![]() Tucker, Quinn, and a girl named Tori begin to sneak around to figure out what has really happened. The citizens aren't buying the quarantine, mostly because they have been cut off from communicating with the mainland too. Tucker wonders if the virus is somehow related to Ruby. The claim to mean no harm, but they are sealing the island because of a mysterious virus. The island is eventually quarantined by a branch of the U. They report the incident to the police, but nothing is ever discovered about this incident. This craft is apparently shot down right in front of them. On one of these rides, a mysterious dark shape appears in the sky and they hear strange music. Tucker and his friend Quinn often take midnight bike rides around the island. Tucker believes this substance, called Ruby, is what killed the football player. Tucker takes the supplement one time, and although it does make him much stronger and faster, he vows never to take it again for fear it is harmful. ![]() A strange man offers Tucker a supplement - that is supposedly totally natural and safe - to help him with his football prowess. Now Tucker is thrust into a starting situation, and there's no way he can compete. The autopsy gives no indication of why he died. Tucker is a freshman football player who sits the bench until the star player drops dead at the end of a football game. It's a vacation spot, but Tucker is a full-timer. ![]() Tucker lives on Pemberwick Island off the coast of Maine. The relationships don't go beyond kissing.While Sylo intrigued me with an interesting premise and an exciting ending, I did have some problems with it. "SYLO" has some mild language and some violence. Readers who become angry when a story doesn't actually end and leaves more unanswered questions than answers may want to wait until all three books come out before starting this one. Those who liked the Maze Runner series or who just like a fast-paced exciting young-adult mystery novel will probably like this book. In short, he's taken the classic whodunnit, told it through the voice of a 14-year-old and expanded it to three books but rather than making the reader ask "who did it?" he forces the reader to ask "what in the world is going on?" … My challenge to readers is to recognize these clues and piece them together, along with Tucker, to try to get to the ultimate truth." "Readers should be aware that there are plenty of clues scattered throughout 'SYLO' that point to the larger story and the truth about what is actually happening. With this first book of a planned three-book series, MacHale issues a challenge to his readers. With the love triangle complete and the mysterious and hostile military law ruling the residents of Pemberwick, Tucker and his best friend Quinn are thrown into the roles of investigator, spy, rescuer and escape artist all in the course of just a few days. military called SYLO, Tucker's peaceful life on Pemberwick Island quickly erupts into an explosion of intrigue, lies and suspicion that veers far away from normalcy.īut even amid all the bizarre events that rudely intrude on Tucker's life, he manages to find himself facing the same issues any other 14-year-old might face: how to talk to, flirt with and attract girls - two in particular, Tori and Olivia. Between the strange man that tries to sell Tucker a new performance-enhancing drug, the several unexplainable deaths of islanders and the sudden and the strange government takeover of the island by a branch of the U.S. Through the eyes, ears and voice of Tucker Pierce, a 14-year-old freshman football player, MacHale plots a complicated story set on tiny Pemberwick Island off the coast of Maine in present day America. MacHale, who penned the Pendragon series, begins another book series with the young adult novel "SYLO." From the opening lines to the very last page, MacHale keeps readers flailing in a hazy fog of mystery while skillfully zipping them along through an exciting plot at breakneck speed. MacHale, Razorbill, $17.99, 416 pages (f) (ages 14 and up)
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