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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Series for Kids!!!, December 10, 2008
This review is from: Poison Island (Zac Power #1) (Paperback)
This is a great series for kids! My son discovered these books when we were in Australia and they have just recently become available in the US. They are similiar to the Secret Agent Jack Stalwart series but I like Zac Power MUCH better. I highly recommend these! There are some more books in the series that I dont see available on Amazon yet but I'm sure they will if these books catch on. They are great and my son couldnt get enough of them. He still loves to read them after 2 years!
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
My son loved it, but I had one concern, May 24, 2009
This review is from: Poison Island (Zac Power #1) (Paperback)
My 6 year old son loved this book and couldn't wait to read it. For the most part, I thought it was good, well written and the pace of the story was perfect for him. But I had one concern.
Why oh why did the author make Zac have to taste three potions to see if it was the one they were looking for? My son and I had a talk about that scene and how its very dangerous to drink anything unless you are SURE it's safe and you know what it is. I would have rathered the author had said something about Zac's training that made the choice to drink these unknown substances a viable option for him, but not for the uneducated. Even a line such as "Zac was sure glad he'd passed his poisons class and knew how to identify dangerous substances over safe ones before he dared to drink the potions." would have gone a long way to send the right message to children.
I thought this was a one off problem, but then in the second book, the author has Zac accidentally land on an island with a nudist colony. We laughed about it (mine was forced) and I was lucky the question about what a nudist colony was and why people would be there didn't come up. I did not want to have that conversation before bedtime, muchless at such an early age.
Because my son enjoyed the books I would like to buy more for him, but I am worried about what the author might have waiting in the next book that will take a good discussion on my part. I have given this book 4 stars because it was me who had the problem with one part of the story, while my son loved it.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
My son just loves this series, March 14, 2009
This review is from: Poison Island (Zac Power #1) (Paperback)
Our son had a spy-themed 8th birthday party so I ordered this series of four books for a gift. He liked them so much he actually read through the whole set in one weekend and he couldn't stop talking about how cool the adventures were.
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