Title: The Disasters Pdf
Author: M. K. England
Published Date: 2018-12-18
Page: 368
Gr 9 Up-This laugh-out-loud sci-fi, action-adventure will leave readers wanting more. Teens meet Nax as he's walking through Ellis Station, ready to leave after being washed out in under 24 hours. He meets up with a few other candidates who were also denied, and they board the shuttle that will take them back to Earth. As they all contemplate the end of their dreams, extremists enter the space station and start shooting. It's up to them to escape, come up with a plan to defeat the shooters, and try to stay alive with the skills that got them kicked out of the Academy. England's debut teen novel pulls readers into a sci-fi world well established in just a few pages. The author also captures the disenfranchised teen voice exceptionally well. The pages, filled equally with action and dialogue, will keep readers engaged for the entire book-and hoping for a next. VERDICT Purchase where James Howe's The Misfits is popular.-Cathleen Ash, Manor High School Library, TXα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. “This laugh-out-loud sci-fi action-adventure will leave readers wanting more.” (School Library Journal)“If humankind requires saving, then this is the crew to do it.” (Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books)“Much to recommend: nonstop cinematic action, strong feminist messages, and great diversity of characters.” (ALA Booklist)“An action-packed, entertaining blend of space hijinks, humor, and romance.” (Kirkus Reviews)“An explosion of edge-of-your-seat twists and high-stakes danger that leaves you glued to the page and rooting for these lovable misfits. I wanted a snarky romp across the galaxy, and M.K. England delivered with the force of a supernova.” (Ashley Poston, author of Geekerella and Heart of Iron)“A clever, cosmic thrill ride packed with nonstop action and starring a motley crew that won me over from page one. Just too much fun!” (Mackenzi Lee, New York Times bestselling author of A Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue)“Wildly entertaining and crackling with chemistry. Nax and his crew will crash land in your heart and leave you filled with laughter and hope.” (Kerri Maniscalco, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Escaping from Houdini)“A BLAST from start to finish! Absurd levels of fun, fantastic pacing, and lovable authentic characters bring this rollicking adventure to life. Looking for a book you can’t put down? Pick up The Disasters. Mission accomplished.” (Katherine Locke, author of The Girl with the Red Balloon (2018 Sydney Taylor Honor Book))
The Breakfast Club meets Guardians of the Galaxy in this YA sci-fi adventure by debut author M. K. England.
Hotshot pilot Nax Hall has a history of making poor life choices. So it’s not exactly a surprise when he’s kicked out of the elite Ellis Station Academy in less than twenty-four hours. But Nax’s one-way trip back to Earth is cut short when a terrorist group attacks the Academy.
Nax and three other washouts escape—barely—but they’re also the sole witnesses to the biggest crime in the history of space colonization. And the perfect scapegoats.
On the run, Nax and his fellow failures plan to pull off a dangerous heist to spread the truth. Because they may not be “Academy material,” and they may not even get along, but they’re the only ones left to step up and fight.
Full of high-stakes action, subversive humor, and underdogs becoming heroes, this YA sci-fi adventure is perfect for fans of Illuminae, Heart of Iron, or the cult classic TV show Firefly and is also a page-turning thrill ride that anyone—not just space nerds—can enjoy.
Sadly, Didn't Love I love ya sci-fi, absolutely love it, one could even say obsessed but this book just left me feeling ... nothing.I didn’t feel connected to any of the characters, I feel like there wasn’t any genuine dialogue between them and I laugh easily but this “motley” group would break out into uncontrollable laughter over the slightest thing. I get that you can laugh more when stressed but ... it really wasn’t funny? In my opinion anyways.The characters are so diverse, everyone is diverse whether by race, sexual orientation, or upbringing so that was a nice touch. I just wanted more, I didn’t understand why any one of them would be kicked out of the academy and out of a class of who knows how many those are the ONLY four kicked out? None of them were disrespectful, criminal record, didn’t want to be there, etc etc that would put a mark against them, again, in my opinion. One of the characters is trans and that’s why she’s kicked out, one tried to hard, um? Case was too smart? And I can’t remember why Rion was on his way home?So this book is non-stop action, little character growth, and mostly planetside. So space isn’t hard because they didn’t need a helmet in the city.I’m hoping I’m in the minority and everyone else loves it, it just wasn’t for me which was a real bummer since I’ve been obsessed with the cover and blurb for months.Promising Ideas Hampered by Inconsistent Physics and Distracting Commentary In retrospect, I realize now that this novel is clearly meant for high schoolers or young adults, though it's not clearly billed that way. This starts out with excellent pacing and a strong introductory hook (from the first chapter, the shooting and action starts and doesn't much let up from there). So, for a different intended audience, this book could have been fantastic. But as it is, the protagonist (and his compatriots) are younger or slightly above 18. And while the first person narrative closely mimics someone of this age, my 30+ year old brain grew very tired of it very quickly (imagine lots of unnecessary commentary, fretting, and obsessing about sexual attraction).Which brings me to my next point: the crew of "disasters" numbers four (plus someone else that tags along about halfway through. Of these 4, the protagonist is bisexual (and attracted to 2 people of either sex at once), one is male homosexual, one is trans, and one is, presumably, female heterosexual. What are the chances that 4 random people would so perfectly represent a large portion of the gender / sexual pallette? I'm not put off by the sexuality itself, but it's very clear how hard the author is trying to cover all of the bases here, and it ultimately seems more distracting than realistic or representative. Especially with how apparently horny the main character (and 2 others) are.Besides this, the physics in this book are wildly inconsistent. Magic energy shields exist, but not artificial gravity, per se, but then "inertial dampeners" exist, which would basically be gravity fields, yet space ships can't hover unless there's iron plating below it that it can use for repulsor magnetic fields. And there's dozens of other little examples of inconsistent descriptions and laws of reality that make it unclear many times what is or should be happening. At one point, the ship the protagonists use is involved in an aerial dog fight, and someone is standing up, but when a sudden maneuver comes, rather than being thrown against a wall and killed, they're just flung over someone's lap. In addition, it's in no way clear how these ships fly in atmosphere, whether by aerodynamics or sheer thrust or something else, because it's also unclear whether the author understands that aerodynamic surfaces do not maneuver a vessel in space (there's a scene where it seems like the author really doesn't know this and never makes mention of directional thrusters).Ultimately, though, what really killed it for me was at the end ((( SPOILERS ))) ... The good guys end up defeating an entire space station full of bad guys with, and I am not kidding here, nitrous oxide, AKA laughing gas. They literally just roll a canister of NOS at hyped up bad guys with automatic rifles and the bad guys instantly dissolve in laughter. First off, that's not at all how NOS works, and despite it's nick-name, NOS is more akin to aerolized wine - maybe you'll laugh, maybe you'll zonk out, maybe you'll just be confused, maybe you'll get irrationly concerned about something trivial. But you wouldn't lose all grasp of reality, and you certaintly wouldn't be instantly effected by the gas spraying wildly into open air near you from one source. At least some, if not most of the bad guys should have kept firing back, but probably with decreasing accuracy. Worse, none of these idiots apparently had the mind to bring armor or show up with a vacuum suit on, because the good guys are literally using non-lethal, non-piercing ammo the whole time while the bad guys are obviously not above mass murder. Oh, which I nearly forgot, is accomplished by way of a recycled version of The Kingsmen plot wherein everyone is killed by loud noises from their personal electronic devices (which is not possible, please, please, stop trying to do this, fiction writers, it's absurd).All told, the writing style had promise and so did the plot, but it gets increasingly buried under dumber and dumber details and plot progression. Add onto that distracting 1st person narrative, and you have yourself a mediocre novel.
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