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The Resisters #1: The Resisters (2011)

by Eric S. Nylund(Favorite Author)

3.66 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0375868569 (ISBN13: 9780375868566)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Random House Books for Young Readers

series

The Resisters

review 1: The Resisters is a story about a boy named Ethan who lives is a storybook neighborhood. He is a typical teenage boy who seems to be living in a typical town, but soon finds out that his neighborhood and the entire world is not what it seems. One night after the big soccer game in which he scored the winning goal, he runs into Madison and Felix, two teenagers who are part of the Resisters, an underground organization fighting the alien invaders who have taken over the world. Apparently these alien invaders have mind control over anyone who has hit puberty because of the way brains work after that age. The adults in the Resisters live underground so that they are protected from the mind control of the aliens. Ethan, of course, believes none of this until he sees it for ... morehimself and is attacked by one of the aliens large insect robots. In order to save himself he climbs into a large wasp robot stolen and reprogrammed by the Resisters to fight the aliens. After this adventure, he decides he would rather just go back to his normal life and flies the wasp robot back to his neighborhood. But unfortunately, things will never go back to the way they were because the aliens know that he is aware of their mind control and send in adults to capture him. Will Ethan escape and decided to join the Resisters after all? Well, this is the first book in the series, so you can probably guess what his choice is. A fun science fiction novel tame enough for elementary students.
review 2: After an important soccer game one evening, Ethan is thrown into a war for his world. It is a futuristic world where sports are played wearing a 600 pound exoskeleton and students must have good grades, be well-rounded with extra-curricular activities and are tested for mental, physical, and social readiness for high school. Ethan is an MVP soccer player who is kidnapped from his yard by two very young resistance fighters. The only problem is that Ethan didn’t even know there was anything to resist and although Ethan has a hard time believing it at first, he learns of the alien invasion of earth which occurred over fifty years ago. The aliens use mind control to subdue humans. After the invasion, large families are raised in special neighborhoods because until children’s brains mature during puberty, they are immune to the alien mind control, so Ethan learns his whole childhood had been a lie. The aliens use the adult human race as worker bees for labor and research while the aliens strip the earth of all its resources. In their quest, the aliens mutated insects into giant exoskeletons which are a combination of living mass and technology and have sensors and weapons to enhance strength and speed, which the resistance has been able to tame, enhance and use in the battle against the aliens. Interestingly, the Insect Combat Exoskeletons, similar to Ethan’s sports suit, are sentient creatures with personality, not just robots. This novel is full of great action sequences with real-life reactions, like when Ethan becomes so frightened in the middle of his first battle in a wasp exoskeleton that he abandons the battle, escapes for home, and tried to pretend his life can go back to normal. The author creates a fantastic premise for putting the kids in a leadership role: the adult resisters must stay underground or risk alien mind control, so the adolescents must be the fighters and heroes because the adults may never leave their subterranean protection. The world created is perfect for young readers in its simplicity and believable in its logic. Although much is left unanswered, the end is a satisfying segue to the next book in the series, for which readers will be begging. This is the beginning of a new high-interest series which will grab the reluctant reader and video game fans. less

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