The Trap

Reviewed by: Jeri Fitzpatrick - GNGMS, Gray, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: August 6, 2015

Review

Henry and Helen are twins. Henry is best friends with Alan, but Alan's brother is the town bully. He likes beating people up including Henry. Carl is missing and Alan wants his friends to help find his brother. They go to Carl's camp in the woods and find a book that is called the Subtle Travel and the Subtle Self. Henry learns how to leave his body behind while his subtle self travels around at night. His sister's best friend Nicki also gets involved in trying to find Carl. There is a government force that tries to control subtle travel. The kids get caught up with a bad guy and a ghost...

One of the things I found interesting was how the author used science fiction within the story to teach about racism, such as the Jews and Hitler, the Japanese "taking jobs from Americans", and the Russian spies. When Henry read about how aliens should be conquered, it was really to teach kids that disliking an entire group of "people" was the right thing to do.

Overall Book Score: good