The Seems: The Glitch in Sleep
by John Hulme
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Reviewed by Allison Fraclose for TeensReadToo.com
I had to sign some kind of form at the front of this book before reading it, so I’m not sure if I’m allowed to tell you any of this…but here goes.
Imagine that The World we know is constructed somewhere else. The sunset is painted daily, the world’s rain is regulated through a huge water tank, and a Good Night’s Sleep is packaged, processed, and sent to you nightly, with a specially built dream enclosed just for you. Beyond the I...more
I had to sign some kind of form at the front of this book before reading it, so I’m not sure if I’m allowed to tell you any of this…but here goes.
Imagine that The World we know is constructed somewhere else. The sunset is painted daily, the world’s rain is regulated through a huge water tank, and a Good Night’s Sleep is packaged, processed, and sent to you nightly, with a specially built dream enclosed just for you. Beyond the I...more
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Read in February, 2008
This was an okay book -- quite imaginative, where the world is controlled not by nature but by another world altogether -- the world of Seems. They have departments for everything, Weather, Time, Sleep etc... and when something goes wrong they call in the Fixers, a group of folks from earth that have the 7th sense to find the problem and fix it before anymore disasters strike. Twelve-year-old Becker Drane because the youngest fixer in Seems history and his first assignment is to find a glitch ...more
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Read in November, 2007
recommends it for:
dreams, other worlds, fixing
Becker Drane is 12 years old and a "fixer" in The Seems - an alternate world that controls much of our world's daily function. Becker's first offical mission is to fix a glitch in sleep, that could threaten The World as people know it.
While this was an entertaining book, it's not one I'll be raving about - not because it was bad (it wasn't) but it just didn't connect with me personally. Possibly because I couldn't tell if it was Sci-Fi or Fantasy (and it kept bothering me) and poss...more
While this was an entertaining book, it's not one I'll be raving about - not because it was bad (it wasn't) but it just didn't connect with me personally. Possibly because I couldn't tell if it was Sci-Fi or Fantasy (and it kept bothering me) and poss...more
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Read in November, 2007
I really enjoyed this book for an introduction to sci-fi. If you've already read a bunch and love the genre, there are better books. 12 year old Becker Drane who thinks he's an average joe, gets invited to a whole new world where he's the man to fix the problem, as a fixer. I would recommend this book to advanced 5th -8th graders (especially boys) who are just being introduced to sci-fi as a possible interest. I think the series will only get better from this one as Drane goes on many more miss...more
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Read in December, 2006
This book is fantastic! It is incredibly clever and a perfect read for reluctant boy readers (and girls too!). It is very inventive and the characters are wonderful. I can't wait for the sequel.
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Read in January, 2008
probably actually deserves a 3.5 star rating. pretty decent alt world building (seems=place where things are put in motion for real world..dept. of weather, nature, etc.), good fast-paced adventure. fun read, pretty good audio adaptation too. (half read/half listened to)
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Read in April, 2008
This was okay. Good for teaching figurative language to kids, but that was a way over done. I am sure I missed a lot and I know kids would. I'm not into sci-fi, but wanted to give it a shot. I'm not sure I would even recommend it to my good readers at school.
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This book is a lot of fun. Should have gotten more attention when it came out. Just read the sequel and it is great fun too.
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Read in March, 2008
really original premise for a middle reader sci-fi book. liked it a lot.
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I had to read this book for our events director at B&N... HATED it... soooooo bad. People don't let kids (or adults) read this junk!
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