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The Clone Chronicles #3
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The third installment in the hilarious middle-grade adventure series The Clone Chronicles.
Fisher Bas was able to track down his gone-Hollywood Clone―Two―but only with the help of Amanda Cantrell. Now "Three" and Dr. X remain on the loose. If Fisher is going to stop his secret from coming out, he'll have to figure out a cover for his brother clone and keep Three from helping Dr. X take over the world. That proves much harder as Fisher is no longer able to keep Two a secret and crazy things start happening at Wompalog Middle School. Turns out Three has come to Palo Alto bent on eliminating Fisher and Two. The boys will have to pull together their friends and an unlikely ally to stop Three and his clone army. The future of Fisher and Two's hometown depends on it.
Fisher Bas was able to track down his gone-Hollywood Clone―Two―but only with the help of Amanda Cantrell. Now "Three" and Dr. X remain on the loose. If Fisher is going to stop his secret from coming out, he'll have to figure out a cover for his brother clone and keep Three from helping Dr. X take over the world. That proves much harder as Fisher is no longer able to keep Two a secret and crazy things start happening at Wompalog Middle School. Turns out Three has come to Palo Alto bent on eliminating Fisher and Two. The boys will have to pull together their friends and an unlikely ally to stop Three and his clone army. The future of Fisher and Two's hometown depends on it.
216 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2014
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M.E. Castle
13 books28 followersM.E. Castle is a writer and actor working in the glorious center of the universe, New York City. He graduated from Oberlin College in 2008 with a degree in Theatre and has written a number of short stories, only a handful of which have ever been seen by an audience wider than his closest friends.
Throughout his college years, he was one of the leading writers of the noir detective radio drama The Dead Hear Footsteps, to which he also lent his vocal talents.
Popular Clone is his first novel.
Throughout his college years, he was one of the leading writers of the noir detective radio drama The Dead Hear Footsteps, to which he also lent his vocal talents.
Popular Clone is his first novel.
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September 29, 2018
Review by James, age 9, 9/29/18
These books are all so funny that I can't help but laugh out loud even when there's no-one in the room.
This is the third book in the series. The main character, Fisher Bass, cloned himself in the first book to avoid going to middle school. When the clone first woke up the first thing he saw was a TV ad and this convinced him that the woman in the ad was his mother. In order to get the clone to go to school, Fisher told his clone that his parents were guards imprisoning them in the house, but they did not know that there were two of them. "Two" would become an outside agent who attended the middle school. The problem is that in the second book the clone goes to Hollywood to look for his "mom." In this book they meet back up with their nemesis, Dr. X, who had tried to kidnap Two thinking he was Fisher, because he wanted to use him to blackmail his parents to hand over the "AGI." (This is what Fisher used to clone Two.) Of course when they meet back up they discover that Dr. X had stolen some hair from Two and used it to create Three, but he removed some of Fisher's personality, turning Three into a super strong evil genius bent on world domination and destroying Fisher and Two. Fisher and Two have to work together with Dr. X in an uneasy alliance to defeat Three and save pretty much the whole world. Again.
These books are all so funny that I can't help but laugh out loud even when there's no-one in the room.
This is the third book in the series. The main character, Fisher Bass, cloned himself in the first book to avoid going to middle school. When the clone first woke up the first thing he saw was a TV ad and this convinced him that the woman in the ad was his mother. In order to get the clone to go to school, Fisher told his clone that his parents were guards imprisoning them in the house, but they did not know that there were two of them. "Two" would become an outside agent who attended the middle school. The problem is that in the second book the clone goes to Hollywood to look for his "mom." In this book they meet back up with their nemesis, Dr. X, who had tried to kidnap Two thinking he was Fisher, because he wanted to use him to blackmail his parents to hand over the "AGI." (This is what Fisher used to clone Two.) Of course when they meet back up they discover that Dr. X had stolen some hair from Two and used it to create Three, but he removed some of Fisher's personality, turning Three into a super strong evil genius bent on world domination and destroying Fisher and Two. Fisher and Two have to work together with Dr. X in an uneasy alliance to defeat Three and save pretty much the whole world. Again.
April 20, 2019
That's a cool story. Oleg
June 8, 2018
like the series
November 21, 2014
BOOK DESCRIPTION:
Fisher Bas was able to track down his gone-Hollywood Clone--Two--but only with the help of Amanda Cantrell. Now "Three" and Dr. X remain on the loose. If Fisher is going to stop his secret from coming out, he'll have to figure out a cover for his brother clone and keep Three from helping Dr. X take over the world.
That proves much harder as Fisher is no longer able to keep Two a secret and crazy things start happening at Wompalog Middle School. Turns out Three has come to Palo Alto bent on eliminating Fisher and Two. The boys will have to pull together their friends and an unlikely ally to stop Three and his clone army. The future of Fisher and Two's hometown depends on it.
REVIEW:
The Clone Chronicles is the 3rd book, and I am glad to say I read the first two with my 9 year old beforehand. WE loved all of the books. The witty conversations and outlandish creations had me & my son both hooked. Fisher and his original clone, Two, found themselves having to deal with a 3rd clone named Three. Three being a Dr. X creation, he was of course evil.
Fisher had always been a misunderstood loner because of his genius which made it unlikely for him to relate to children his own age. He created Two to go to school for him in the beginning to deal with that social part of his life which he hated, and the bullies that he wanted to avoid in a previous book. Two and Fisher were not very successful in working together at first. Two was popular, liked, outgoing, and unwilling to have Fisher dictate his life, and unwilling to run from the bullies. Two is also extremely intelligent. Thankfully Two finally becomes known as Alex.
Fisher and Alex (formerly Two), will have to use their combined genius to defeat Three (save the school, town, world, etc.). What I loved most is that the book is full of creativity in the action, machines, creations, inventions . . . Everything is so creative and fast paced to keep a young reader interested. Something is always being invented, and I love the sarcasm and wit, banter among the characters. Some of the things said are so funny my son couldn't stop laughing.
I was as provided an advanced copy of this book for review purposes. All opinions are my own. I highly recommend this book for middle readers. There is plenty of action, adventure, and humor. I actually enjoyed it quite a bit myself.
Fisher Bas was able to track down his gone-Hollywood Clone--Two--but only with the help of Amanda Cantrell. Now "Three" and Dr. X remain on the loose. If Fisher is going to stop his secret from coming out, he'll have to figure out a cover for his brother clone and keep Three from helping Dr. X take over the world.
That proves much harder as Fisher is no longer able to keep Two a secret and crazy things start happening at Wompalog Middle School. Turns out Three has come to Palo Alto bent on eliminating Fisher and Two. The boys will have to pull together their friends and an unlikely ally to stop Three and his clone army. The future of Fisher and Two's hometown depends on it.
REVIEW:
The Clone Chronicles is the 3rd book, and I am glad to say I read the first two with my 9 year old beforehand. WE loved all of the books. The witty conversations and outlandish creations had me & my son both hooked. Fisher and his original clone, Two, found themselves having to deal with a 3rd clone named Three. Three being a Dr. X creation, he was of course evil.
Fisher had always been a misunderstood loner because of his genius which made it unlikely for him to relate to children his own age. He created Two to go to school for him in the beginning to deal with that social part of his life which he hated, and the bullies that he wanted to avoid in a previous book. Two and Fisher were not very successful in working together at first. Two was popular, liked, outgoing, and unwilling to have Fisher dictate his life, and unwilling to run from the bullies. Two is also extremely intelligent. Thankfully Two finally becomes known as Alex.
Fisher and Alex (formerly Two), will have to use their combined genius to defeat Three (save the school, town, world, etc.). What I loved most is that the book is full of creativity in the action, machines, creations, inventions . . . Everything is so creative and fast paced to keep a young reader interested. Something is always being invented, and I love the sarcasm and wit, banter among the characters. Some of the things said are so funny my son couldn't stop laughing.
I was as provided an advanced copy of this book for review purposes. All opinions are my own. I highly recommend this book for middle readers. There is plenty of action, adventure, and humor. I actually enjoyed it quite a bit myself.
September 6, 2016
In this third book of The Clone Chronicles, Fisher and his original clone, Two, were up against a newer and third clone named Three. He was a Dr. X creation so he was pure evil incarnated.
Fisher had to learn to trust and work with Two who eventually got re-named Alex (I can tell you how but I won't.) in order to have any chance at defeating Three and saving their town (along with the world).
Three didn't go easy on Fisher and his friends. He sent everything at them, including androids, wired costumes, and much more.
I liked how this book maintained the same funny and sometimes sarcastic voice. Even though they are the same it was always easy to tell Fisher from Alex while Three was nothing but the perfect evil guy.
The way Veronica was brought into the fold of the story seemed a little bit too easy, but then with all the "weird" stuff she'd witnessed since book two, it kind of made sense.
The book was packed with action. More than the previous one, but I was expecting something else that I didn't get. In the end it was just another Fisher Bas adventure with different variables.
Oh and the quotes at the beginning of chapters are still pretty awesome. I'm glad that didn't change.
PS: I still have to read book one and this is more a 3.5 (thanks to the action scenes).
Fisher had to learn to trust and work with Two who eventually got re-named Alex (I can tell you how but I won't.) in order to have any chance at defeating Three and saving their town (along with the world).
Three didn't go easy on Fisher and his friends. He sent everything at them, including androids, wired costumes, and much more.
I liked how this book maintained the same funny and sometimes sarcastic voice. Even though they are the same it was always easy to tell Fisher from Alex while Three was nothing but the perfect evil guy.
The way Veronica was brought into the fold of the story seemed a little bit too easy, but then with all the "weird" stuff she'd witnessed since book two, it kind of made sense.
The book was packed with action. More than the previous one, but I was expecting something else that I didn't get. In the end it was just another Fisher Bas adventure with different variables.
Oh and the quotes at the beginning of chapters are still pretty awesome. I'm glad that didn't change.
PS: I still have to read book one and this is more a 3.5 (thanks to the action scenes).
June 5, 2015
Game of Clones is perfect tween hilarity. Children ages 9-12 will enjoy this mix of realistic fiction, science fiction, and humor that makes up this third book in the Clone Chronicles series. There is enough adventure to make each chapter race by and enough humor to make reluctant readers take a second look. Chapters end with cliff hangers and readers will rush on to find out how the issue is resolved. This usually leads to yet another problem, which speeds the plot along.
Interspersed throughout the book are entertaining black and white illustrations that add to the plot. Each illustration describes something that is either funny (attack toaster), or useful (Calculations of estimated odds of hiding places for three). Yes, I spoiled the plot, somewhat. Three is back and deadly as ever!
Fans of adventures, science fiction, middle school humor, and books with text cut by illustrations will enjoy this entire series. This series will work well in public libraries and school media centers. Tweens may also wish to add them to their own personal collections. While each book may stand alone, (there is enough backstory from the previous books to update the reader), the series works best when read in order.
Interspersed throughout the book are entertaining black and white illustrations that add to the plot. Each illustration describes something that is either funny (attack toaster), or useful (Calculations of estimated odds of hiding places for three). Yes, I spoiled the plot, somewhat. Three is back and deadly as ever!
Fans of adventures, science fiction, middle school humor, and books with text cut by illustrations will enjoy this entire series. This series will work well in public libraries and school media centers. Tweens may also wish to add them to their own personal collections. While each book may stand alone, (there is enough backstory from the previous books to update the reader), the series works best when read in order.
September 20, 2014
Third book in the Clone Chronicles series; I haven't read the first two. Fisher and his clone Two are living at his house and Two is in hiding. The evil clone Three is out there in the world somewhere and bound to wreck havoc. Fisher and Two get into trouble at school and Fisher finally fesses up about Two to his parents. Shortly after that Three launches his evil attack turning everyone grouchy and mean. Fisher and Two (now named Alex) must come up with a plan to stop Three before he takes over the world, or destroys it. Can't say I was that impressed with this book. It is very light on the plausibility scale and the story was just too far-fetched for me. I am sure this series has fans but I am not one of them. I would probably give it to boys who like comic books and superheroes and stories that don't rely to heavily on reality.
January 20, 2015
What's not to like in a book where a clone-lead robot army takes over the school, complete with booby traps involving #2 pencils shooting out of lockers and horrifying red pens dropping like bombs from the ceiling? In this third installment in The Clone Chronicles, Fisher and Two attempt to stop their evil third clone and Dr. X in the pair's attempt to take over the world. Filled with good-natured satire that its target audience will recognize and enjoy, this is a fast-paced adventure middle grade readers will enjoy. AS the title alludes to, there is a grand battle at the end of the book, but the build up is just as entertaining when Fisher goes to his first school dance, finally reveals Two's existence to his parents, and wrangled his pet pig, PF, who makes pretty much everything go haywire when he's around. Recommend for upper elementary and middle grades.
August 10, 2024
This feels like a grand finale even though there’s another Clone book. That is probably due to the presence of Three, who brings a pretty good creep factor to this book. He is stalking Fisher and Two across Palo Alto like some serial killer, all while giving unintentionally hilarious monologues about how “everyone has a Three inside them”, meaning everyone has the potential for evil. I used to take these monologues seriously, but ten years later they seem like stupid villain monologues.
I have mixed feelings about Three. On one hand, he has all of Fisher’s intelligence crossed with villainy. On the other hand, he offends my sensibilities and he simply isn’t an interesting character. And my mixed feelings about Three extend to mixed feelings about this book as well. This third book and its villain should have been better written.
I have mixed feelings about Three. On one hand, he has all of Fisher’s intelligence crossed with villainy. On the other hand, he offends my sensibilities and he simply isn’t an interesting character. And my mixed feelings about Three extend to mixed feelings about this book as well. This third book and its villain should have been better written.
January 5, 2015
I received an ARC of this book through a local YA festival. I'm not a reader that fits the middle grade demographic of this story, but I was pleasantly surprised while reading. At first I thought only young boys would read the book, but there are two very strong female characters that would be perfect for young girls to read about, as well. Overall, I thought the book was a fun middle grade read with clean action and romance, like Diary of a Wimp Kid meets Dexter's Lab.
September 4, 2016
A cute ending that tied up the ends of the Clone Chronicles. The series is a good pick for fans of good vs. evil, comic book like plot lines.
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February 20, 2016also also good book
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