Type of bind: Hardcover
Format: Bargain Price
Label: Hyperion
Manufacturer: Hyperion
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 240
Printing Date: September 18, 2007
Publishing house: Hyperion
Age index: Young Adult
Release Date: September 18, 2007
Sale Popularity Level: 702584
Studio: Hyperion
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Jack Perdu, a shy, ninth grade classics prodigy, lives with his father at Yale University. When he suffers a near fatal accident, Jack's father sends him to see a mysterious doctor in New York City--a place Jack hasn't been since his mother died there eight years ago. In New York, Jack meets a girl named Euri who leads him into the city's Underworld, a place where those who died in New York reside until they are ready to move on. This, Jack believes, is a chance to see his mother again. But as secrets about Euri's past are revealed, so are the true reasons for Jack's visit to the Underworld.
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Andre Rannels is an audiobook narrator and actor who has been seen on Broadway in Hairspray. He also can be heard on numerous commercials and Saturday morning cartoons.
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Jack Perdu, whose last name means lost in French, is a loner, a ninth-grader who is an expert on Greek classics and lives on the Yale University campus with his archeology-professor father. One winter afternoon, while he has his nose in a book, he is nearly killed when a car hits him in a crosswalk. Mysterious things start to happen to Jack after that. He finds a strange man in his father's study--a man who disappears without a trace from an upstairs window when he spots Jack. Then his father sends him to see a doctor in New York City, a place he hasn't visited since his mother died there eight years before. But while he's waiting for his train to return, he meets a girl named Euri who takes him on an adventure into the mysterious realm of New York's ghostly underworld.
As Jack dodges Cerberus, the three-headed dog who's mission is to eliminate the living from the among the dead, her tries to locate his mom before he has to return to the world of the living or remain permanently in the world of the dead. An interesting twist on the story of Orpheus in Greek mythology, The Night Tourist by Katherine Marsh will have you looking over your shoulder at dusk and paying attention when you feel you're being watched but no one's there. It's morbid subject matter never becomes too dark overwhelming, and it asks questions that are great for group discussion: What happens when you die? Why is it important to treat life as a gift? Why do your family and friends need to know how much you care for them? The ending feels a bit rushed, but the fast wrap-up can provide good possibilities for conversation of what happens to Jack after his adventure.
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I'm not much into mythology or fantasy or historical narrative, but Marsh's book held my attention from the very very first sentence. Maybe it was the wonderful writing, or the deft touches of humor, or the intelligence typed upon each page. Bravo! I look forward to reading more of her work.
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Just a modernized version of Greek mythology. Characters are erratic. Even if a sequel is planned, the ending could have been better executed. I suppose if you are into tragedies this could be the book for you; however if you are feeling depressed this book might make you suicidal. Depressing!!!
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I bought this for my son, he likes it. It could inspire some imagination.
It is good for teenagers.
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The Night Tourist is a great book and one that I recommend 8th graders should read. This book is an adventure that takes place in New York city. Jack Perdu is the main character. He is a ninth grader and lives with his dad on the campus of Yale university. Jack was in a car accident and his dad sends him to Manhattan to see a unusual doctor. Jack had not been to Manhattan since his mother did 8 years ago. In Manhattan, Jack meets a girl named Euri, who takes him on a journey to find his mother in the underworld underneath the subway station. In the book there is a weird sky that is magical above the underworld, that gives Jack clues to help him find his mother that he misses so dearly.
The Night tourist is a great fiction book. The author also makes the book kid friendly and makes it easier to read for kids. Marsh(the author) makes the book good because there is a great use of bonding and friendship between Jack and Euri. Since this was such a great book, there should be another book that is a sequel to it or anoher book that extends The Night Tourist.
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