Dr.+Franklin's+Island

By: Nicole I was reading the book Dr. Franklin’s Island and the author of this book was Ann Halam. I loved this book and it always kept you in your toes and that is what I like about a book. Something that made this book stand out to me was that when the three characters swam to this island they thought it was disserted because there was no sight of any human activity before this. Another reason why this book stood out to me was when they two main characters were captured they were transfused into animals by the owner of the island.

In this book a lot of things happened in this exciting book. In the beginning of the book over 20 children won a trip from the planet savers to go to a wildlife preserve to study with real scientist. While on the plane to the preserve everybody had a crazy dream about what happened. For example Semi had a dream that somebody hijacked the plane and the other character, Miranda, had a dream that one of the engines blew out. Yet everybody else had the same awkward visual at the end that the plane crashed. Three of the main characters jumped out of the plane and swam to a nearby island. Something I specifically liked about the plot was when Dr. Franklin turned Semi and Miranda into animals. I have a similarity with Semi because before she met Miranda she was real shy, but later in the book she started being brave and figuring out how to escape. Another similarity to this book and to Island of Dr. Morau because the same things are happening so far in the book.

There were four main characters in this book and they were Semi, Miranda, and Arnie. I would describe Semi, as she is about 15 years old, she has silky brown hair, and has beautiful blue eyes. I would describe Miranda as 15 years old, brave, and she is very confident. I would describe Arnie as he is the same age as both of the girls, heavy, annoying, and very curious. I liked all of the characters except for Arnie. I didn’t like Arnie because he was always making fun of the girls and he always had smart comments to them as well. I have a similarity with Semi because I am shy like she was in the beginning of the book when they were first boarding squeaky the plane. I would relate Dr. Franklin to Dr. Morau of The Island of Dr. Morau because he is doing the same kind if things on his island like Dr. Franklin.

I would recommend this book to someone that likes fiction because many things were happening in this book. Also would recommend this book to people who like science fiction because there are things in this book that have to do with science. I would recommend this book to a kid who likes freaky things like genetic engineering. I would also recommend this book to a scientist because some of the things in this book (genetic engineering) had to do with weird science.