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Told through a collage of videos, text, and Web sites, "Trackers #2" follows Adam, Finn, Lewis, and Emily as they move closer to Shantorian, the wo...
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Mar 03, 2011
Nicola
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Reason for Reading: next in the series.
Book One left us with four tech savvy teens being imprisoned and interrogated about a major computer hacker's crime. None of the teens were talking, as planned, leaving the talking up to Adam Henderson, their leader. Book Two continues on with that interrogation bringing in the name of the world's most infamous computer hacker, Shantorian. Whom no one has ever seen or knows anything about except that he always leaves his "weird eyed kid" More...
Book One left us with four tech savvy teens being imprisoned and interrogated about a major computer hacker's crime. None of the teens were talking, as planned, leaving the talking up to Adam Henderson, their leader. Book Two continues on with that interrogation bringing in the name of the world's most infamous computer hacker, Shantorian. Whom no one has ever seen or knows anything about except that he always leaves his "weird eyed kid" More...
Aug 19, 2011
Tiffany S.
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Carman, Patrick. (2011). Shantorian. New York. Scholastic. (130pp.)
You know how some books usually get all boring by the second one? Well the book Shantorian by Patrick Carman will prove that wrong! This book is just as exciting as the first one, you’d want to keep reading and you always want to know what happens next. Just like the first book it comes with videos and can be found in the Young Readers section of your bookstore.
In this book Adam, Emily, Lewis, and Finn are trying to b More...
You know how some books usually get all boring by the second one? Well the book Shantorian by Patrick Carman will prove that wrong! This book is just as exciting as the first one, you’d want to keep reading and you always want to know what happens next. Just like the first book it comes with videos and can be found in the Young Readers section of your bookstore.
In this book Adam, Emily, Lewis, and Finn are trying to b More...
Jan 09, 2011
Chris
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Every kid wants to go to camp. Every kid finds camp exciting; even for the Trackers. The Trackers are four friends with one thing in common; being technology wizard/geeks. Adam, Emily, Finn, and Lewis are invited to a technology camp. They are dropped off by their parents at an old Boeing airplane assembly hangar outside Seattle. And then, camp begins with a real world quest, track Shantorian, the world's best computer hacker, before Shantorian shuts down the Internet and steals billions of
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Nov 02, 2011
Amalia
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This is the second (and I think, final) book in the Trackers series by Patrick Carman. If you like a good puzzle, this series is it!
While our brains are working double time to unravel the mystery(ies), our consciences are brought into play. What are we doing with our lives? How are we raising the next generation - and ourselves? In short, what is the world coming to? How much do we let our children run their own lives? How much technology is too much?
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While our brains are working double time to unravel the mystery(ies), our consciences are brought into play. What are we doing with our lives? How are we raising the next generation - and ourselves? In short, what is the world coming to? How much do we let our children run their own lives? How much technology is too much?
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Jan 08, 2011
Laura
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Shantorian is the second (and last, apparently) book in the Trackers series. Told in interview format with video support, Shantorian picks up where the story in Trackers #1 left off. Adam, the main character, is talking to Agent Gatz about how he and his team were duped by computer hacker and mastermind Shantorian. I'm not going to spoil it for readers by saying any more than that.
It felt like the pace of Shantorian was better than Trackers #1. At the end of the first book, I felt like More...
It felt like the pace of Shantorian was better than Trackers #1. At the end of the first book, I felt like More...
Jun 07, 2011
Tony
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I read the first book in this series a while ago and when I got book 2, I had to promptly hand it over to a student in my class. One thing led to another and I finally got it back on the last day of school. I think Patrick Carman is really onto to a big idea with blending text and web based movies. I loved the plot of this book as well ( actually the combination of the 2 books).
Overall, the idea of 4 kids being able to use their brains and tech skills to outsmart neat everyone else More...
Overall, the idea of 4 kids being able to use their brains and tech skills to outsmart neat everyone else More...
Feb 01, 2011
Christina
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The action continues as Adam, hacker leader of The Trackers, tells his story to Agent Ganz.The agent believes he and his friends stole a billion dollars by hacking into bank accounts, but Adam insists they didn't do it, they only set up the possibility in order to trap the notorious hacker known as Shantorian. This book is full of surprises, betrayals, doublecrosses, and electronic spy games, and watching the videos online is a fun extension of the story (though I like having the video transcrip
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Aug 21, 2011
Joshua
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I really like this series complete with videos, excitement, high tech though I think it has a short shelflife... However I do think it will be a robust shelflife as it is a great read!
That said I think this two book series could have easily been put into one book... 133 pages plus 30 appendix pages at the cost of a full price book? Maybe as an e-book priced at 7.99 or so... Or two paperbacks at 7 or 8.99... Its a series hc trend that troubles me... I can see the purpose in short books More...
That said I think this two book series could have easily been put into one book... 133 pages plus 30 appendix pages at the cost of a full price book? Maybe as an e-book priced at 7.99 or so... Or two paperbacks at 7 or 8.99... Its a series hc trend that troubles me... I can see the purpose in short books More...
Jan 17, 2011
Karen
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Quite a gripping continuation of the Trackers series. Adam and his friends, Emily, Finn, and Lewis, appear to have been set up to take the fall, or have they? Not everyone is what they appear to be. The interview format with online video footage adds an exciting element to the story. Should appeal to fans of the first book. There is the possibility of another book, given the way the story ends...
Jun 28, 2011
Geneva
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My actual star rating is 3.5 stars. While I really liked the book and it kept up the suspense of the first installment it did get a bit preachy about the value of friendship and the "dark" side of technology at the end of the book. However, overall this is a great book and I really enjoyed the multi-media way in which the reader could interact with the story.
Oct 02, 2011
Cherie
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Genre: Science Fiction
Copyright: 2011
Thoughts: This book wraps up the plethora of loose ends from the first book. The two books are certainly better together, as the first one really doesn't have an ending. The last minute switch of some of the characters (Lazlo & Zara) is not entirely convincing, but might be substantiated in further books. Adam's last comment in the letter about unplugging is truer than most people think.
Copyright: 2011
Thoughts: This book wraps up the plethora of loose ends from the first book. The two books are certainly better together, as the first one really doesn't have an ending. The last minute switch of some of the characters (Lazlo & Zara) is not entirely convincing, but might be substantiated in further books. Adam's last comment in the letter about unplugging is truer than most people think.
Feb 05, 2011
Julie
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Exciting and satisfying second and final (I'm assuming) novel in the Trackers series. This was short enough that it most certainly should have been in Trackers 1 instead of making it a 2-book series, but clever marketing tactic. Awesome novel for techie kids.
Dec 07, 2011
Garrett B.
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This book was very exciting and will interest anybody. The Trackers book two Shantorian was amazing and the videos were amazingly done by Patrick Carman. I felt this book was realistic fiction because it could happen, but most likely wouldn’t. The Trackers always kept you on your toes and had a twist around every corner. This is the second book in the Trackers series.
The main characters are Adam, Lewis, Finn, Emily, Zara, The Agent and Lazlo; they are all computer wizzes except t More...
The main characters are Adam, Lewis, Finn, Emily, Zara, The Agent and Lazlo; they are all computer wizzes except t More...
Jan 07, 2011
Claire
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Adam's story continues as the quartet, now working with Zara and Lazlo... are they double crossed? I will have to keep reading to find out.
I agree with Adam though, I don't like this detective yet.
I agree with Adam though, I don't like this detective yet.
Feb 03, 2011
Laura
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I was really looking forward to this sequel and totally loved it! These are such interesting books, told from an investigation and including pieces of video along the way. I read it in 2 hours.
Oct 30, 2011
Nina
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And again, fast book, interesting concept, not the greatest when executed. I can tell it's written for tweens as it's relatively simplistic. Interesting concepts and storyline, though.
Jun 08, 2011
Kristin
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Not as good as the first one, but I think the story got stretched too thinly over two books. Ending also a little heavy-handed. Still... not a bad way to conclude the story.
Sep 20, 2011
Kaitlyn B.
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This book totally suprised me ay the end. All these events just fall into place and I can't believe I haven't figured it out earlier.
Jul 22, 2011
Annie
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Students will love it. Sometimes I was a bit confused, but perhaps that's because I wasn't paying close enough attention. :)
Jan 03, 2011
Michelle
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Won this in a first reads giveaway and can't wait to start it!!
Good follow up to the 1st book-definitely left it wide open for yet another one. Very hard to visualize from the transcripts what the videos should look like. May change my rating once I see the videos.
Videos were finally working and I was able to watch them. I would increase my rating by maybe 1/2 a star. I was a little disappointed in this series after reading his Skeleton Creek series. I guess I was expectin More...
Good follow up to the 1st book-definitely left it wide open for yet another one. Very hard to visualize from the transcripts what the videos should look like. May change my rating once I see the videos.
Videos were finally working and I was able to watch them. I would increase my rating by maybe 1/2 a star. I was a little disappointed in this series after reading his Skeleton Creek series. I guess I was expectin More...
Sep 03, 2011
Alejandro
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It was really good but has a lot of twist in it like who really is shantorian
Feb 20, 2011
Connery
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This was a great book for this series. I vehemently suggest reading it. I hope another book comes out.
Apr 17, 2011
Janice
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Most children's books will leave you bored as an adult reading them (I always try to read what my girls were reading to talk about it and make sure it was appropriate). This book is great. The reading was a pleasure - a real page turner - and the basic theme I received reading it was that no matter your age, you can make a big difference in the world. If you have a child and want to boost them self-esteem and show them there are no limits ahead of them, put this series in their hands and read wi
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Jan 15, 2012
This was a great follow-up to the first book in this series, or at least it seems like it could be a series, although I'm not quite sure what's coming next.
Oct 20, 2011
Stephen
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It was a very large twist in the book. It was also very intense but did not have much ation.
Nov 07, 2011
$ara
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Really good book with a twisted, and very surpriseing ending. I didn't think the enemy was really ______. It's very unexpecting. 10 OUT OF 10 STARS FOR SURE!
Aug 04, 2011
Shaeley
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The second (and final?) book in the Trackers series continues the story of the group working for the Internet Safety Division (ISD) to track down Shantorian who threatens to turn off the internet. Like the first book, the story is told through an interview between Adam and FBI Agent Ganz with links to online videos of the trackers.
This book gets a little more philosophical about the internet and addresses issues of friendship vs. technology. #bookaday
This book gets a little more philosophical about the internet and addresses issues of friendship vs. technology. #bookaday
May 26, 2011
Kimmie
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This second book in the series keeps the suspense in tact as the authorities continue to question Adam and the Trackers about their involvement in a cyber crime.
Dec 25, 2011
Kara
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Intresting. For right now I'm still more fond of the first one...but I guess that happens a lot. The 2nd book left plenty of room for cliffhangers and unresolved plots but still finished off the book ok. It was pretty good, interesting, and had all the awesome characters that were in #1. I do have to say though the backrounds of the characters carry this one along more than anything else. True, also, for the previous one.
