Gaia Abducted [Mass Market Paperback]

Francine Pascal (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2003 | Series: Fearless Super

I thought I knew who my mother was.

I thought I knew who my father was.

I thought I was fearless.

But I was wrong.

And when I wanted to escape from here...

I was wrong about that too.

I know, because Dr. K told me so.

A NEW PIECE OF GAIA'S PAST IS UNCOVERED!

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About the Author

Francine Pascal is the international best-selling author of SWEET VALLEY HIGH. She currently has sold over 260 million books. Gaia Moore is her new, complex character, bursting on to our streets. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Simon Pulse (June 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689860196
• ISBN-13: 978-0689860195
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,439,038 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Francine Pascal is the creator of the Sweet Valley High series and one of the world's most popular fiction writers for teenagers and the author of several bestselling novels, My Mother Was Never A Kid (Hanging out with Cici), My First Love and Other Disasters, as well as the series Fearless. Her adult novels include, Save Johanna! and If Wishes Were Horses (La Villa) and the non-fiction, The Strange Case of Patty Hearst. Pascal is on the Advisory Board of The American Theatre Wing. Her favorite sport is a monthly poker game. She lives in New York City and France.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another superb super edition, July 5, 2003

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hiphopgirl_1000 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gaia Abducted (Mass Market Paperback)

In this new long awaited Super Edition, Gaia awakes to find herself in Fort Meyers, Florida, thousands of miles from "home", in a mental institution called Rainhill. Gaia has no recollection of how she got there or why. She only knows she has to get out. After wreaking havoc trying to convince everybody she isn't mentally insane she finally meets the enigmatic Dr.K, a man Gaia is sure will finally understand how desperate she is to get out of Rainhill and back home. However the meeting doesn't go as planned and Dr. K begins to instill new theories about her "fearlessness". Deeper secrets are revealed about her mother Katia and the depths of "The Organization's" schemes. The ending, like the previous Super Edition, will blow you away.

The time period of this book seems to be right after SHOCK. The only character present in this book from the series is Jake, the mysterious new guy. I must say though after reading this book Jake entered the same league as Ed and Sam in my mind. It looks like Gaia might actrually find true love in a guy you would have never thought of. Jake definitely does have more in common with her.

Anyway can't wait to read the next Fearless and see how this Super Edition fits in. Definitely will enjoy Jake much more!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth the money, the wait, the everything, June 16, 2003

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N. Moore "Wordsmith" (Gotham City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gaia Abducted (Mass Market Paperback)

As I picked up the newest Super Edition, I was a little dismayed to find that it was taking place in some kind of alternate setting than the regular series. I guess it was to be expected based on the other Super, but this one is even more obscure, especially after you read the preview for #28 and find that it picks up exactly where #27 left off. But don't let that stop you. It was slow going at first for me, but the further I traveled through the book, and the heavier the situation got, the more I couldn't wait to get to the end.

I found Gaia's newfound mental desposition more than a little irritating, but it was I guess nice to see her so out of it for a change. It makes you appreciate the Gaia we're all used to so much more.

By the time I got to the end, I found myself like Jake more and more. I'd been intrigued with him ever since #25. Now he's definitely considered someone to cheer for. And although he doesn't take Sam's place in my heart, I do consider him a nice break from the emotional storm that is her relationship with the other men in her life.

We don't get any information on Tom's whereabouts or Loki's condition, but we do oddly get some kind of "insight" into Katia's mortality. The book gets so convincing at times that I found myself second-guessing Gaia's past right along with her.

The ending is so unbelieveably climactic and shocking that it just blew me away. We also find out how far the Organization is willing to go to secure a stake in the Moore family, it seems for much longer than we dared thought. Gaia isn't the only target it seems.

I won't spoil the surprise, but I will say that this does rival Super #1 in its ability to deconstruct your expectations, while simultaeously building up all kinds of new facts that the reader most likely never considered in their wildest dreams. I recommend buying this today.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Gaia finds out some more so-called "truths.", June 19, 2003

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Christina (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gaia Abducted (Mass Market Paperback)

The entire Fearless series just isn't what it used to be. It's still entertaining, but I'm afraid that our little Gaia has changed tremendiously, she's not nearly as hard as she used to be. The author writes her differently now. She's more flighty, and far more susceptible to danger for some reason. I miss the old days, I miss Mary, I miss Ed worshiping the ground that she walked on.
However, these are new days. And Gaia seems to have fallen into another one of the Orginization's little schemes, even with Loki gone. We meet some interesting new characters, ones that I'm positive will be showing up again in the near future. And one highly entertaining, to say the least, revelation is made. Jake plays an interesting role in the book, a much larger one. (Didn't you just see that one coming?) As well as "Ana," a.k.a. Tatiana.
I, personally, don't understand the "Super Edition" books at all. After the first one, the series continued on as though that book had never happend. Until, ofcoarse this one. This is the only book since then that I've heard Gaia make any reference to the Saints and Sailors monument-any of it. However in this one we atleast have some conception of when it's taking place, and in the previous one, nil.
All in all, it's a pretty good book. Francine really gives us the runaround though and it gets really confusing. However by the end, it's just another messed up chapter in Gaia's life. I think the only really good that's going to come of the events in this book later on are the characters.