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Voyagers #1: Project Alpha by D.J. MacHale ages 8-12 Sci-Fi

Recommended by Barrington Public Library

Comments: I can see why this would appeal to many young readers: kids are the only ones who can save mankind/the world etc. But this really feels like a middle grade reader more than an upper middle school book. The story line and characters are predictable and simplistic and it seems written to be a serial rather than a spectacular book-- which, in fairness, it is! I'd prefer to point my 7th and 8th graders toward something a bit more complex. Mollie M, Portsmouth PL 12/29/15

Formulaic and predictable - there's not a lot of tension here, and I'm not convinced it will engage our age group. Agree with Mollie that it's young. Pass. Yvette/Merrimack