Last Stop (Watchers, No. 1) - Softcover

Lerangis, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0590109960 ISBN 13: 9780590109963

Publisher: Scholastic Inc., 1998

Synopsis

Possessing the seeing powers of the Watchers, David Moore glimpses his father in the phantom subway station of another world, a situation that poses a surprising twist. Original.

About this title

About the Author:

Peter Lerangis's WATCHERS series has won awards from the American Library Association and the International Reading Association/Childrens Book Council. Mr. Lerangis is also the author of the two-part survival adventure, ANTARCTICA, and the popular chapter-book series, ABRACADABRA.

From Publishers Weekly:

Moving at a slower pace than the underground train that plays a pivotal role here, this cryptic tale launches Lerangis's (The Yearbook; It Came from the Cafeteria) Watchers series. Though somewhat skeptical, David shares his mother's hope that his father, who disappeared six months earlier, is still alive. Riding the "subrail" one day, David watches in amazement as the train suddenly stops at an eerily lit, long-abandoned station, where one man disembarks and another?the boy's missing father?waves at the train as it zooms away. When a woman who "specializes in mysterious disappearances and the life in the hereafter," suggests that David has the ability to see into a parallel life, the 13-year-old senses that his father is indeed waiting somewhere for him. A concluding scene brings a fresh, unanticipated twist to this otherwise unsurprising story, as father and son do hook up, but only after much tiresome sleuthing by David and a friend. Occasionally, ambiguous remarks in white type appear on black pages ("We've lost him"; "This was not part of the plan"; "He's smart. That's why we need him"), suggesting the voices of the eponymous "Watchers" who appear to have some control over who enters the "other side." At ride's end, this isn't sufficiently compelling to warrant buying a ticket for Rewind, the next installment, also due this month. Ages 8-12.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0590109960
• ISBN 13: 9780590109963
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176