Jon Krakauer’s Into The Wild, is a must read. One of he literary genres of this book is suspense. You don’t know what Chris McCandless (Alex) is going to do next, or were he is going to go. This book is also very eloquent and terrifying. The book is about a young man named Alex, “Just Alex”. He wants to try and live in the mountains by himself. He knows its not going to be easy. A truck driver that saw him hitchhiking on the side of the road drops him off into the wild. He meets people there, a become friends with them. Chris is found dead; the police can’t identify the body. This is all over the news, and the truck driver that dropped him off remembers what he looked like and where he dropped him off. The truck driver calls the police and describes the story to them. Will they believe him? And if so will they contact Chris’s parents and tell them his son was found…. dead?
I liked this book, it was a kind of book that made you want to keep reading and never put the book down. I feel this way because I like adventure books. I think someone else should read this book, and they should keep telling other people about it. This is a great book.
In this excerpt, Chris (Alex) is getting picked up by a truck driver, and hey share a few words.
The hitchhiker swung his pack into the bed of the ford and introduced himself as Alex. “Alex?” Gallien responded, fishing for a last name. “Just Alex”, the young man replied, pointedly rejecting the bait.

 out of  found this valuable. Do you find this valuable?    

Kate Lammon English
11/24/08 Book Review

Sail is a thrilling, suspenseful, page turning mystery book. James Patterson includes plot twists and adventure. The dysfunctional Dunne family goes on a summer trip, but it turns out to be a disaster. From one daughter jumping off the boat, to a drug using son, and a ten-year-old kid, Katherine Dunne tries to reunite her family without her late husband. On top of that, someone is trying to kill the family. The Dunne family discovers this when their boat explodes from a bomb. They have to work together in order to survive on a deserted island. Then the Dunne family finds out a jaw-wrenching piece of information; Katherine Dunne’s new husband, Peter Carlyle is trying to kill their family. This plot twist occurs when Peter flies himself out to where the Dunne family is stranded and tries to kill the family. They get out of it and are saved, the Dunne family and Peter who attempted to murder them. Katherine Dunne and Peter Carlyle go through a trail. How will this all piece together? Will Katherine receive the justice that she deserves, “In the case of the State of New York versus Peter James Carlyle…”
I will definitely recommend this novel to everyone. Once the reader starts this novel, one will not want to put it down. James Patterson never lets readers down; he always creates adventure packed and page turning novels. For instance, when I found out that Katherine Dunne’s new husband is the one who really wants to kill the Dunne family, my jaw dropped. I was not able to put the book down. Another example for the text that makes this book so delicious is the trial of Peter Carlyle. One will wonder, “What is going to happen next? What plot twist does Patterson have up his sleeve?” This book is also heartwarming because through this experience, the Dunne family becomes the close family that it once was. So get to

 out of  found this valuable. Do you find this valuable?