Marsden, John. Incurable: the Ellie chronicles.MARSDEN, John. Incurable incurable /in·cur·a·ble/ (in-kur´ah-b'l) 1. not susceptible of being cured. 2. a person with a disease which cannot be cured. in·cur·a·ble adj. : the Ellie chronicles. Read by Mikaela Martin. 7 cds. 7 hrs. Bolinda Audio. 2005/2006. 1-7409-3765-1. $56.00.Vinyl; plot, reader notes. JS The second book in The Ellie Chronicles finds the feisty Ellie Linton running the farm after her parents' death and dealing with the worrying young Gavin, the deaf boy she rescued after the war. Her friends are still in Liberation, a secret group that sneaks across the border on dangerous missions into enemy territory. The novel begins with a cattle stampede stam·pede n. 1. A sudden frenzied rush of panic-stricken animals. 2. A sudden headlong rush or flight of a crowd of people. 3. , segues into a daring rescue of Gavin from a sheer cliff face, continues with a chase and shootout Shootout Venture capital jargon. Refers to two or more venture capital firms fighting for the startup. across the border, and ends with Ellie and Gavin being hunted down by a murderer. Ellie is still interested in Lee, but has found a new love interest in Jeremy, the son of a general. Ellie's first book, The War From Hell, has been published and she continues to write. There are money problems as well. But Gavin is the character whose secrets might get him and Ellie killed. As usual, Marsden creates exciting action scenes and sympathetic characters A sympathetic character is a fictional character in a story with whom the writer expects to reader to identify with and care about, if not necessarily admire. Protagonists, almost by definition, fit into the category of sympathetic character, however so do many minor characters and . Martin narrates, doing well with the deaf Gavin's attempts at speech. She's not as spectacular as Suzi Dougherty, who narrated While I Live, book one in the Chronicles, but the novel is a worthy continuation of the saga of Ellie, a gutsy guts·y adj. guts·i·er, guts·i·est Slang 1. Marked by courage or daring; plucky. 2. Robust and uninhibited; lusty: "the gutsy . . . role model to her fans. The epilogue ep·i·logue also ep·i·log n. 1. a. A short poem or speech spoken directly to the audience following the conclusion of a play. b. The performer who delivers such a short poem or speech. 2. hints at book three, which will include a new operation over the border. Some obscenities. Janet Julian, English Teacher (retired), Grafton, MA J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are of particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. S--Recommended for senior high school students. |
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