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Summary: Someone is Hiding in Alcatraz Island
Review: Someone is Hiding on Alcatraz Island is a suspenseful thriller written by award-winning author Eve Bunting. It takes place in San Francisco, CA, where Danny, a 14-year old boy, is being chased by a gang called the "Outlaws", the toughest gang in school. The action begins when Danny sees a kid robbing an elderly lady, and he tries to stop him. The kid ends up being the brother of one of the gang members. In order to get away from the gang, Danny jumps on a ferry to Alcatraz Island where he thinks he'll be safe.... or is he? He is in an abandoned prison where only three people have gotten off alive, which makes for a very scary night. This is a book that keeps you turning the pages to see what happens next.
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Summary: Alcatraz Escape
Review: Someone is hiding on Alcatraz Island is an action story, but at some points it turns into a love story. It was written by Eve Bunting and published in New York in 1983.A boy named Danny was walking down the street when all of a sudden he sees an old woman, resembling his own grandmother, being mugged by a kid. He instantly sprints over to the old woman and pushes the boy down to the ground and helps the old woman. Little did Danny know that the boy was the brother of someone who is in the undisputed toughest gang around, The Outlaws. Danny is a 14 year old boy, he is a very fast runner. He lives in San Francisco, California. Biddy is an Alcatraz Island ranger she helps Danny out along the way and she sits with Danny on the boat when they are on the way to Alcatraz Island. The members of the outlaws are Cowboy, Jelly bean (the brother of the kid who was mugging the old lady on the street), Priest, and Maxie. The outlaws are the toughest gang in San Francisco.
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Summary: "Good, When you start reading this book you can't stop!"
Review: The book begins in California during the summertime. The main character Danny is trying to stay away from the "outlaws", a group of four teenagers Cowboy, Priest, Jellybean, and Maxie. The outlaws always get into trouble. Danny is trying to stay away from them because he helped an old lady get her purse back from on of the outlaws relatives. And then one day he ran into them and before he knew it all of them and a girl named biddy was on Alcatraz Island. I got his book because it was the best book I could find. I thought this book would be about someone that got lost on Alcatraz Island. Just by looking at the cover I thought that I chose the right book. When I was done the book, it wasn't what I thought it would be like. When I was done the book I still thought that I had found the right book.
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Summary: Great reading for all ages!
Review: This book is filled with humor, suspense, as well as a little action. I read it in Jr. High. As a Senior in High School, I still love it! I highly reccommend Someone Is Hiding On Alcatraz Island to anyone! Great work Eve Bunting!
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Summary: A first rate... teen novel
Review: This book was amazing. Amazingly BAD. I'm 15 so I should enjoy all teen novels right? WRONG. This story was full of cliches and annoying similes and pathetic attempts at "deep" writing. The main character is Danny and he's hiding from 4 "gang" members on Alcatraz...sounds like a good premise, huh? So where did Eve Bunting, the author go wrong? Well, who cares?! The fact is she did and this book reeked! She kept throwing in little hints about the city of San Francisco that proved to be completely useless and no aid to the story whatsoever! This book should be banned from stores and libraries because surely it is not legal to write so horribly.
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Summary: where to stay alive
Review: Where to stay alive
(Some on is Hiding on Alcatraz Island, By, Eve Bunting) When most people pick up a book to read they first look at the cover, and if it is interesting looking they will probably read about it. Well, the cover of "Some on is Hiding on Alcatraz Island" isn't as well as other covers. But they always say don't judge a book by its cover. This book is very suspenseful and has a lot of shocking moments woven in to it. This story takes place on the pears of San Fran Sisco. The mane character Danny was relaxing on the pears when he first encountered the outlaws that would be chasing him over the course of a few days. The reason that the outlaws won't to kill him is because Danny beat up the gang's leader's kid brother because he was harassing on an old elderly women. Danny is what you can call a sissy. He is weak and likes to stay to himself. But he stands up for what he thinks is right. When the outlaws first started to chase Danny, they chased him on to a tour boat ferry heading to Alcatraz Island. Where Danny finds his new companion named Bitty. Once Danny was on the island, he thought that he was safe but he was wrong. After the tours were all over for the night the outlaws came out for the hunt down of Danny. Danny stayed away from the outlaws for most of the night. But he finally got captured by the outlaws. When they finally caught Danny they also caught his companion Bitty. It was a face off of verbal abuse until the outlaws finally started to get a little mad and were figuring out ways to kill them. They came up with a lot of crazy ideas, but they really wonted to kill Danny. Bitty was jest a long, and would be used for other purposes. Danny was the one in real trouble. But the outlaws didn't know that Danny was making a hole in the wall to try to escape. Hopefully Danny will escape before the outlaws try to kill him. I would recommend this book to the age group of 13 and up, because it is a quick read and a suspenseful thriller.
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