A thrilling adventure about a boy named Ronan. His mom comes to pick him up when his nerdy dad gets kidnapped. What's even weirder is that they're after HIM also!
The Blood Guard (The Blood Guard Series)
By Carter Roy
Book 1 of 3 in the
The Blood Guard Series
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 3 - 5 | n/a | 5 | 63170 |
When thirteen-year-old Ronan Truelove’s seemingly ordinary mom snatches him from school, then sets off on a high speed car chase, Ronan is shocked. His quiet, nerdy dad has been kidnapped? And the kidnappers are after him, too?
His mom, he quickly learns, is anything but ordinary. In fact, she’s a member of an ancient order of knights, the Blood Guard, a sword-wielding secret society sworn to protect the Pure—thirty-six noble souls whose safety is crucial if the world as we know it is to survive.
Now all those after-school activities—gymnastics, judo, survival training—she made him take, make sense. For suddenly Ronan is swept up in a sometimes funny, sometimes scary, but always thrilling adventure—dashing from one danger to the next, using his wits to escape the Bend Sinister, a posse of evil doers with strange powers. Falling in with two unlikely companions, Greta, a scrappy, strong-willed girl he’s never much liked and Jack, a devil-may-care teenage pickpocket, Ronan is left with only his wits and his mom’s last words of advice: Trust no one.
That’s a lot for an ordinary kid to deal with. But then again, maybe Ronan’s not ordinary at all.
Publisher: SCHOLASTIC CHILDREN'S BOOKS
ISBN-13: 9781407137018
ISBN-10: 1407137018
Published on 3/2/2017
Binding: Paperback
Book Reviews (89)
When thirteen-year-old Ronan Truelove's seemingly ordinary mom snatches him from school, then sets off on a high speed car chase, Ronan is shocked. His quiet, nerdy dad has been kidnapped? And the kidnappers are after him, too? His mom, he quickly learns, is anything but ordinary. In fact, she's a member of an ancient order of knights, the Blood Guard, a sword-wielding secret society sworn to protect the Pure—thirty-six noble souls whose safety is crucial if the world as we know it is to survive. Now all those after-school activities—gymnastics, judo, survival training—she made him take, make sense. For suddenly Ronan is swept up in a sometimes funny, sometimes scary, but always thrilling adventure—dashing from one danger to the next, using his wits to escape the Bend Sinister, a posse of evil doers with strange powers. Falling in with two unlikely companions, Greta, a scrappy, strong-willed girl he's never much liked and Jack, a devil-may-care teenage pickpocket, Ronan is left with only his wits and his mom's last words of advice: Trust no one. That's a lot for an ordinary kid to deal with. But then again, maybe Ronan's not ordinary at all.
This book has all the characteristics of ,well , a good book! It has action, mystery, and even suspense. But it has so many twists and turns that you feel like you are in a maze of suspense and astonishment. This book is so intriguing that I read it in as little as 3 hours.I throughely enjoyed this book and would recommend it.
The difficult thing to understand about The Blood Guard, is how Carter Roy came up with it. The twists. The shocks. The humor. The times you're angry at yourself for not realizing what was coming. The moment you feel so nervous, so relieved, so thrilled, so downright betrayed, that when you try to explain you just can't find the right words. I've finally got mine figured out though: Thirteen-year-old Evelyn Truelove (whose name really sucks, since he's a boy) takes far too many extracurricular activities. Fencing. Self-defense. Martial Arts. Metalworking. Gymnastics. And that's not even close to half. When his mom picks him up from school one day, speeds at an insanely abnormal rate, fights so-called "bad guys" in the middle of a street, drives through stairs, and pretty much abandons him at a train station in the hands of a pickpocket, he finally figures out why. His mother is part of The Blood Guard: a secret society with the goal of protecting the 36 Pures. To his utter astonishment, he meets Greta Sustermann along the way. Greta, the boastful, talkative, full-of-herself-girl, whose dad works at the FBI. Together, they go through an epic adventure, with some unexpected surprises along the way. A chair that saves a life. A guy who can't die? A man who, well, literarily loses his head, and then uses it as a weapon. A not-so-pure Pure. A traitor who never was a traitor. A fate that leaves you on the tips of your toes for a sequel.
I won the freeby where you get the kindle paper white with this book already on it. I can't wait to read it.
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this sounds like a book i would like to read
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I really really want read that book, because it looks like a real good book, sometime I should buy the book or something like that!!!! HAVE A GOOD DAY EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!
this sounds like a bok that I would totally read!