The Web: Gulliverzone [Paperback]

Stephen Baxter (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up

Welcome to the infinite worlds of The Web
February 7, 2027 is World Peace Day. All over the world, celebrations are in full swing. There's even free access to the Web today-a chance to sample the infinite worlds and endless possibilities of virtual reality. Finally, a chance for Sarah to spin into the Web. Too bad she has to bring her little brother, George, with her. But Sarah knows she'll have a great time in GulliverZone, the best theme park in the Web, anyway. What Sarah doesn't know is that February 7, 2027, will turn out to be a day of danger beyond imagination.
The peace that is being celebrated in the real world does not extend into cyberspace. A mysterious being known only as the Sorceress seeks to use the Web for her own purposes...and she won't let anything-or anybody-stand her in way....

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 4-6–In the world Baxter has created, the Internet has evolved into a virtual-reality playground and kids wear Websuits and spin into a place that is indistinguishable from the real world. On World Peace Day 2027, young Sarah decides to take advantage of free Web access to explore the GulliverZone, a theme park based on Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. Soon, she and her younger brother are tied up with ropes just like the protagonist in the classic novel. When shrunken to Lilliputian size, they discover that their scuttle buttons, which are designed to take them back to reality, are not functioning. Only the evil Empress Golbasta has the antidote to save them. She, however, wants to recruit children to download their consciousness and souls to eternal Web life while their physical bodies die. After a number of less-than-memorable adventures, the children defeat her. The premise of immortality via the Internet is interesting, but characterization is bland. Still, this book should be popular with Web-savvy paperback series junkies.–Tim Wadham, Maricopa County Library District, Phoenix, AZ
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About the Author

Stephen Baxter was born in Liverpool and attended Cambridge University. Since then, he has worked in engineering, teaching, and computing. He is the award-winning author of more than two dozen science fiction novels for adults. The Web: GulliverZone is his first novel for children.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Starscape (May 3, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0765349418
• ISBN-13: 978-0765349415
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,989,384 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A great book, August 13, 2005

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Gary H. Cassel "Flamingnet Teen Book Reviews" (Baltimore, MD, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Web: Gulliverzone (Paperback)

In the world of "The Web" series, people are hooked up to the internet by using suits that take their minds to the web. Sarah is one of the many users on the Web, and on world peace day takes a friend and her annoying little brother on a trip to the Gulliver Zone, a virtual magical kingdom. However, after meeting a small race of people called lilliputians, Sarah and her brother are shrunk down to the lilliputian's size. Now Sarah, George, and a lillputian named Cefven must go to the castle of the sorceress, grow back to normal, save her friend, and save a race of people from an evil tyrant before they are all stuck in the Gulliver Zone.

"The Gulliver Zone," set in a not so distant future, begins and ends as a great book. The plot is really good and it made me not want put the book down. The premise for the book, though not original, makes a lot of sense and the writer did a good job of playing that out.

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