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Age at time of review - 17
Reviewer's Location -
Staten Island,
NY,
United States
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"China Clipper" by Jamie Dobson is an adventure book set
in the twentieth century. The protagonist Nick works for
Pan Am as a mechanic while still in high school; he has
big dreams of becoming a flight engineer and maybe someday
a pilot. However, he is stuck with the FBI as he is
involved with hunting down the murderer of his former
boss. This is the second book in a series, but the author
does a pretty good job of keeping the reader up to speed.
There is much fighting and ninja action, as well as a lot
of back-and-forth with counterintelligence operations.
Opinion:
There are some typos and grammatical errors in this
book, but, seeing as how it is an advance reading copy,
hopefully they will be corrected. Still, the publication
date listed on the back cover is Fall 2009, so who knows?
Anyway, Nick has a girlfriend (no graphic scenes,
thankfully), but he does not always act as a role model.
Sure, he lives a dangerous life fighting against the "bad
guys," but, in the book, he has lied and almost leads on
another girl. This book is geared more towards the male
audience, but girls may enjoy it, too. There are some
strong females in the book. The only pitfall the author
makes is when he calls women the "weaker sex" (Dodson
179).
Explain your content rating:
Violence
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