The Project - Brian Falkner

      This six weeks I decided to read "The Project", by Brian Falkner. This book was published in 2010. It is a fiction book that takes place in the present and the future. This book is one of the most suspenseful stories I have ever read! It starts off in Iowa about a 14 year old boy name Luke and his best friend Tommy. Luke is originally from New Zealand. These two boys are major trouble makers. When they pull a prank on their school statue, their principle makes them do a report on the most boring book in the world. Little do they know what kind of power it contains and how much it is worth.
 
     This story is told in third-person. I believe it is third-person omniscient because the author really emphasizes how each character feels and what they are expressing with their body. The plot is centered around Luke and Tommy being somewhat spy-like. They discover that a man has recovered Leonardo da Vinci's drawings of a time machine. This man just happens to be a Nazi who wants to go back in time and give Hitler plans for a nuclear bomb that would change the world as we know it. The intended audience is probably teenager to adult because there are some pretty heavy subjects in this story. I think that this book is a mix of science fiction and a tad of action because of the intense imagery. The author kept me wanting more and more and I still do! The intense detail in every scene in my head made me lose track of time.

      This book made me come to realize that some people will do anything to have what they want. It also makes me think about people like Luke and Tommy and how they make incredibly brave decisions to save the world even. The idea is not only unbelievable but insane! For example, Luke and Tommy have to go back to Nazi Germany to stop a man from destroying the world! This book is like a mix of The Hunger Games and James Bond.

      This is definitely one of the best books I have every read and I am obviously going to read another one of his books. One thing I did not like though was some of the information was not that well said. But other than that it was fantastic. I was really excited to get to read it and I hope you will too!



Seth Silva
11/7/13
4.5/5