Eye of the Storm
by Kate Messner
In the not-too-distant future, huge tornadoes and monster storms have
become a part of everyday life. Sent to spend the summer in the heart of storm
country with her meteorological engineer father, Jaden Meggs is surprised at the
strides her father's company StormSafe, has made with custom shelters that keep
her family safe in even the worst of storms. At her exclusive summer science
camp, Eye On Tomorrow, Jaden meets Alex, a boy whose passion for science matches
hers. Together, they discover that her father's company is steering storms away
from the expensive neighborhoods and toward the organic farming communities that
are in competition with his bio-engineered food company, NatureMade. Jaden must
confront her father, but when she does, she uncovers a terrifying family secret
and must call on both her scientific knowledge and her faith to save the people
she loves most from one of her father's monster storms. (description from Amazon.com)
This was a really cool science fiction thriller. Messner was able to give readers a good amount of weather based information without starting to sound at all like you were sitting in class. The action just kept coming!
The storms that Jaden, her friends, and family have to face in this book were downright scary! I was a little terrified to look out the windows as I read, for fear of seeing a funnel cloud forming... The idea that that weather might be being controlled...the possibilities were creepy.
I was on the edge of my seat for most of this book and found that I read it much faster than I'd expected! It was quick and interesting. Something different. :)
Full disclosure: Borrowed from my library
