The setting is a small town which is typical but the ending made up for that and so did the killer plot. That’s just how realistic everything in the novel is. Tucker and his friends must rescue not just Pemberwick Island, but the fate of the world-and all before tomorrow is too late.Īfter reading Sylo, I feel like the events that happened to Tucker and his friends could possibly happen to my precious city. It’s up to Tucker, Quinn, and Tori to uncover the truth about the singing aircraft that appears only at night-and the stranger named Feit who’s pushing a red crystal he calls the Ruby that brings unique powers to all who take it. And sitting on the sidelines is no longer an option for Tucker, because tomorrow may never come. There’s always tomorrow, he figures. Then Pemberwick Island is invaded by a mysterious branch of the U.S. And though his best friend Quinn tells him to “go for it,” he’s too chicken to ask Tori Sleeper on a date. He’s content to sit on the sidelines as a backup player on the high school football team. He’s used to navigating around summer tourists in his hometown on idyllic Pemberwick Island, Maine. military quarantines his island?įourteen-year-old Tucker Pierce prefers to fly under the radar. How far should the military go to protect its citizens? Should the government lie?Īll in all, S.Y.L.O is an incredible book for all ages., and can be found wherever books are sold.Does Tucker Pierce have what it takes to be a hero when the U.S. There are also themes of government overreach. This presents the question, how far will you go be the very best? However, in high doses, Ruby will cause the body to over exert itself, causing the user to die. It increases awareness, strength, speed, and stamina. Ruby is a PED: a performance enhancing drug. MacHale also knows how to stretch readers. He justified time travel by creating a wormhole by detonating a nuclear bomb inside a small area, pressurizing the local area to create a wormhole. He does this by basing elements of the story with science. MacHale will keep readers in a state of disbelief. Through his dialogue, readers can infer that Kent has the hots for Olivia, and the complex relationship concerning Tucker, Quinn, and Tori. He can take each characters personalities, wants, needs and desires, and translate them into speech. In addition to incredible sensory description, MacHale, also creates genuine and honest dialogue. For example, when Tucker, Quinn and Tori see a man gunned down on the beach, readers will both see and feel what happened that fateful night. He can create realistic worlds sprinkled with just enough imagination to fuel readers. MacHale, author of the Pendragon series, does a fantastic job of creating stunning visuals. He is not alone, his friends Quinn Carr and Tori Sleeper are on a mission to find out what is really going on with the government in D.J MacHale’s S.Y.L.O Tucker Pierce, a freshmen at Pemberwick High, a small island just off the coast of Maine, suspects there is more to S.Y.L.O than meets the eye. have come to quarantine the island because of a lethal new virus. Rumors of a new super drug called ruby are circulating, and naval officers under the name S.Y.L.O. Imagine watching a high school football game, and the star running back dies.
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