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The Seems: The Split Second (Book 2 of the series. Book 1 is The Seems: The Glitch in Sleep) by Michael Wexler and John Hulme. Published by Bloomsbury Children's Books ISBN-13: 978-1-59990-130-5 $16.99 301pg.

Reviewed by Kieran

In this fantastic book John Hulme and Michael Wexler bring us into the mind-boggling world of the Seems. The Seems is a place that controls earth and make things happen on earth. There are separate departments that keep things on Earth running in order such as weather, dreams, time, nature, and chain of events. They can just press a button and something like the weather could dramatically change in a day. Becker, the main character, is a fixer for the Seems. There are 36 fixers on the roster and the fixer that is next in line gets the mission. The fixer's job is to fix anything that goes wrong in the Seems but only people from earth can get this job because they have what is called a "seventh sense". This sense is the sense of something going wrong in the Seems. This sense helps them when there on the job to detect where the problem is. That seventh sense helps Becker a lot in this story.

In this story Becker Drane has his twelfth mission but this time it could be his last. His mission director told him that he had to save the world or else Earth along with the Seems would be turned to dust. The director doesn't think Becker can save the world, so he says to him, "Go home kid, were all going to die". Can Becker save the world before time runs out?

This outstanding story will leave you on the edge of your seat and biting your nails until the very end. Michael Wexler and John Hulme show us a new way to think of the world in this fantastic science-fiction story. This story is about a middle school boy's life and how it can be changed in just applying for one simple job. This book also asks us, would you apply for this job as a fixer?

Would you sign up for a job that said if you did do one thing wrong you could blow up earth? Becker Drane did. Would you?

The Tale of Despereaux
by Kate DiCamillo
Review by Tory

I hear music
A lovely princess and king
But all I hear is music
Forgetting about everything
Even the main rule of a mouse
I walk forward
Music
Music filling my soul
Losing my head
I continue walking
The music stops
And starts up again
Fear disappearing
A touch on the head
And a scratch on the ear
Now all of my senses
Leaning toward…
LOVE

“Despereaux!”
Was the last voice he heard?
For it was from Despereaux’s own mother
As he stared at the dark hole in front of him
He wondered
Was it going to be the last time he saw his mother?
Before he could answer his own question
His deep thoughts were interrupted by the two hooded mice who were guiding him
They suddenly stopped at the opening of the dungeon
“Cripes!” said one of the hooded mice
At that moment he knew with his heart
That his own brother was among him
Delivering Despereaux to the dungeon!
Cold feelings filled his heart
And he shivered at the thought
Dungeon
He repeated the word in his mind again
Dungeon
It was a dark and scary word
Despereaux felt lonely and if he wished hard enough someone would save him
But wait he wanted to be the knight in this story
So he tried to move on
He got kicked from behind and started
Descending toward the darkness
But all he could think of was
Princess Pea

Standing at the dungeon steps again
Thinking
Thinking about everything I’ve done today
All the journeys and fears I’ve faced
Thinking if I take one more step
It may be the last
The end of this adventure
No princess being saved
No smiling dad saying
“I’m proud son”
No Happy ending
And no love
But I am still standing here in this
Storm of questions
Going through my head
Wondering what to do next …