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3.0étoiles sur 5
Good Teen Read!, Nov. 19 2007
Robert Smith is a regular 16 year old boy, or so he thinks. Robert is just another kid with a stomach-ache arriving at the hospital for an endoscopy. Not fully anaesthetized, he hears the doctors claim that his organs are not human. When CIA agents with guns swarm in, Robert decides to make a run for it. The next day, he spots himself on the front page of the newspaper wanted for murder. Conveniently, the one person Robert runs into, Eddi, an old friend, not only takes him in but is an expert in creating fake IDs. With a duffle bag full of cash from her business, they fly out of the country to her house in Spain, where they think they will be left alone. In Spain, Eddi and Robert fall in love and start a new life together. All is going well until one day after a dinner party.
Being is a book filled with suspense, love, and extraordinary twists along the way. Even though intended for a teen audience, I believe this could also be treated as an adult read.
I recommend this book for teens and older readers looking for a suspenseful mystery relating to the difficult lives of foster teens.
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4.0étoiles sur 5
Courtesy of Teens Read Too, Mars 6 2007
Robert Smith was waiting for the nurse to call him into the doctor's office to prepare him for his scheduled endoscopy, not realizing it would be the last normal day in his life. Once called into the office, Robert was put under anesthetic and doctors went about putting a tube down his throat in order to find out what was causing his stomach discomfort. Unexpectedly, Robert woke up before he was supposed to and realized he was in a different room with many people he didn't recognize. He heard phrases like, "What is that?" and "Are those wires?" Robert felt every cut made into his body for the exploratory surgery these strange people in black suits were performing on him.
After Robert forced himself off the table, he managed to get a weapon out of the hand of one of the black suits. At gun point, Robert demanded the anesthetist knock out his attackers and then kidnapped him in order to use his car to get away. Next, he set about making himself invisible. He knew he couldn't go to his house where his foster parents lived or any place he'd normally visit. The first night he checked into a hotel for some rest to give himself some time to decide what to do the next day. He was overwhelmed with thoughts about what was inside him. He looked over the evidence he took from the doctor's office, which included a videotape of the endoscopy. On the tape he saw things that should have been impossible.
After a sleepless night, Robert put the first step of his plan in motion. To become a different person, change identities, disappear from the face of the Earth. He went to see a girl named Eddi who was in the business of fake IDs, birth certificates, and other needed credentials to get by in life. What he found when he got to her place was suspicion and uncertainty. Life quickly spiraled out of control for both of them shortly after their paths crossed. Escape to Trejeda on the Canary Islands seemed like the best plan. For a time, life fell into the routine of sleeping late, eating fantastic food, and work. Eddi and Robert knew they couldn't hide forever, but they were never prepared for how everything would end.
BEING is an interesting story of an orphan trying to learn his identity. It is filled with intrigue and suspense; however; there are a few loose ends that might leave the reader unsatisfied.
Reviewed by: Karin Perry
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de Kevin Brooks
de Kevin Brooks
de Libba Bray
