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__The White Mountains __by John Christopher was one of the most action packed, exciting books I have ever read! It was a great book and I recommend it to anyone who likes to read action books!

I enjoyed this book so much. I think it uses science because all of the inventions that one of the main characters makes. It could also be because they kind of use science to take down the tripods (which I will explain later). This book is like no book I have ever read before.

A book with this much excitement yet scientific is hard to find. The writing style is unique. The writer used inventions that have already been invented and found a more logical, or at least easier, way to understand why it was invented. For example, glasses came from a little boy that was really smart and always had problems seeing. His father was a sailor so he broke a couple of telescopes, took the lenses, attached a wire and put it in front of his eyes so he could see better. This character is called Beanpole. He is the super smart one of the trio. He made me laugh because all these things he was making up we already have!

The leader of the group’s name was Will. He had the original plan to get away to a place where there were no tripods. I kind of feel bad for this character because he always has everything the hardest. Will is responsible for most of the group's decisions which is not always easy to do. He is also the first human ever to take down a tripod.

Finally, there is James; James is just kind of there. He followed Will out of the house, (because they are cousins and lived in the same house) and has bullied Will since they were born. James became best friends with Beanpole when they met later in the book leaving Will out of some important information.

The Tripods are the rulers of planet Earth. They are masters at moving over land and sea. They are vicious and insanely intelligent! They came up with the idea of capping. Capping is as important as a wedding. It is a ceremony where they put a metal cap and weld it to your skull when you are old enough. Only some humans knew that the caps make them do whatever the tripods want them to do.

Will and the group found out about a place where there are no tripods and people that are not capped. The name of that place is called the White Mountains. The whole book is about getting to the White Mountains and all the challenges they have to face on their trip. This book takes place in the medieval times which is kind of cool because there is jousting and other unique knight games.

I would totally recommend this book! I have to admit though, I always thought that the saying "never judge a book by its cover" was a bunch of baloney but I was wrong. The cover of this book is super lame but it really is a great book if you take the time to read it. I'll be honest with you; I really didn't want to read this book when I picked it up. Lucky for me, it turned out to be a fun and easy read.

By: Nathan Edmunds