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Bang
Author:
McMann, Lisa
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Series:
Visions, #2
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Class:
Fiction
Age: 14-19
Language: English
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LC: PZ7.M478
Grade: 9-12
Print Run: 200000
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ISBN-13: 9781442466258
LCCN: 2012028658
Imprint: Simon Pulse
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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Pub Date: 10/08/2013
Availability: Available
List: $16.99
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Hardcover
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Physical Description:
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241 p. ; 22 cm.
H 8.25",
W 5.5",
D 1",
0.77 lbs.
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LC Series:
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Visions ;
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Brodart Sources:
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Brodart's For Youth Interest: Popular
Brodart's Insight Catalog: Teen
Brodart's TOP Young Adult Titles
Brodart's YA Reads for Adults
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Bibliographies:
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Awards:
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Horn Book Guide Titles, Rated 1 - 4
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Starred Reviews:
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TIPS Subjects:
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Occult Fiction
Romance
School Stories
Problem Novel
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BISAC Subjects: |
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Thrillers & Suspense / General
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Death, Grief, Bereavement
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LC Subjects:
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Chicago (Ill.), Fiction
Chicago (Ill.), Juvenile fiction
Dysfunctional families, Juvenile fiction
Family problems, Fiction
Love, Fiction
Paranormal fiction
School shootings, Fiction
School shootings, Juvenile fiction
Schools, Fiction
Supernatural, Fiction
Visions, Fiction
Visions, Juvenile fiction
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SEARS Subjects: |
Chicago (Ill.), Fiction
Families, Fiction
Love, Fiction
School shootings
School stories
Supernatural, Fiction
Visions, Fiction
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Reading Programs: |
Accelerated Reader Level:
4.2
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Points: 7.0
Lexile Level:
720
Reading Counts Level:
4.4
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Points: 13.0
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| Annotations |
| Brodart's TOP Young Adult Titles | 10/01/2013 |
| It's Sawyer's turn to suffer the nightmares. Having somehow passed her visions to her boyfriend, Jules tries to help Sawyer riddle out the meaning behind a horrific dream that features what seem like 11 gunshots. The visions are vague, and time is running out. Visions series, 256pp. |
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| Journal Reviews |
| Booklist | 10/01/2013 |
| Grades 7-10. At the end of Crash (2013), 16-year-old Jules Demarco saved many people's lives, including that of her now boyfriend Sawyer Agotti. Unfortunately, she also transferred her visions to him, and so a scene is playing on repeat in his mind: there's a gun and 11 bangs. The visions quickly grow in intensity, and Sawyer and Jules don't have much time to intervene and prevent a grisly school shooting (which, sadly, feels all too topical). In between, there's drama with Jules' family--she is supposed to steer clear of Sawyer, son of her father's rival--and her sexual awakening (although no actual sex). The stakes seem higher this time around: there are more lives at risk, less information to go on, and the pace moves at a faster clip. Fans of the first novel, by the popular author of the Wake trilogy, will, alongside Jules, Sawyer, and Jules' brother, Trey, race against the clock. This readable mystery contains romance and suspense, and the ending ensures there are more visions to come. But who is next to see unimaginable things?. Kelley, Ann. 256p. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2013. |
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| Horn Book Guide | 05/01/2014 |
| 3. Having passed her gift/curse of premonitory visions (first seen in Crash) to her boyfriend Sawyer, Jules must help him prevent a school shooting while processing the trauma of the visions. McMann crafts a refreshingly down-to-earth tale of supernaturally aided sleuthing, with richly nuanced family drama and warm sibling bonding rounding out the central star-crossed romance and race against time. cg. 243pg. THE HORN BOOK, c2014. |
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| Kirkus Reviews | 09/01/2013 |
| Captivating in its own right, McMann's second installment in the Visions trilogy is more than a bridge novel. It's been just over a week since Jules saved new boyfriend Sawyer and his family's rival pizza parlor, and Sawyer has begun seeing his own visions of tragedy. The author ratchets up the intensity, as Sawyer's visions appear in even more unusual venues and include sound--"[e]leven fucking gunshots" to be exact. Enlisting the help of Jules' gay, older brother, Trey, the teens set out to solve the mystery of where the shooting takes place and who may be involved--on both sides of the gun. They deduce that the gunshots take place at a school, but talking and writing about a school shooting may get them into trouble. Playing sleuth rather than receiving the visions this time, Jules has more time to focus on the ethics of the visions, such as what purpose the visions fulfill and whether the recipients have a moral obligation to save the lives they see in their visions. It's not just visions but Jules and Sawyer's relationship that grows bolder, with both new emotional and physical feelings (though sex is not an issue yet). Who will receive the visions next? McMann gives fewer hints this time, but another dramatic, quick-paced thriller is certain. (Supernatural thriller. 14 & up). 256pg. KIRKUS MEDIA LLC, c2013. |
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| ~VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates Magazine - Retired Journal) | 10/01/2013 |
| 3Q 4P J S. In Crash (Simon Pulse, 2013/VOYA February 2013), Jules Demarco deciphers a frightening vision that threatens her long-time crush, Sawyer, son of her family's hated rival restaurateurs. To her horror, she has somehow passed the visions on to Sawyer, who now sees what seems to be a school shooting playing out on every reflective surface. As if sneaking around to hide their relationship is not hard enough, Sawyer and Jules must figure out when and where the attack will take place. Family animosity complicates their frantic quest and adds to the tension as events accelerate toward their potentially tragic conclusion. How can two sixteen-year-olds stop that awful picture in Sawyer's head from becoming bloody reality? The second book in the Visions series (after Crash and Bang, will the next be Boom?) does not have quite the delicious suspense as the first. The puzzle and the conclusion are considerably more violent. Liberal use of the f-word adds little to the narrative. Topical references may limit shelf life. On the positive side, we gain insight into Jules's complicated family, notably her supportive siblings, seeming good-girl Rowan, and lonely, gay Trey. Readers will cheer Sawyer's final act of defiance toward his abusive father. We wonder how this "vision thing" is passed on and whether Jules and Sawyer are obligated to help whoever has the next one. Tell teens to read these titles in order, and watch them pass the books around.--Kathleen Beck. 256p. VOICE OF YOUTH ADVOCATES, c2013. |
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