Loch [Unabridged] [Audio Cassette]

Paul Zindel (Author), George Guidall (Narrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1995

Loch, the 15-year-old son of a marine biologist, is living a charmed life. He spends his days exploring deep water inlets, using his father's scientific equipment and eavesdropping on his technical discussions with colleagues. Unfortunately, Loch's father works for a ruthless newspaper magnate who will stop at nothing to capture a Loch Ness-like reptile rumored to live in a chilly northern Vermont lake. When Loch comes face to face with the giant creature and begins to understand its actions, he must quickly decide whose side he is on. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Paul Zindel has won countless awards for his books, including eight alone for The Pigman & Me (RB# 94366). As his fans know, he is a master of imaginative, vivid adventures.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Recorded Books; Unabridged 3 Cassettes edition (1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0788703943
• ISBN-13: 978-0788703942
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (74 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,936,213 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "This Goes out to Mr. Austin", April 6, 2001

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Matt Keenan (Orcas Island, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Loch: A Novel (Paperback)

A boy nicknamed loch and his sister zaidee are involuntarily going on an expedition to a Vermont lake to look for modern plesiosaurs with their father, Dr. Sam. Dr. Sam is a marine biologist, and he works for a despicable man named Mr. Cavenger. Loch doesn't think they will find anything, but then, loch discovers a baby Plesiosaur and the knowledge that Cavenger doesn't want to just find the creatures, but kill them. Zindel does a good job in telling an epic adventure with movie-like detail! Loch does have many horror elements to it such as the plesiosaur killing some people and some chilling descriptions of peoples remains being found after one of the dinosaurs were done killing them, but its more of an adventure to save the prehistoric creatures with the main characters, Loch and Zaidee. This is another one of Paul Zindels best works; it is everything that I read a book for. It seems to me that a book that is about sea horror is a lot better than any other book. I would give it 41/2 stars out of 5.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellant horror story., May 28, 2000

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Rebecca Herman (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Loch: A Novel (Paperback)

Fifteen year old Loch (nicknamed that because he claimed to see the Loch Ness monster during a family trip in Scotland when he was a toddler), his little sister, Zaidee, and his girlfriend, Sarah, join their dads on an expedition to search for a monster in a Vermont lake. While exploring, the three discover a baby monster that appears to be a creature left from prehistoric times. Now they must convince Sarah's father and his crew that the creatures will be harmless if left alone. But the stubborn adults won't listen, and the kids have to save the creatures - and the humans. A suspenseful horror story that I highly reccomend.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Mystery, January 7, 2000

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jwinter - See all my reviews

This review is from: Loch (School & Library Binding)

This book begins with a boy named Loch who for the first time encounters the Lochness Monster when two of the sheep from his herd fall into the lake and get devoured. Then Loch spends the rest of his life looking for the answer to this question. Does the Lochness monster really exsist? You will have to find out for yourselve. It is a really good book and I would recommend this book only to the people who like horror books. Otherwise you would not like this book.