I’ve borrowed from Melville’s plot but not his language and style. The writing in my book isn’t nearly as complex or difficult. How do you think The Beast of Cretacea appeals to today’s audience? Jonathan Halpern: Moby Dick is a classic, but teenagers rarely read it today due to its complicated style and language. Setting his book in the future, Strasser puts an awesome twist on the original story whether you’ve read Moby Dick or not, you’re bound to love T he Beast of Cretacea. Strasser’s latest novel, The Beast of Cretacea, is a modern take on the classic Moby Dick.
I don’t want to spoil the end, but I will say that someone gets punished for completely doing the right thing and it changes them.Todd Strasser has written over 140 books, including award-winners Boot Camp, Fallout, and The Wave. I was actually disgusted with it and wished I had not wasted my time with the book. I enjoyed a large part of it, but absolutely hated the ending. I cannot really recommend this book to others. That any parent would do that to their child disgusts me. They aren’t strong, they don’t follow every rule, or they just don’t fit into their parent’s society. Parents (if they can pay enough) send their children there to “Straighten them out”…but sometimes send their kid there because they are just not what their parents expected them to be. What is more horrifying is that these camps actually exist. He sticks up for others, even if it means that he will be punished even harder – and these punishments include getting beaten while laying on a concrete floor for days.
He was smarter and more mature than all of his peers and really did not feel like anyone understands him. I really felt for the main character and completely understood why he felt that he didn’t deserve to be there. The camp is horrendous and the things that are done to these teens who are there against their will. I thought this book had an excellent concept – a smart kid who feels that he has done nothing wrong thrown into an awful place and trying to get out.
But how can he change if he shouldn’t have been sent there in the first place? The aim? To get him to conform to the camp’s standards. In the middle of the night, 15-year-old Garrett is “kidnapped” and transported to a boot camp where he is subjected to physical and psychological abuse. N 2005 more than 10,000 teens were incarcerated in boot camps, most of them against their will.
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