G51 Book Review of The Intruders by Olive Peart
Name of Book: The Intruders Author: Olive Peart ISBN: 9780982307724 Publisher: Demarche Publishing LLC Type of book: science fiction, time travel to future, primitive, disease, relationships, race, New York, 2200s? Year it was published: 2010 Summary: Six teenagers from the Bronx set out to explore a cave in their neighborhood and end up three centuries into the future. After saving the life of one member of a tribe, the Bronx teens are accepted. Within weeks, however, they find themselves in the middle of a fight for survival. Another tribe living in Manhattan is bent on wiping out the tribe in the Bronx. These teenagers have a unique advantage in this war—they know the land. For the six, this becomes a true adventure. However, all too soon their adventure becomes very real. Their dog dies, and now both friends and enemies are getting killed. This was no longer fun—this was war! Characters: The characters might as well have been cut out of cardboard, both men an...