes in her memory, severe headaches, and personality changes. When her parents learn about I-CAN -- the International Center for Advanced Neurology -- based in the Florida Everglades, they are eager for Cat to be treated there.But the center is strange. There are only six patients who all all middle school age and and who all have concussions affecting the same portion of the brain. Cat overhears some things that make her think that something strange is going on but her memory issues make it hard to remember what she heard. Sarah, another patient, is suspicious, too. She had befriended a patient named Trenton who has had a major personality change after entering Stage Three of the treatment program. After sneaking into the head doctor's computer and discovering even more incriminating information, Cat convinces the other three kids who are mobile to try to get away. Trying to get through the swamp with alligators and snakes would be hard enough but add in drug runners, wildlife poachers, and the head doctor who doesn't want his experiments disrupted and the kids are in way over their heads. Did I mention that wildfires are raging or that the doctor may be doing his experiments at the direction of a US Senator who is interested in creating a new weapon?I liked the relationships that grew between the kids as they tried to find out what was going on at I-CAN and while they were trying to escape. I liked their desperation as they tried to find someone they could trust to help them. Fans of adventure won't want to miss this exciting story.
I haven't come across many middle-grade suspense books that actually held my interest, but Wake Up Missing by Kate Messner was a fun, fantastic ride that had me thinking that my middle-grade nephew would probably devour this book. As such, this review will be less about the issues I would have had should this have been an adult book and focus more on all of the elements that make it such a fun read for middle-grade kids.The rest of this review can be read at The Lost Entwife on September 6, 2013.
Kate Messner has a talent for weaving science into her fictionalized, very readable, and engaging stories for children. In her newest novel (which I have a hunch might include a second installation), our main character Cat, slowly recovering from a concussion, is sent by her loving parents to a brain research facility in the Florida Everglades to be admitted into is a state-of-the-art institution for brain injury patients. Cat soon discovers it isn't everything it's cracked up to be: it's actually a top secret facility experimenting with genetics and DNA replacement therapy and the lab rats are Cat and the other young patients. Cat is a wonderfully strong but vulnerable, brave and smart female protagonist who trusts her guts, never lets her friends down, relies on her wits and her intuition, and who ultimately has to decide if the risks of investigating the truth outweigh the risks of staying quiet and ultimately, getting her brain - and her life - back to normal.
A real page-turner for grades 5-7. Kate's extensive notes at the end of the book will entice young readers to further their interests and research into genetics, brain injuries, concussions, but also the ethics and the opportunities - both personal and global - of tinkering with our DNA.
A real page-turner for grades 5-7. Kate's extensive notes at the end of the book will entice young readers to further their interests and research into genetics, brain injuries, concussions, but also the ethics and the opportunities - both personal and global - of tinkering with our DNA.
Oh man oh man! I'm afraid I haven't been able to get into Kate Messner's speculative fiction novels as much as I do with her realistic fiction ones. Maybe it's because I feel like the thing I like most about her MG novels--the adorable relatability of her MCs--doesn't translate as successfully into her speculative MG novels, due to the additional work of world-building, which I feel like doesn't always pass muster with the "ease of credibility" factor--that is, how effortlessly we readers can sink into the world and its problems that the author has created.
Awesome book so full of action and amazment
Review courtesy of Dark Faerie TalesQuick & Dirty: Four kids at a clinic to treat head injuries, when they begin to realize something isn’t right, will they be able to save themselves before it’s too late?Opening Sentence: “If you hit your head hard enough, your brain gets shaken up inside your skull.”The Review:Cat is 12 and on her way to the I-CAN clinic in order to get her life back. She fell out of a tree and sustained a concussion. Since that injury she has lost friends, time at school and the ability to do anything she used to do before the accident. Shortly after arriving at the clinic in the swamps of Florida, she meets Sarah, Ben and Quentin, who are all in various stages of treatment for head injuries.Not long after arriving Cat overhears an odd conversation between the two doctors at the clinic, at the time she dismisses it as just a little odd. But later when Sarah tells her how much Trent has changed since his Stage three treatment. Cat begins to wonder just what is going on at the clinic. It’s not long before Sarah and Cat are trying to figure out what is going on and then stumble across some odd emails containing the DNA sequences for some pretty famous scientists.Will they be able to figure it all out, and will they be able to save themselves in time?I don’t usually read a lot of middle grade books, really for no other reason than it just isn’t my thing. While I didn’t love this book, I did really enjoy it and I found it a great read. In fact, I would heartily recommend this book to any parent with kids into mystery or thrillers. The premise was legit a scary concept and the author executed it flawlessly. I found myself trying to figure out what was going, and really hoping that these 12 year old’s would be able to get free. I have to say that I really like the ingenuity of the kids, and the way they worked together, and kept it together to get out of all the sticky situations. I think at 12 I wouldn’t have figured out half of what they did and I probably would have just been a big mess.I really liked the science behind it, while it seemed a tad far fetched, it also seemed really plausible, which is why I said the premise was legit scary. I find sometimes if you can just stretch reality enough and deliver a story that really feels like it could happen it is often more scary than a regular horror novel. I think this is a story that pretty much everyone would like, but I do think it is really going to appeal to pre-teens and teens a bit more than older adults. That’s just because adults like complexity, romance, and twists. This one had complexity, and some twists but no real romance. It’s a straight forward science fiction thriller.Notable Scenes:“I missed who I used to be, and if this clinic in the middle of nowhere could bring me back, it was worth anything.”“These were doctors, after all, and this was where I needed to be to get better.”“The right group of scientists might be able to cure cancer or fix global warming or find new energy sources.”“On a list of passengers leaving for Moscow in a few hours.”“I wanted to go home so badly it was all I could do not to curl up on the floor of the van and cry.”FTC Advisory: Walker Childrens/Bloomsbury provided me with a copy of Wake Up Missing. No goody bags, sponsorships, “material connections,” or bribes were exchanged for my review.
This novel is a tad bit science fiction as some teens must fight to retain their identities.Cat is basically the main character. Along with Quentin, Sarah, Ben, Trent, and Kaylee , Cat has had a head injury. The head injuries have changed their lives because they are plagued with headaches, nausea, dizziness, and personality changes. They just want to be well and go back to living their lives. There is a famous clinic in Florida that claims they can help. When Kat and Ben arrive, they find Quentin and Sarah who tell them about Kaylee and Trent. Cat is surprised by how few people are here.After Cat overhears some suspicious conversations, she begins to question the validity of the clinic. She does feel much better and can see a way to go back to her former life. Sarah joins Cat in her doubts because Trent has changed so much. In their investigation, they discover disturbing informationIt’s a solid middle school book. It’s got some adventure and interesting futuristic science experimentation. I like that the parents aren’t stupid as they often are in books and I like that the Cat has a good relationship with her mom even though the parents are in the book very little. It has a good lesson about how to find help and the resiliency that can come with adversity. There’s little depth of character, but it’s a well moving plot.