Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Veld


Book Review By Nicholas Yeh in Mrs. Pettigrew's class

Win the Game!! OR begin again, and again, and again…. This Book!!! Heir Apparent is a Sci-Fi based on a medieval video game. Giannine, the girl in this book gets a video game coupon for her birthday. She goes to the company and chooses a game to play there. The objective if the game is to prove your mother, 3 half-brothers and other barbarians that you are the heir to the throne. As she plays, a group of rioters outside of the building sabotage the gaming equipment causing Giannine to keep playing or else she dies. Soon she embarks on her quest to prove herself. She has to find the magic ring, find the stolen treasure, answer the dwarf’s riddles, come up with a poem for a head chopping statue and so much more. This book will keep you excited and energize till the end.

1 comment:

FungYeh Family said...

You gave a good summary of the book but you really didn't tell us why this is a good book? What kind of readers would be interested in this book? How was the writing? Was it easy to read? Difficult to read? Is it suitable for lower school, middle school or high school kids or even adults?