![]() ![]() Thanks to the convincing storytelling and clever (if somewhat manipulative) plotting, it's easy enough to imagine the family's stunned grief and to empathize with likable (yet remarkably naive) Laura as she becomes entangled with a Muslim classmate's scheme to use Billy's passport to emigrate to the U.S. Bubbling over with projects, grand ambitions (including a plan to visit every inch of China) and a multitude of get-rich-quick schemes, Billy is as engaging as he is exuberant-making it especially horrifying when, at the end of the first chapter, he is killed by a terrorist bomb in an Underground station. Eleven-year-old Billy Williams is an American boy spending a year in London with his teenage sister, Laura, and their parents. ![]() Accomplished storyteller Cooney's (The Face on the Milk Carton) latest thriller combines heartpounding suspense with some sobering reflections on the insular attitude characteristic of many Americans both at home and abroad. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |