The inside soup of iQ Independence Hall

          

  By, JJ Singh

           First Impressions: Right as the read the back cover of this book I knew this book was going to be amazing. I knew it would be exciting knowing that the Secret Service and the Israeli Mossad were an important factor in this book. Another exciting aspect of the book I read from the back was that there was a going to be a mystery of finding out if Angela’s mother was dead. This book has a bit of every genre in it and it grabs your attention with all the action and mystery.

           Theme: The book starts off as the main character Quest (also known by Q) at his mother’s wedding. His mom is Blaze Munoz and she is going to be married to Roger Tucker. Q‘s parents are divorced and Roger’s wife is dead. Roger’s daughter is Angela and she is two years older than Q and like journalism. Blaze and Roger are in a band called Match and are going on a tour around the U.S with the kids. On their way they meet a man named Tyrone Boone who acts very weird and also has a dog who acts strangely. Once Q and Angela found out that they were being spied on and followed Boone tells Angela and Q about what had really happened to Angela’s mom.  Her name was Malak and she was a Secret Service agent who was supposedly presumed dead after a terrorist had blown up the building she was in. The main theme behind the book was everyone and everything has a story behind it. The theme is shown by how Angela always thought her mom had just died in a bombing but really the story was completely different.  What Angela had thought about her mom was not really the story at all. Angela and Roger didn't know the true story behind Malak but Tyrone tells them all about it. IQ is book with great adventure, action, and a lot of mystery.

            Character Development: Q achieves a lot throughout the book. His gift of doing amazing magic tricks gets them saved from the Mossad. He learns to stand up for himself and to be brave. Q is the main character in the book and he achieves a lot throughout his journey. If it wasn't for him Angela wouldn't have known about what happened to her mother.

           Epiphanies: There aren't too many epiphanies in this book but one is when Angela realizes her mom is still alive and wasn't killed by a terrorist bombing. She found out the whole story behind her mom. She realizes her mom wasn't who she thought she was. She also didn't know much about her now except that she worked in the secret service. The story of Malak is unknown to Angela since she faked here death and had her twin die in the bombing.

            Connections: This book is about mystery of Malaks death from a terrorist bombing.Terrorists are bad people that think they are doing a good thing but really it is just harming and killing others. There are terrorists in real life so this book relates a little bit to reality. In real life there are terrorist bombings everywhere. There are also many other book about terrorists and how they are affecting the world.

Recommendation: I would recommend this book to everyone 13 and up. The book is a pretty easy read but there are things in the book that only older kids would understand. It is a very fun and exciting book with a lot of action and mystery. IQ is definitely one of my most favorite books that I have read. I think that most kids would enjoy reading the book and also if they like the first book there are many other sequels that they would like that continue on with the story.

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