Lockdown

//Lockdown: Escape from Furnace 1 // By, Alexzander Gordon Smith Genre: Horror

Summary: The book Lockdown by Alezander Gordon Smith is a horror novel about a boy who was framed for a murder that he did not commit. He was then put away in a prison called Furnace. In this prison he finds true horrors, like monsters and people in black suits with gask masks that pull you out of your cell at night and feed you to the monsters. He finds what he must show the world the true horrors of then inside of Furnace. About the Author: The author of the book Lockdown is Alexzander Gordon Smith. He was born in 1979 in Norwich, England. He started writing hos first stories when he was six. He has written seris such as the Furnace series, the Inventors series, and two other non-fiction books. He also started a small poetry press called Egg Box Publishing. Alexzander G. Smith's Website Q and A About Furnace:

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Profesional Review: Grade 9 Up—"Beneath heaven is hell. Beneath hell is Furnace." That's 14-year-old Alex's description of the underground prison a mile below the surface of the earth where he and other teen boys are incarcerated for life. The first title (Farrar, Straus, 2009) in Alexander Gordon Smith's new series begins when the protagonist is caught by strange silver-eyed men as he and a buddy are in the midst of a house burglary. Resigned to jail time, Alex is shocked when he's framed by these ghostly black-suited figures who pull guns and murder his pal right in front of him. Pleas of innocence are ignored and Alex lands in Furnace. Gangs bully everyone, the food is disgusting slop, bizarre guard dogs tear inmates apart, and boys are arbitrarily dragged away late at night and return as killing automatons. When all seems lost, Alex and his savvy cellmate devise an escape plan. Last minute calamities bring the plan to the brink of disaster, and a cliffhanger ending definitely carries listeners to the next installment. Using a variety of accents, Alex Kalajzic captures the teen's terrors and occasional black humor as well as the guard's monotone menace. Themes of fear and brutality are frequent and descriptions are occasionally visceral, but none of the scenes are gratuitous. Discussions about the consequence of bad choices, loyalty between friends, and prison life are among the topics that spring from this story, but male audiences will find the fast-paced survival saga most appealing. An additional purchase.—//Barbara Wysocki, Cora J. Belden Library, Rocky Hill, CT From Amazon//