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Flight 29 Down #4
The Storm
When all of their video diaries go missing, a dark secret that one of the passengers holds may be revealed with drastic consequences.
224 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published August 3, 2006
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Brad Strickland
136 books109 followersWilliam Bradley Strickland (b. 1947) is the author (or co-author) of over 60 novels and over 60 pieces of short fiction and poetry.
Born in New Hollard, Strickland earned his Ph.D. in American literature from the University of Georgia. He has taught English courses at the University of Georgia, Oglethorpe University, Truett-McConnell College, and, since 1987, at Gainesville State College.
His first novel was 1986's To Stand Beneath the Sun, followed quickly by the books in the Jeremy Moon trilogy.
Strickland has shared co-author credit on many of his books: with his wife, Barbara, on stories in the Star Trek and Are You Afraid of the Dark? properties; and with the late author Thomas Fuller, books in the Wishbone series, involving the popular Jack Russell Terrier from the Public Television series of the same name. Strickland and Fuller also collaborated on numerous original works, including the Pirate Hunter series, the Mars: Year One series, and the comedic mystery for adults, The Ghost Finds a Body.
After the death of John Bellairs, Strickland was approached by John’s son, Frank, to complete the two books his father had already started; these unfinished manuscripts became The Ghost in the Mirror and The Vengeance of the Witch-Finder. Strickland also wrote two books based on brief plot outlines left by Bellairs: The Drum, the Doll and the Zombie and The Doom of the Haunted Opera. Beginning in 1996, Strickland has kept Bellairs' legacy alive by writing the further adventures of Johnny Dixon and Lewis Barnavelt. Books in the corpus include The Hand of the Necromancer (1996); The Tower at the End of the World (2001); The House Where Nobody Lived (2006); and his most recent title, The Sign of the Sinister Sorcerer (2008).
In 2001, Strickland won received the Georgia Author of the Year Award, Children's/Young Adult Division, for When Mack Came Back, set in WWII-era Georgia. Strickland says the story "is based on the farm owned by [his] grandfather, where [I] often visited when [I] was a child." Kong: King of Skull Island was released in 2005, an illustrated tale by Strickland, author John Michlig, and fantasy artist Joe DeVito that serves as both a prequel and sequel to the epic story of the legendary ape.
Strickland is an active member of the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company, where he writes and performs in numerous audio drama projects. He was awarded the ARTC Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006. He is married to the former Barabara Justus and has two grown children.
Born in New Hollard, Strickland earned his Ph.D. in American literature from the University of Georgia. He has taught English courses at the University of Georgia, Oglethorpe University, Truett-McConnell College, and, since 1987, at Gainesville State College.
His first novel was 1986's To Stand Beneath the Sun, followed quickly by the books in the Jeremy Moon trilogy.
Strickland has shared co-author credit on many of his books: with his wife, Barbara, on stories in the Star Trek and Are You Afraid of the Dark? properties; and with the late author Thomas Fuller, books in the Wishbone series, involving the popular Jack Russell Terrier from the Public Television series of the same name. Strickland and Fuller also collaborated on numerous original works, including the Pirate Hunter series, the Mars: Year One series, and the comedic mystery for adults, The Ghost Finds a Body.
After the death of John Bellairs, Strickland was approached by John’s son, Frank, to complete the two books his father had already started; these unfinished manuscripts became The Ghost in the Mirror and The Vengeance of the Witch-Finder. Strickland also wrote two books based on brief plot outlines left by Bellairs: The Drum, the Doll and the Zombie and The Doom of the Haunted Opera. Beginning in 1996, Strickland has kept Bellairs' legacy alive by writing the further adventures of Johnny Dixon and Lewis Barnavelt. Books in the corpus include The Hand of the Necromancer (1996); The Tower at the End of the World (2001); The House Where Nobody Lived (2006); and his most recent title, The Sign of the Sinister Sorcerer (2008).
In 2001, Strickland won received the Georgia Author of the Year Award, Children's/Young Adult Division, for When Mack Came Back, set in WWII-era Georgia. Strickland says the story "is based on the farm owned by [his] grandfather, where [I] often visited when [I] was a child." Kong: King of Skull Island was released in 2005, an illustrated tale by Strickland, author John Michlig, and fantasy artist Joe DeVito that serves as both a prequel and sequel to the epic story of the legendary ape.
Strickland is an active member of the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company, where he writes and performs in numerous audio drama projects. He was awarded the ARTC Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006. He is married to the former Barabara Justus and has two grown children.
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April 21, 2020
Things start to go missing on the island... things are getting stranger and the group has to cope.
This book continues on with the epic adventures the teens face on the island. There's a bit more action to spice things up. This would have been the perfect climax for the series, but there's a ton more books.
Three out of five stars.
This book continues on with the epic adventures the teens face on the island. There's a bit more action to spice things up. This would have been the perfect climax for the series, but there's a ton more books.
Three out of five stars.
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February 6, 2017This book is very important in the series because a lot of action happens. Brad Strickland knows how to pull in readers because before this, there wasn't really action or any disasters happening. This book is also where he reveals the hope that everyone waits for. Something that I noticed and the author also mentioned is that the survivors don't plan anything or being pessimistic. They were just surviving and wasn't ready for the worst.
March 10, 2015
Once again I felt like it was word for word exactly like the T.V. show, but at least you get a glimpse into each character's feelings. I think it helps for me since I have watched the show and I hear the character's voices as I read the book.
Their situation is getting more dire. They are beginning to realise they might not be rescued, at least anytime soon and that is taking it's toll on everyone.
The characters are growing and beginning to come together as a group of young adults. It's funny how Lex, the youngest is often the voice of reason.
4 out of 5 stars
Their situation is getting more dire. They are beginning to realise they might not be rescued, at least anytime soon and that is taking it's toll on everyone.
The characters are growing and beginning to come together as a group of young adults. It's funny how Lex, the youngest is often the voice of reason.
4 out of 5 stars
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June 12, 2009The flight 29 down series is about a group of teenagers on their way to an educational field trip to a small island in the pacific. But when their crusty old plane's engines begin to fail they make a crash landing onto a big uncharted tropical island. The storm, just like all of the books in the series, has been made into a television show. Personally, i think that the television show better illustrates the action and suspense than the book does. I would recomend this book to kids ages 11-14.
January 31, 2011
I liked this book it always had something going on like if there was a storm or someone got lost or somthing. In the first a plane crashed and four people went out into the jungle to look for help well that was 2 and half weeks ago and only one person came back to camp in the 3rd book. The others are are somewhere out there and the person who came back left to go find them. I would recomend this book to anyone who likes adventure books.
December 29, 2011
in this book one of the passengers has a secret. then all the video diaries go missing. an on comming storm turn everthing to chaos or they could keep peace.
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March 4, 2012I am always looking for middle school literature for boys. This books would keep them entertained. There is enough mystery to keep them reading.
December 23, 2011
love it
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