#Unplugged book full#

Great read.Д¬lick here to read an excerpt from Unplugged.For 35 years, Chicagoans and even people outside of the city and outside of the country have been making their way every summer to ChicagoвЂ™s Grant Park for the worldвЂ™s largest gospel festival вЂ“ The Chicago Gospel Music Festival. The personal growth of Jett is a given but plays out gradually and in a plausible arc.

#Unplugged book full#

The climax is full of action as the tweens clash with the villains of the story. This is pure middle-grade fiction with mystery, danger, new friendships and an inevitable foe all swept up in the mix. Each character is different, providing an interesting mix of personalities, beliefs, quirks and reactions. Unplugged is told in these five points of view. But the friendship is stretched when Jett discovers something so bizarre, no one will believe him, let alone trust anything he says going on his past behaviour. The lizard, named Needles by Grace who found him, brings out different traits in Jett. Keeping pets at Oasis is against the rules. ItвЂ™s a small lizard that unites the first four, but also gives Brandon something over them. ItвЂ™s not long before he and Jett clash, and he vows revenge on the smart-mouth rich kid. He isnвЂ™t any happier than the other children attending with their parents and reluctantly attends the activities. Something sheвЂ™s hidden from all residents since she was 6.Д«randon Bucholz вЂ“ Brandon is the son of an ex football player and is just about as big. SheвЂ™s also hiding something from her new friends. She knows where the keys are for the camp launch, and other handy information for an adventure none of them are expecting. Avoiding the activities the other kids are engaged in gives her time to explore the outer edges of the camp. HeвЂ™s surprised when the son of a mega-famous tech genius befriends him, wary he is just a distraction not a true friend.Д«rooklynne Feldman вЂ“ The expert on the Oasis after attending since she was 6 years old, Brooklynne knows more about it than she should. The Oasis is supposed to help but just make things worse. Food allergies, dirt, dust, or nervous tension all send him into a scratching frenzy. Tyrell Karrigan вЂ“ Tyrell is plagued by allergies. Grace enjoys the weeks away from devices, the wholesome, strictly vegetarian diet, the thermal pool, meditation and peace of the retreat. The owner and key advisor to a better and whole life is Magnus вЂ“ who Grace sees as almost holy. Grace adores Ivory, the 6ft 4 meditation pathfinder who guides them into spiritual awareness.

Grace Atwater -the opposite to Jett, Grace and her parents save up every year to attend the summer holidays wellness camp. He is an expert at trouble, officially being given the no.1 spot as most spoilt, reckless, rich-kid after many dangerous and expensive stunts in the past few months. He is determined to do everything he can to get chucked out. Giving up his phone and other tech when he and his minder are checked into the Oasis Meditation Retreat is just the first insult to his spoilt, rich kid world. Jett Baranov вЂ“ son to a tech giant and one of the richest men on Earth, Jett is used to getting anything he wants at the snap of his fingertips. 5 kids form an unlikely alliance against an organised swindle fraud at an exclusive wellness camp in the middle of nowhere.