Mutation (Remnants, 5) [Paperback]

K.A. Applegate (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Series: Remnants

The best-selling author of ANIMORPHS and EVERWORLD presents a fresh, exciting, and gritty new science-fiction series that combines a little 2001, a little Armageddon, and a whole lot of a action!

Caught in the bowels of their strange new world, Mo' Steel and Billy Weir encounter a lost Remnant, Kubric DiSalvo. But Kubric has been horribly changed. The ship has transformed him, replacing his skin with a transparent plastic coating. Scared and awed by the ship's vicious power, the group tries to rejoin their friends.
But the other Remnants are in danger, too, in another stratum of the ship. Yago and Jobs are stuck in a computer-generated sea battle, and can't agree on any kind of strategy. Cannons are blasting and pieces of the ship splinter all around them.
Mo' Steel's group does reach the others, but not in time to help...until Billy mysteriously communicates with the ship's powerful core. But will his strange past help him to understand-or even control-the ship in time?

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 164 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks; 1St Edition edition (March 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590881949
• ISBN-13: 978-0590881944
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #558,645 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, if lacking direction., March 2, 2002

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"thefantasybookworm" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mutation (Remnants, 5) (Paperback)

From the first page - on which the somewhat disgusting and definitely unique mutation on the cover is described - onward my full opinion of the series of events consisted of one word: "What???" With event after event and plot twist after plot twist, I found myself at the end of a somewhat short novel in a completely different state of mind than at the beginning. The characters are killed off or changed dramatically with each chapter - which does, if not anything else, make for an interesting story. All the characters have been developed wonderfully (or horribly, depending on your point of view) and the "good guys" and "bad guys" aren't as clear as they seemed to be in Book 1. There was much too little of Tamara and her baby - especially after the past few books have brought interesting foreshadowing and info about them - but I suppose that's what more books are for. The books never focus on one character or situation in particular, which makes a confusing web of different paths, and no clear direction. The end...well...for the sake of not revealing too much, I'll just say the end was a strange way to pull things together. Off to wait impatiently for book 6. . . :)

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The struggle continues..., June 14, 2002

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hiphopgirl_1000 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mutation (Remnants, 5) (Paperback)

Billy and Mo'Steel have been separated from the rest of the group and are trapped in the basement of what seems to be the ship. There they meet two Remnants, Alberto and his son Kubrick. Kubrick, however, has gone through a strange mutation that makes him into a living, breathing monster or whatever you'd like to call it. The four struggle with another dangerous environment below and find a surprising discovery, Mother.

Jobs, 2Face, Yago, and the rest of the Remnants are still trapped on the Constitution and time is running out because the ship is capsizing fast. Not only that but British war ships are attacking them all at the same time. Can Billy, the kid who stayed awake for 500 years, help save them? Can he beat Mother at a mind game that he can't even control?

This was another edge of your seat edition ofr Remnants where more weird thing happened that at times were confusing. The switching from node to node made things even more complicated. Still this book overall was pretty good. Can't wait for the rest of the Remnants books.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another mystery has now begun..., February 28, 2002

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"shayamorph" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mutation (Remnants, 5) (Paperback)

Billy Weir is a mystery. A brilliant mind living in the shadow of his fellow Remnants and with the strange ability to see the future -- or something like the future. When him and Mo'Steel are almost killed by aliens but manage to stay alive together, they find themselves isolated from the rest of the crew and are struggling to find their ways back. Mo'Steel and the others have always wondered what Billy Weir is really like, and now it's Mo'Steel's chance to finally understand who he really is. But when they meet Kubrick, a boy who with a tragic accident that left his body shattered and caused him to look horrific -- they realize that they're not the only ones who need help and to be safe. They may able to get back to Jobs, 2Face, Yago, Violet Blake, and the others if they keep searching, but first they have to understand exactly what Kubrick is all about, and what he wants. What is Kubrick's role... and how will this affect the Remnants? Remnants #5: Mutation is the mysterious and dramatic addition to the series, with a unique twist and fast-paced storyline that restores some of the excitement in the series.