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Prophecy Rock

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Have you ever wanted to explore a Hopi Reservation and also help the main character with a mystery? Read Rob MacGregor's book Prophecy Rock and you will do just that. The main character in this book is Will Lansa. Will lives in Aspen with his mother. Will's mother decided to go to Europe for a month with her boyfriend Tom. For the summer, he visits his father, Pete Lansa. Will eats all different types of Hopi special recipes, which was very different to him. Pete is a police chief on a Hopi Reservation. On the Hopi reservation, he gets a job and meets a girl that he is very interested in. Will has no chance with her because she lives with her grandmother and she is very traditional. Will is only half Hopi and is considered white to all the full-blooded Hopi's. There is a murder that Will's father is investigating and Will wants to help, but will Will be in danger? You won't know unless you read the book. What I enjoyed most in this book is all the adventures and mysteries leading to the killer at the end of the book. Also all the interesting facts about Hopis and their reservation. In my opinion, I think others should read this book because it is very educational in an exciting way. Also when you start reading, it's hard to put it down. It pulls you in, and it's hard to back off. This book also has very good details; it's almost like you're there and one of the characters. This is a great book for others to read, but you won't know unless you read it yourself. So what are you waiting for get your very own Prophecy Rock book and read it today.

Will is half Hopi, but he has always focused on his white half, living with his mother in Aspen. This summer, before his senior year of high school, he will be living with his father on the Hopi reservation, working at the local hospital and getting in touch with his heritage.

Will's father is a police officer, and while Will is visiting he is in the midst of investigating a murder, one that ends up involving the girl Will is interested in at the hospital, which means Will does his best to get involved, too. Along the way he is able to connect with the Hopi god Masau, who gives him valuable advice and insight.

This book was all surface, no depth. Will's relationship with his father was never really explored. His father was quiet, then when he realized Will wanted him to talk, he talked. Will and Ellie's relationship was just as easy and inexplicable; I didn't feel like they ever got to know each other at all, but somehow they were in love.

The murder plot was a bit heavy-handed. I felt like the author tried too hard to throw us off the trail, and at the end when Will was trying to get back to the reservation and circumstances worked against him, there was no real sense of urgency.

It was an interesting idea and there were some parts that provided good information about the Hopi culture, but the story was pretty weak.