Shusterman, Neal, Tesla’s Attic. Audible, 2013. (unbar).
8:23 hrs. Audible Download.
After their home burns down and his mother gets killed in
the fire, Nick Slade moves with his family into his Great-Aunt Eleanor’s
ramshackle Victorian house. Desperate to make the attic his space, Nick gets
his dad to let him have a garage sale with all the old junk that is stored in
the attic. Despite a freak rainstorm, people mysteriously show up and start
offering more money for the junk than Nick ever dreamed of, until he turns off
a light that he had brought down and plugged in inside the garage prior to
everyone showing up. After the garage sale is over, a group of mysterious men
show up on his doorstep and try to buy everything Nick just sold. Things get
even weirder, however. People who purchased the items are acting strangely and
won’t let Nick have them back. From a ring that speaks only truth to an ancient
recorder that tells you what the speakers are really thinking, a wet-cell
battery that reanimates the dead briefly to a radio that causes earthquakes,
there is no doubt there is something bizarre about these objects and the men
who are after them. Things only get worse, though when one of the items
accidentally changes the course of a nearby Asteroid to be on a collision course
with Earth. Who are those mysterious men? Why was everyone drawn to the garage
sale? Can Nick get all the items back in time to save the day?
Narrator, Vikas Adam has a unique voice that brings to life
the characters and their unique personalities. Although it is hard to suspend
disbelief for the premise of this book, the plot is well-developed and
intensely engaging. The characters are well-developed and add a lot of humor to
the book, despite the suspenseful feel of the book. Reluctant and avid readers
who enjoy science fiction will enjoy this entertaining tale.
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