{"id":2136,"date":"2018-03-21T20:17:20","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T20:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nhlibraries.org\/fun\/2018\/03\/dangerous-2\/"},"modified":"2018-04-05T13:58:49","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T13:58:49","slug":"dangerous-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nhlibraries.org\/fun\/2018\/03\/dangerous-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Dangerous"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>      FlumeAward &#8211; Dangerous                <em><a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nhu-pac.library.state.nh.us\/ipac20\/ipac.jsp?&amp;profile=nhais&amp;uri=link=3100024~!3960589~!3100001~!3100002&amp;aspect=reserves&amp;menu=search&amp;ri=1&amp;source=~!nh_nhupac&amp;term=Dangerous+%2F&amp;index=ALLTITL\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Dangerous<\/a><\/em> by Shannon Hale<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nhlibraries.org\/fun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/SC-202.gifampclientnhslampupcampoclc\" alt=\"external image SC.GIF&amp;client=nhsl&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=\" title=\"external image SC.GIF&amp;client=nhsl&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=\" style=\"width: 84px;\" \/><br \/>Maisy Danger Brown is a differently-abled Latina who enters a contest and wins admission to a space camp program. She finds herself in a group with three other winners, training for elite status. Maisy&#8217;s spare time is spent thinking about smooth-talking, sweet-kissing Jonathan. Her group and Jonathan earn a trip to space. While off planet, each of the five becomes host to an extra-terrestrial token and gains a super-ability in the process. Once back on Earth, they work to function as a team, while the space-camp leaders and Jonathan&#8217;s billionaire father seek to manipulate the five and control their powers.<\/p>\n<p>This work of science fiction uses classic techniques to draw in the reader: make the imaginary feel real, and connect us to core values of human society. I appreciated the careful balance between having a plot full of action and allowing time for Maisy to evaluate herself and those around her. Another bonus is that the story is a quick read and doesn&#8217;t feel like the launching point for a series.<\/p>\n<p>So why does this enjoyable novel not get my nod for the final list? Small parts of the book feel awkwardly conceived, while many characters are killed off in a casual and meaningless way. Ultimately these flaws made me feel disconnected from the characters that remain. ~ ~ ~ Wally Keniston.      <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FlumeAward &#8211; Dangerous Dangerous by Shannon HaleMaisy Danger Brown is a differently-abled Latina who enters a contest and wins admission to a space camp program. She finds herself in a &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"moree\"><a class=\"btn btn-inverse btn-normal btn-primary \" href=\"https:\/\/nhlibraries.org\/fun\/2018\/03\/dangerous-2\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flume-award-titles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhlibraries.org\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhlibraries.org\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhlibraries.org\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhlibraries.org\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhlibraries.org\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nhlibraries.org\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2748,"href":"https:\/\/nhlibraries.org\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136\/revisions\/2748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhlibraries.org\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhlibraries.org\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhlibraries.org\/fun\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}