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Fox Forever

By . 8 CDs. 9:29 hrs. Macmillan Audio. 2013. ISBN 978-1-4272-1517-8. $39.99.
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Gr 9 Up—In the thrilling and brilliant conclusion (Holt, 2013) to Pearson's Jenna Fox Chronicles, Locke Jenkins has finally been able to escape the malicious Dr. Gatsbro with the aide of the Network. He heads for Boston to repay the Favor owed for their assistance. Locke wants nothing more than to complete his task so that he can return to Jenna Fox in California and have the chance to be with the girl that he's loved for almost 300 years. What Locke finds in Boston, though, causes him to question his feelings and his ideals. Locke's task is to retrieve the leader of the Resistance, Karden, a man thought to have been dead for the last 16 years. To do so, Locke must win over the teenage daughter of the government official holding Karden captive. Drawn deep into the struggle between the corrupt government and the Network, Locke finds himself defining who he wants to be in the hundreds of years he may have left to live, and who he believes should be beside him as he goes into the future. Matthew Brown's even tones and deliberate pacing brilliantly capture Locke as he moves through Pearson's explorations into morality, societal relationships, government control, and what truly defines humanity. The final events of the book not only give listeners the end of Locke's story, but also bring an emotionally satisfying conclusion to Jenna's tale. For all library collections circulating the first two titles.—Jessica Miller, West Springfield Public Library, MA

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