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Book Review By Cori
The Lake House by James Patterson

The sequel to When the Wind Blows, The Lake House tells the story of six extraordinary children, endowed with the power to fly after genetic engineering merged their DNA with that of birds, and who have to fight for their lives against scientists who want to clone them, producing a race of human-bird creatures.

Kit(an FBI agent) and Frannie(a Veterinarian) follow 6 amazing children through there struggles with a secrect organization seeking to capture the six children, and take over the world.

The six children being(in order of age): Maximum, Ozymandias, Iggy, Mathew, Peter, and Wendy.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book - very upbeat
Lifeform altered? Yes
Kind of alteration:
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Family relations Yes
Descript. of chases or violence - 20 %
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30 %
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10 %

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - a teen
If magical mental powers: - can fly
Really unusual traits?

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status:
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an above average amount
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters

Setting
Earth setting: - current (early 21st century)
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - an average amount of scientific explanation
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - actual description of sex
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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