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=**"Neptune's Children",** Bonnie Dopkin=

A plague strikes, and it goes horribly wrong. It spreads across the planet killing all adults, but what about the kids? After the plague, kids are stuck at the ultimate theme park and have to survive and rebuild their civilization. While it happens, trickery, and uncertainty unbalances the control of their new home. Read Bonnie Dopkin's //The Neptune's Children// to get the electric experience I had when reading this book.

The science topic was about the way the children survived and how the kids developed a government to control the theme park and keep it in order.In the beginning of the book it had a fast and exciting pace,but towards the middle it slowed down. Then it gained excitement again to the end. The author had a very unique sense of words and good vocabulary. I liked the book because it had a good plot and the story was told very well.The characters were very descriptive and the author gave me a good picture of how they looked. The three main characters were Josh, Zoe, and Milo. Josh was the hero of the unbalanced city. He was very brave and followed clues to figure out that Milo was a lie. Zoe was a big supporter of Josh. She was an outgoing girl who tried to do what's best for the park.Milo was the ruler and tuned into a tyrant in the end.He was a very devious boy and always had a dark side. The setting was a VERY large theme park separated into five so what smaller islands.It was located in the middle on a lagoon, a mile or two from shore. The theme park had everything a child's dream would be. It had roller coasters, child play areas, shows, theaters, restaurants and arcades, and even a whole island dedicated to horror, Nightmare Island.

The story starts out that the plague wipes out all parents in the park and around the world. The kids assemble to create order to the islands. The children at the meeting choose Milo to be their leader. A year has passed after Milo becoming ruler and the food supply in the Underground (a secret storage facility) is running low and the greenhouse and fish tanks are failing.The islanders see light in the town across the water, but they thought everyone should have been dead. Milo sends scouts but they don't come back, instead the island is attacked by the outsiders. Josh, after the attack, found some costumes and he knew the attack was set up by Milo who wanted to strike fear into the childrens' hearts. All the kids who know of this, start to rebel on Milo. Read the book to know how the kids undergo this horrifying conflict.

If you like a book about survival, apocalypses, excitement, this book is right for you. I would highly recommend this SHOCKING and thrilling story to any bored and adventures reader. The author was amazing telling the story, portraying characters, giving a vivid scenery, and had a good plot. I'd give it a five star.

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