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Marvelous World: The Marvelous Effect.


Marvelous World: The Marvelous Effect By Troy CLE Cle

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 Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster

U.S. publishing company. It was founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) and M. Lincoln Schuster (1897–1970), whose initial project, the original crossword-puzzle book, was a best-seller.
 Books or Young Readers, May 2007 $14.99, ISBN ISBN
abbr.
International Standard Book Number


ISBN International Standard Book Number

ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 
 1-416-93958-X Ages 10 and up

If it's a sci-fi adventure you're looking for, this is the book to read. Marvelous World features two different worlds with seven different dimensions, and the inhabitants are two diverse races--the eNoli and the iLone. One is trying to save earth and the other to enslave en·slave  
tr.v. en·slaved, en·slav·ing, en·slaves
To make into or as if into a slave.



en·slavement n.
 it. In this battle, only one boy, Louis Proof can put the world back on track.

While trying to understand his mission and status, he is still just a 12-year-old trying deal with all the adolescent problems of today. He's a modern-day superhero who has no superhuman powers, yet he has curfew and homework to contend with; and with curiosity and cleverness, he begins to help the human race before it is destroyed. It's a typical story of good versus evil, which will entice youthful readers because the protagonist is their age, solving problems of the world without the help of an adult.

The author, CLE, has created a world that can sometimes be difficult and puzzling to understand with all the various technology he has created; but the story takes better shape and really grabs the reader when CLE introduces his main character and all the perplexing per·plex  
tr.v. per·plexed, per·plex·ing, per·plex·es
1. To confuse or trouble with uncertainty or doubt. See Synonyms at puzzle.

2. To make confusedly intricate; complicate.
 conditions of the world as well as school and home life. Originally self-published, Marvelous World is the first in a series from this talented new author.

Dina Ogando is a writer in New York City New York City: see New York, city.
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City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S.
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Author:Ogando, Dina
Publication:Black Issues Book Review
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Date:May 1, 2007
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