Survival Op: The Fear in the Wilderness (Book) - 8/10/2007 11:12:36 AM
Eighth-grade English teacher and sports coach Scott Allen has released an exciting adventure novel for young teens and preteens. The Fear in the Wilderness is planned as the first book in a series, and the ending certainly leaves room for a number of brewing subplots. Mr. Allen's first novel offers many enticements to young teenage readers with its thirteen-year-old characters, macho braggadocio of an immature nature, and somewhat gratuitous violence. With its short, direct, declarative sentences and simple dialogue, Survival Op is certainly appropriate for the age of its potential audience. Adults might prefer a more sophisticated approach in both plot and grammar. If the author's intent is to encourage more reading for pleasure by youngsters who might otherwise be stuffing quarters into a noisy machine, he has probably succeeded. With Survival Op, Scott Allen has launched his new career as a cheerleader for reading in the middle schools of America.
