A review by bethanyparker
Ali Cross by James Patterson

5.0

Oh, my word! I've never read any of the Alex Cross novels, but now I will. It says a lot that I was able to read this entire book within a workday! The novel avoids doing something many YA books are guilty of-- fluffing things up to deter the preteen reader from realizing that scary things DO exist in the real world. Was it terrifying? No. But it goes to show a book about danger can be appropriate for middle-grade students and still be realistic. I hope Patterson writes more! If not, I suppose I'll just have to read the adult version-- sigh.