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Jessica "Jess" Mastriani was never what anyone would call a normal girl, but ever since she was hit by lightning, she can find anyone if she sees a picture of them. Since getting this new talent, Jess' life was made miserable by the media and the military, so Jess pretended that she can't find anyone anymore and so is officially without powers. However, there are a few people that know she can find people and most of the people in town, as well as the FBI, are pretty sure that she is faking. So when Dr. Thompkins, the new African American doctor who just moved in across the street, swings by on Thanksgiving to ask Jess if she knows where Nate, his son is, Jess tries to explain that she doesn't do that anymore. Turns out that Dr. Thompkins has no idea what Jess can do and was just trying to find out if she had seen Nate, as in with her eyes while awake. Anyway, Jess is way too busy trying to sneak out of the house and over to Rob's house for her second Thanksgiving dinner to worry about where Nate is, until she is on her way home. While Rob follows her on his motorcycle, Jess is stopped by a roadblock on the road and immediately assumes it is because she doesn't have a driver's license. Okay, Jess is way old enough to drive and is a totally safe driver, she just likes to go a little fast. I mean, how bad is it to be going 80 in a 25 mph zone? Anyway, Jess soon finds out that the reason for the roadblock is they found Nate's body in a cornfield with a weird snake like tattoo carved on his chest. Unluckily for Jess, Dr. Krantz, a special agent who is in charge of an elite team of "specially-gifted" crime solvers is on the scene to once again question if Jess has really lost her talents.

Jess feels guilty about not being able to save Nate and she knows when Seth, a Jewish boy, is missing and the synagogue is set on fire that she has to do something. She dreams of Seth and knows where he is, calls in an anonymous tip, but doesn't tell the police that there are men with guns guarding Seth. One of the cops is in critical condition after being shot and Jess knows that it is her fault. She is determined to find Seth without getting anyone else involved - except for Rob, of course. Rob gets a bunch of bikers from Chick's Bar to join them on their insane quest to rescue Seth from a group of white supremacists who live out in the woods and Jess is off on another one of her wild adventures...

This is the 4th book in the "Lightning Girl" or 1-800-WHERE-R-U series and it is just as hilarious and entertaining as the first three. Of all of Cabot's/Carroll's series I would have to say that Jess is my favorite heroine and always makes me laugh while I am reading. She is very honest and just says what she is thinking or feeling and it is just so funny! Jess is always trying to get Rob to kiss her and to be her boyfriend, but he cannot date her because she is only 16 and he is 18 and on probation. The situations she gets Rob and herself into are very entertaining. I cannot recommend this series highly enough - all of the books by Cabot/Carroll are great, but this one is the best! I simply cannot wait for another book in this series - I really hope that she keeps writing more!

Jessica "Jess" Mastriani was never what anyone would call a normal girl, but ever since she was hit by lightning, she can find anyone if she sees a picture of them. Since getting this new talent, Jess' life was made miserable by the media and the military, so Jess pretended that she can't find anyone anymore and so is officially without powers. However, there are a few people that know she can find people and most of the people in town, as well as the FBI, are pretty sure that she is faking. So when Dr. Thompkins, the new African American doctor who just moved in across the street, swings by on Thanksgiving to ask Jess if she knows where Nate, his son is, Jess tries to explain that she doesn't do that anymore. Turns out that Dr. Thompkins has no idea what Jess can do and was just trying to find out if she had seen Nate, as in with her eyes while awake. Anyway, Jess is way too busy trying to sneak out of the house and over to Rob's house for her second Thanksgiving dinner to worry about where Nate is, until she is on her way home. While Rob follows her on his motorcycle, Jess is stopped by a roadblock on the road and immediately assumes it is because she doesn't have a driver's license. Okay, Jess is way old enough to drive and is a totally safe driver, she just likes to go a little fast. I mean, how bad is it to be going 80 in a 25 mph zone? Anyway, Jess soon finds out that the reason for the roadblock is they found Nate's body in a cornfield with a weird snake like tattoo carved on his chest. Unluckily for Jess, Dr. Krantz, a special agent who is in charge of an elite team of "specially-gifted" crime solvers is on the scene to once again question if Jess has really lost her talents.

Jess feels guilty about not being able to save Nate and she knows when Seth, a Jewish boy, is missing and the synagogue is set on fire that she has to do something. She dreams of Seth and knows where he is, calls in an anonymous tip, but doesn't tell the police that there are men with guns guarding Seth. One of the cops is in critical condition after being shot and Jess knows that it is her fault. She is determined to find Seth without getting anyone else involved - except for Rob, of course. Rob gets a bunch of bikers from Chick's Bar to join them on their insane quest to rescue Seth from a group of white supremacists who live out in the woods and Jess is off on another one of her wild adventures...

This is the 4th book in the "Lightning Girl" or 1-800-WHERE-R-U series and it is just as hilarious and entertaining as the first three. Of all of Cabot's/Carroll's series I would have to say that Jess is my favorite heroine and always makes me laugh while I am reading. She is very honest and just says what she is thinking or feeling and it is just so funny! Jess is always trying to get Rob to kiss her and to be her boyfriend, but he cannot date her because she is only 16 and he is 18 and on probation. The situations she gets Rob and herself into are very entertaining. I cannot recommend this series highly enough - all of the books by Cabot/Carroll are great, but this one is the best! I simply cannot wait for another book in this series - I really hope that she keeps writing more!

This book is simply amazing! I loved it loved it loved it! If you even LIKE Meg Cabot you are going to fall in love with her writing in this one! It is simply amazing and just fantastic! I definitely did not expect it to be this great but it was!! Buy with confidence- you are going to love this book!!

Jess' nice Thanksgiving is turned on its ear when a boy in the neighborhood goes missing and is found dead. She blames herself for not realizing sooner he was actually missing and not just late. When a Jewish Temple and another boy turn up missing, she learns that a White Supremist group is behind all the violence. Determined to save the boy who is now missing, she enlists Rob and goes on a rescue mission into a strange world of cults and hillbillies, risking both their lives in the process. This is the best book of the series, exploring mature themes, advancing the romance and filled with excitement.

Jessica Mastriani is a sixteen year old girl with the psychic ability to find literally anyone, compliments of a bolt of lightning, and an attitude problem. But amongst all of her problems, her "different" brother and her annoying mother, her brother who just dropped out of college to be with the girl he's had a crush on all through highschool and whom Jessica saved in the last book, the fact that the government of the United States is monitering her every move just waiting for her to make a mistake and reveal that she lied and still has her power, and her boyfriend who is on probation and 18 so refuses to actually be her boyfriend and whom she has yet to tell her parents about, when driving home from her boyfriends house after Thanksgiving dinner they come upon a riot of activity on a long back road.

It turns out that a body had been found. The body of her neighbor. The son of the only black family in town. With the help of her friends Jessica tries to uncover the truth. But suddenly a boy is kidnapped. Using her gift Jessica reveals to the police where he is, but not only do the kidnappers and the kidnappee get away but a cop is shot.

And so Jessica and her boyfriend, Rob, take it into their own hands. Some graffiti tips them off to an extremist group called the True Americans who hide in the woods, they hide because they refuses to pay taxes and yet help themselves to electricity and water. They won't pay taxes because they believe America must be purified, leaving only the white Christians, in other words, them.

They sneak into camp and then, when caught, proclaim that they wish to join them. Jessica is sent to the kitchen to start to cook while Rob is welcomed with open arms. When Jessica is ordered to deliver food to the men, not to eat any herself because the men must eat first, she sneaks out and finds the boy. Unfortunately they're caught, but all of Rob's friends once again come charging illegally to rescue. There is a great deal of fighting and the end is quite ironic.

I want to agree with Silmarwen (earlier). This book, along with the other three books in the 1-800-WHERE-R-YOU series are soooooo good. I can't describe in words how good they are. You have to read the book to know what I'm talking about. Meg Cabot has a wonferful sence of humor and enfuses it into her characters making them all the mor loveable. I cant tell you how many times I laughed at Jess's sassy remarks. I loved this book and so will you. My advice? BUY IT!!!!!!!!!

Jess Mastriani, 'Lightning Girl' and heroine of three previous novels (When Lightning Strikes, Code Name Cassandra and Safe House) is back - and this time she's facing a truly evil foe. After thwarting a murderer at her own Ernie Pyle High School, Jess knows she's not going to be able to keep the Feds off her back for much longer. Even though they can't have any tangible proof, it's a given that the FBI agents who seem to haunt her every step know that Jess has been lying about losing her freaky psychic powers. Still, it's hard to lay low when danger waltzes into your own neighborhood.

Nate Thompson and his sister are the only African-American students at Ernie Pyle, but Nate doesn't seem to have any problem fitting in. There has certainly been nothing to suggest that Nate has made enemies. Nate, who happens to be Jess's neighbor, goes missing on Thanksgiving evening, but since he's just a little late coming home with some whipped cream, Jess figures she doesn't have to do 'the woo-woo thing' to find him. Then Nate turns up dead in a cornfield with a strange symbol carved into his chest and Jess feels both horrified and horribly guilty. Could she have saved Nate if she had tried to use her psychic powers as soon as she knew he was late getting home?

When the local synagogue is burned and a twelve-year-old Jewish boy turns up missing, it becomes starkly obvious that something very ugly is happening in Jess's hometown. If the crimes are connected, and how could they not be, then Jess has got to find Seth Blumenthal before the hatred and violence escalate even further.

The 1-800-Where-R-You series (of which this is the fourth book), is classic Meg Cabot. The heroine is sharp and feisty and the supporting cast is memorable. It is possible to read any of these books as a stand alone but you'll enjoy them so much more if you read them in order.

In SANCTUARY, Jessica Mastriani takes on a white supremacy group who has already killed her new neighbor's teenaged son. When the local authorities fail to rescue a young Jewish boy who has been kidnapped, Jess and her maybe-boyfriend Rob infiltrate the group to stage a rescue of their own. Can they rescue young Seth or will they all end up as bodies in a cornfield?

This was the first time in the series that I really wondered how Jess (and Rob) were going to pull things off without ending up dead. I said in my review of SAFE HOUSE that I wished for more Rob and Cabot definitely delivered in this book. But Cabot (talking about FBI big guy Cyrus Krantz) referred to the X-Men villain Magneto as *Dr.* Magneto--my screams of horror have only just died down. It was an interesting book that I flew through.

A Note on the Kindle edition: Probably the cleanest Kindle edition of the series. Two or three words throughout the entire book converted incorrectly and are hardly worth mentioning.

I loved the 1-800-Where-R-U Series. I can't believe that it got cut short. I really did enjoy this book, along with all the others. You can see where she was preparing the series to go before it got cut off. I love the characters in this series - the whole Mastriani family is great!

Although Sanctuary is my least favorite in the 1-800-Where-R-You series, I still gave it four stars. This series is a fun read and perfect for teen readers. Meg Cabot has created a great adventure with loveable characters.