The Unknowns is a Battle Book by Benedict Carey. It is about a group of special children who try to save the town of Folsom Adjacent, an island that is mostly used as a garbage dump. It is not very sanitary. There greatest landmark, Mt. Trashmore, is pretty much what it's name implies. It is a giant mountain made of trash.
Anyway, the book mostly takes place on Adjacent but it also takes place on Crotona, the mainland. Now as we all know, every good book has to have some sort of plot. The thing that gets this book interesting is the reason the kids have to save the town. People are missing in Adjacent. I mean, everybody has to leave that trash heap every once in a while but regular people who usually don't leave without telling someone are missing. On a scale of 1 to 10 I rate this book a six. It had a problem inside a problem but it doesn't pull you in. Usually when I read a good book, it is almost impossible to put down but with this book, I found it surprisingly easy to put down which made it hard to finish in a reasonable amount of time. Plus, there was alot of math in the book and it tried to make you figure it out. I mean, if I wanted a math lesson I could of asked my math teacher. I am not saying don't read the book, I'm just saying that you should read it at your own risk. And if you like this blog, please comment and spread the word!
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