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The Secret War

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The second installment of the action-packed fantasy thrill ride that began with The Accidental Hero!
Jack and his fellow students are now well into their School of Thought training and are "sidekicking" for official, card-carrying super heroes. But even though Jack feels more at home in the Imagine Nation, he's still hiding secrets from his friends Skerren and Allegra.
Jack is busy trying to find out how far the Rüstov sleeper virus has spread, working to find a cure, and striving to avoid the dire future that Revile warned him about. Meanwhile, Jonas Smart is working just as hard to discover what Jack is hiding from everyone. When a rogue Secreteer—the protectors of Imagine Nation citizens' secrets—starts selling info to the highest bidder, Smart is ready and waiting. If Jack is going to help prevent a second Rüstov invasion, keep Smart from discovering his secrets, and find out what a shadowy, half-mad Secreteer knows about his long-lost father, he'll need to learn to trust his friends and find the true path toward becoming a hero himself.
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    • School Library Journal

      November 1, 2011

      Gr 5-8-After using his powers over machinery to save a city full of superheroes in Jack Blank and the Imagine Nation (S & S, 2010), the protagonist now struggles with fame, friends, and all kinds of enemies. While Jack tries to decode a hidden computer virus that could destroy the Imagine Nation, he also battles a conscious parasite trying to control him for the purposes of the evil Rustov empire. At the same time, a rival uses media scare tactics to portray the popular young hero as a villain rather than a hero. The plot is fairly complex and holds together well, although readers familiar with the first book will have an easier time keeping the characters and background straight. There are some neat twists, including the surprising return of a key character from the first book. Jack's human flaws show in believable ways as he frets about public opinion and keeps secrets from trusted friends, but the way he ignores his urgent task of fixing the virus is more puzzling. The teen's less-than-heroic behavior makes it hard to empathize with him until he eventually begins to face his mistakes. Lessons learned about trust and honesty come through clearly at the end, though with a rather heavy hand. The final battle scene provides a satisfying resolution of events in the Imagine Nation; then a surprising shift in the final chapter sets up intriguing possibilities for the next volume.-Steven Engelfried, Wilsonville Public Library, OR

      Copyright 2011 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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  • English

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  • ATOS Level:5.3
  • Lexile® Measure:770
  • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
  • Text Difficulty:3-4

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