Speed 2: Cruise Control

by Cathy East Dubowski

To Annie Porter, cruise control means finally being able to relax again on the highway. Little does she know, it also means terror on the high seas. It's sink or swim when a vengeful madman takes Annie, her boyfriend Alex, and hundreds of other innocent cruise ship passengers for the ride of their lives! color insert.

119 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 1, 1997

About the author

Cathy East Dubowski is a narrator, editor, and illustrator. She specializes in novelizations of movies and literary classics for children and young adult readers. Dubowski has written more than 100 books for children, including adaptations of The Aristocats, Frances Hodgson Burnett’s A Little Princess, and Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty.

Reviews

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

I purchased this (according to my Amazon order history) in 2009, and read it in 2011 (according to my Goodreads history). And then I started reading Speed 2: Cruise Control. Different author. Different book.

Having read both now, I have decided that while this is still a good book, it's much lesser than the other copy. It comes with the usual pages of colour photos from the film, but it's a much shorter book, at only 119 pages, compared to 250 pages for the George Ryan book.

For a full, indepth review, of this book, I would direct you to my review of the George Ryan novelization, and I have included photos of the differences between the two books. I would still recommend reading this book, but if you have this and see the George Ryan, would I recommend buying both? Probably not. I think the George Ryan book is the superior book, due to having more background, and more details.