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I was in 6th grade, had just moved to the Seattle area, and was as unhappy as an uprooted, adolescent girl living under perpetually gray skies can be - but this book, read to my class by the teacher, showed me that, hey, it could be worse! I could be on the run, hunted by aliens in giant tripods who wanted to control my brain with a metal cap device on my head. It gave me perspective, you know?
A great introduction to real SF for kids.
A great introduction to real SF for kids.
I was surprised at how good this was given that it is supposedly a 'young adult' story. I was also put off by the thought that this might just be his take on H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds. In a way it is in a kind of what might of happened after they had taken over and dominated mankind.
We follow the story through the eyes of a teenage boy William as he comes to realise that he doesn't want to be "capped" by the tripods when he reaches adulthood (a process that involves a tripod whisking you ...more
We follow the story through the eyes of a teenage boy William as he comes to realise that he doesn't want to be "capped" by the tripods when he reaches adulthood (a process that involves a tripod whisking you ...more
Nov 07, 2008
Carolyn
marked it as browse-to-read-someday
Jul 17, 2015
Figgy
marked it as to-read
