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Books : City of the BeastsIn association with Amazon.comby: Isabel Allende  Amazon.com's Price: $7.99 Prices subject to change.Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackEAN: 9780060535032 ISBN: 0060535032 Label: Rayo Manufacturer: Rayo Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 432 Publication Date: January 01, 2004 Publisher: Rayo Reading Level: Young Adult Release Date: April 27, 2004 Studio: Rayo Sales Rank: 63717 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold is about to join his fearless grandmother on the trip of a lifetime. An International Geographic expedition is headed to the dangerous, remote wilds of South America, on a mission to document the legendary Yeti of the Amazon known as the Beast. But there are many secrets hidden in the unexplored wilderness, as Alex and his new friend Nadia soon discover. Drawing on the strength of their spirit guides, both young people are led on a thrilling and unforgettable journey to the ultimate discovery. . . . Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Poorly-Written Page TurnerThis book must be popular with people who enjoy Hollywood blockbusters, because the plot is entirely predictable and the characters are cardboard cutouts. I kept reading it to see what would happen next, but was disappointed that so much of the story sounds like a grade-B horror/adventure flick from the 1950s. The writing is sloppy, too. For example, the lead character is Alex, a 15-year-old high school boy who's been wearing glasses since he was 10. Early in the book, ... Read More Rating:  - City of The BeastsCity of the Beasts by Isabel Allende in my opinion was a pretty good book. Even though there are some slow parts, most of the book is full of action and adventure. I like this book because you can't predict what will happen and it makes you want to keep reading. I would recomend this book to people who like adventure and fantasy and people over the age of 12. It can be hard to understand at some points so you would want to be a farly good reader. All in all I would say that this was a good book ... Read More Rating: - worst YA novel everThis is, simply, the worst young adult novel I've ever read and I'd give it zero stars if I could. It has more plot contrivances and cliched characters than a really bad horror movie. Slasher sloths? How absurd, as real sloths are such retiring, gentle creatures. It is difficult to care even about the main character, Alex, because he is so one-dimensional and uninteresting (not to mention the other stereotyped caricatures!). Alex doesn't drive the plot, the plot drives him. Kate, his grandmother, ... Read More Rating: - City of the BeastsThe City of the Beasts was written by Isabel Allende in 2002. It is about a fifteen year-old boy named Alexander Cold. He is a smart student that likes to play the flute and go mountain climbing with his dad. His mom is very sick, and he is sent away to live with his aunt Kate, an old-school journalist for International Geographic, who has traveled everywhere and seen everything. Soon, Alexander learns his grandmother is going on a trip to the Amazon, to search for the Beast, a yeti-like ... Read More Rating: - bienvenidos a la selva de los clichés y del aburrimientoLeí la mitad de este libro. Isabel Allende escribe con un español fácil de comprender para un lector (como yo) que no sea hablante nativo del español. El cuento promete ser interesante: un chico acompaña a su abuela a la selva amazona a encontrar "la bestia" (o sea, "bigfoot" en inglés). Pero no te asustes, cada persona en esta novela se conforma a su papel estereotipado. Los nativos son profundamente espirituales, muy pegados a la naturaleza, y sin egoísmo ningún. El antropólogo está pintado de ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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