- Library Binding: 209 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Other (Oct 20 1994)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0060245433
- ISBN-13: 978-0060245436
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.6 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 454 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Product Details |
Product Description
From Publishers Weekly
With its prehistoric quarry and gore-spattered action ("Erdon's last conscious thought was the realization that he was being chewed in half"), Zindel's latest calls to mind a waterlogged version of Jurassic Park. For years, Loch and his spunky younger sister Zaidee have trailed after Dr. Sam, their renowned marine biologist father, as he travels the world searching for behemoths like Sasquatch or the Loch Ness Monster. Dr. Sam's boss is the wealthy and inexplicably evil Anthony Cavenger, the father of Loch's love interest Sarah, a spoiled but good-hearted clotheshorse saddled with the novel's most inane lines. Exploring a remote Vermont lake, Cavenger and his entourage have a brief but bloody encounter with what seems to be a Plesiosaurus, a fanged cousin of "Nessie." The next day, Loch and his sister meet up with Wee Beastie, a playful infant Plesiosaurus that endears itself to the youngsters with its "otherworldly singing." Determined to protect Wee Beastie and its fearsome kin, Loch, Zaidee and Sarah embark upon a muddled rescue plan that has the dubious virtue of bringing about the slaughter of nearly all the bad guys. The insight and wit of Zindel's best work are conspicuously absent. Ages 12-up.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From School Library Journal
Grade 6-9?Zindel draws on his scientific background in this story of Luke Perkins, 15, nicknamed "Loch" after claiming to see a lake monster as a little boy. He and his younger sister, Zaidee, join their oceanographer father on an expedition searching for enormous prehistoric creatures sighted in Lake Alban in Vermont. Their leader, Cavenger, is a ruthless despot who would just as soon annihilate as preserve the Plesiosaurs, water beasts thought to be extinct for over 10 million years. The siblings and Cavenger's daughter befriend Wee Beastie and help it and its family escape to safety; Dr. Perkins, who has been diminished in his own and his childrens' eyes by selling out his ideals in his need for money, redeems himself. The book is really about what makes a family, whether human or creature, as Loch and Zaidee adjust to their mother's death and help their father regain his self-respect. The gruesome attacks by Pleisosaurs on some humans are gory and grisly enough to satisfy even the blood-thirstiest of middle schoolers. Zindel's style capably blends descriptive, figurative language with YA dialogue.?Connie Tyrrell Burns, Mahoney Middle School, South Portland, ME
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
Browse and search another edition of this book.
Browse and search another edition of this book.
First Sentence
Loch turned away from the plunging mountainside until he floated hundreds of feet above Lake Alban. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
Loch turned away from the plunging mountainside until he floated hundreds of feet above Lake Alban. Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample PagesConcordance
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most helpful customer reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Another great masterpiece by Zindel,
By SmokeyMicStalker "Austin" (Little Rock, AR) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Loch: A Novel (Paperback)
This book is very good and you will find it hard to put down. It is my favorite Zindel book second to Raptor. It is worth the time and is constant action. You will be asking yourself who is really the bad guy. The only reason I gave it a 4 was because I reserve 5 for books in which are absolutely flawless and I could read it twice in one day and it would be just as exiting the second time.
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Loch,
By Matthew Swift (Gallup, NM USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Loch: A Novel (Paperback)
This book is cool cause I like the way everything is put together. The scene is like dark and people are gone.Most everything is silent and then the writer that says that there is something in the darkness moving. The whole book is like that and thats what I like about it. It just keeps you wondering about what will happen next. In this book thecharacters dont talk on and on about nothing. They have a point most of the time. The ending was alright thats why i gave it a rating of 4 cause it wasn't to good. Other than that the rest of the story is the best part and this was probably the best book I read so far.
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Very Good Book,
By A Customer
This review is from: Loch: A Novel (Paperback)
My first Paul Zindel book ever! LOCH kinda represents The Loch Ness Monster. In this book Loch and his sister are on a expedition with there father and hit boss who is trying to prove the existence of lake monsters. On a routine mission a water beast explodes out of the water and a photographer loses his life. These things are known as plesiosaurs and somehow there cover got blown. Loch encounters a baby plesiosaur that lost it's mother and they become friends. So Loch risks his life to save the creatures from being destroyed. The best parts were whenever a plesiosaur showed up. this is one of Paul Zindel's longest books.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
Want to see more reviews on this item?
|
Most recent customer reviews |
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
