By John Kalkowski
Will Conlan is an unconventional thinker. After winning a baseball game with an innovative toss of a rosin bag, he catches the interest of a chief operative of the Homeland Security’s Analytic Red Cell. Employing the creative problem solving of philosophers, futurists, and Hollywood movie writers, this intelligence unit is seeking any original ideas about anticipating terrorist plots.
As a recent surge of terrorist activity undermines these fresh insights, the operative banks on the notion that Will’s youthful imagination, unclouded by the premise of “it can’t be done,” may provide the key insight they need and seeks to secretly exploit Will’s unhindered “out of the box” thinking.
Unaware of the magnitude of danger surrounding him, Will uncovers something he wasn’t supposed to discover—a connection between a television advertisement and a master terrorist plot. Narrowly surviving, he alone foils a bombing at Wrigley Field. Uncertain about the knowledge he now holds, he has to figure out the terrorists’ next target. Will just doesn’t realize…it’s him.
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The cover of thins book caught my eye. This book about a boy named Will Conlan surprised me. There was so much detail and it was written very nicely. I would recommend this book to baseball fans. It wasn't a very predictable book. I loved all of the characters and how they thought differently. This book got a 4/5 from me :)
i think that this book was very good, it was very unpredictable and suspense full you would not no what was going to happen next this book was about a kid how joined a group called the red cell and found stuff about terrorism and helps save the day because of his heroistic acts. if you like unpredictable and suspense full books i would definitely recommend this book for you. 10/10 :)
This book was a decent read. This review is a little biased though because action books aren't really my favorite thing to read. I thought that this book was a little bit of a 'classic action read', like where I could predict everything that was going to happen much earlier than it happened. I also thought it was a little simple because everything Will did seemed to end out perfectly, and to me I thought that was quite unrealistic. Lastly, I thought that it was a bit impossible and confusing, what with the whole thing Will got involved with. Also, the back of the book kind of spoiled the whole story and I thought that that made the book a little boorish, knowing what was gonna happen.
I would recommend this book to middle schoolers. I really enjoyed the adventure and I thought it was easy to read. I also thought it was a really good book.
I would recommended this book for anybody who is into action. It's a really fun book and easy to read. Very information of real systems. I would recommend it with any baseball fans, mostly target it with boys. They can relate to it most.
The book is about a kid named Will who has to help fight against some terrorists. I didn't really like the book but that's because I just not someone who reads books like this.
I have very mixed feelings on this book if I'm being honest. This book caught my attention almost instantly, the writing was amazing, it flew really well and all of the such... till the end. By the end of this book, though it was still amazing writing, it slowly became more predictable yet harder to follow. I'd recommend this book for sports fans too, I had a hard time following some of the terms and understanding the piece more because I don't pay attention to baseball and this book is largely focused around the Cubs. 4/5 overall, great read :)
No one would expect a 12-year-old to work for the CIA, right? Wrong. Will Conlan is an outside-the-box thinker who lives in Chicago, Illinois. The story "Red Cell" is a great book with suspense, action, and romance all in one jam-packed story.
I think it is a good book, but sort of repetitive. It is intriguing but the second attack is sort of predictable. I like the twist with the third attack and the twist with the beginning army general.
this is a good book and would suggest reading for 3rd grade and up.