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The Grey Ops
Riverton Elementary’s library has never felt so evil.
Still adjusting to his new talent to sense others emotions, Jim Forbes can’t tell who feels the hatred or why. His friends can do cool things like read minds or move things by thinking. If he could be more like his hero, Blake Savage, a teenaged TV spy, everyone would pay attention to him and his ideas. Of course, Dr. Grey of the Institute for Genetic Improvement has different plans for the Tweaks. He’s back on their trail and determined to make money from their abilities. Spy craft and genetically enhanced skills might be enough to keep them safe if they can learn to get along with each other long enough to finish an op.
Still adjusting to his new talent to sense others emotions, Jim Forbes can’t tell who feels the hatred or why. His friends can do cool things like read minds or move things by thinking. If he could be more like his hero, Blake Savage, a teenaged TV spy, everyone would pay attention to him and his ideas. Of course, Dr. Grey of the Institute for Genetic Improvement has different plans for the Tweaks. He’s back on their trail and determined to make money from their abilities. Spy craft and genetically enhanced skills might be enough to keep them safe if they can learn to get along with each other long enough to finish an op.
177 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 28, 2016
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July 26, 2022
Tweaks tend to try to take total teaching techniques together
The school, restaurants, and the mall are not the best places to hide in plain sight from teachers or principals, but with Dr Grey so convinced that he is about to find the specimens to sell to the general, he is easy to confuse using the special tweaks methods and motives to wreck havoc while distracting from thoughts about the surveys. But the operation to stop him may have revealed some Intel best avoided.
The school, restaurants, and the mall are not the best places to hide in plain sight from teachers or principals, but with Dr Grey so convinced that he is about to find the specimens to sell to the general, he is easy to confuse using the special tweaks methods and motives to wreck havoc while distracting from thoughts about the surveys. But the operation to stop him may have revealed some Intel best avoided.
April 16, 2017
Once again the reader will find that Tweaks book two is as good or better than the first one. In book two the protagonists figure out who their friends and foes are. Doc Gray is the mean foe and he is determined to find the tweaks and do experiments on them. The kids for their part have a hard time figuring out their powers and how to stay away from Doc Gray. When he shows up at their school with a lame excuse to test all the upper grade students, they get all worked up and make some mistakes that leave Doc Grey wondering.
As in the first book, this one also continued with the clean reading and clean characters. The protagonists are well rounded and they do a great job of being sixth graders. Terry did an excellent job with their roles and has created a fascinating tale for middle grade students. Readers of all age will feel engaged with the story and the telling.
As in the first book, this one also continued with the clean reading and clean characters. The protagonists are well rounded and they do a great job of being sixth graders. Terry did an excellent job with their roles and has created a fascinating tale for middle grade students. Readers of all age will feel engaged with the story and the telling.
March 21, 2017
A lot of fun to see the story continue, this time from Jim's perspective. Again I felt the kids reasoned and behaved a little too maturely for their ages. Unless I was reminded that they were in grade school, I would have assumed they were in high school. I also thought the reasoning behind the backseat position the kids' parents took was too vague and not as well supported as I would have liked. I can't imagine parents concerned about their children being kidnapped would let them continue to go to the school where Dr. Grey could find them. Still, it did increase the tension, and I think children this age would champion the idea that their Tweaks friends would do their best to finish the school year (only a couple of weeks away) and still find some way to foil Dr. Grey.
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