Review: High School Adventure Series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 16, 2014
Wondrous Adventure.Circle of Five introduces five high school kids, three boys and two girls, who discover they have special powers--each one unique. One has tremendous strength, one is super fast, one reads minds, another can move objects with her mind. Alas, Sam, the fifth one has some trouble figuring out what his special power is until he overdoes it one day and nearly meets a fatal end. At first, the kids have amusing troubles understanding and figuring out how to manage their powers. An understanding, school football coach takes them under his wing and institutes a rigorous schedule of training to help them strengthen their bodies and minds, thus developing and learning to control their powers, and raising their grades in the process.. (Note: Americans may not recognize this version of football. No worries.) Author Jan Raymond does a great job of developing their individual characters, and getting them in and out of one situation after another. This is a full length novel, but leads one to wonder what could possibly happen next, in Book 2. Recommended for youth, and "young" adults.