Normal

by Francine Pascal

Book Overview

I AM GAIA MOORE.I CAN THROW A 175-POUND MAN OVER MY SHOULDER,I HAVE ONLY ONE FRIEND IN THE WORLD,AND I DON'T OWN A LIPSTICK.BUT I'M NOT A FREAK. NOT ANYMORE.BECAUSE NOW I CAN FEEL FEAR. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689867069
• ISBN13: 9780689867064
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Simon Pulse
• Length: 11 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 7.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

A new story arc with a HUGE cliffhanger ending

After 30 books I've had times of doubt on how Francine could keep this series going and still make it interesting but I must admit that this new storyline of hers is pulling me in all over again. This time things are very different. We as the readers have no clue who is now after Gaia, unlike previously when everybody know it was Loki, and then Yuri. This time we are totally in the dark and Gaia is in more danger than ever. Francine also gave the plot line some punch with the fact that Oliver is starting to return to his Loki ways and reassembled his "team". There are also two new characters, "the queen of toothpaste", Liz and her gay brother Chris, new super rich students who begin to attend Gaia's school, whom befriend Gaia. (I personally suspect they are up to no good). The HUGE cliffhanger ending at the end literally drove me mad. I can't wait to find out what happens between Gaia/Ed/Jake/Kai. Lets just say things are definitely gonna change.

A New Direction

It is not easy writing a long series full of action and with plenty of cliffhangers, but Francine Pascal is managing it. In this volume (#31), Gaia has to deal with her father being away again. That means she will stay in a boarding house specially set up for agents' children.It is during this confusion that Gaia, through a series of new characters, may have found a way to become normal. Add the usual relationship dramas, a nasty new street drug and more complications that most books of this size could hold and you get a fast-paced rush of a story.Here is what everyone is up to:Gaia - Trying to become normal.Ed - Still trying to get over his Gaiabetes and define his new girlfriend.Tom - Away on assignment.Oliver - Concerned about Gaia and becoming more forceful.Jake - Still hooked on Gaia and loving it.The Queen of Toothpaste, et al - The new rich kids and family. They attend Gaia's school but seem to have sought her out.Shadowy Agents - More spies and agents running around making observations, leaving the reader to guess desperately as to who they are working for.Note: This volume mentions Gaia's brother (from Gaia Abducted) thus tying in some of the events of Super Edition #2 (although much of it still contradicts the main series).

So Sad

I am a really big fan of these books and this one is no different than the others in quality. As long as I have been reading the books there have been a few times when I felt like writing Ms. Pascal and telling her to lay off the drama and this is one of them. The book is action packed as always and I am with Jake on wanting to know whats' up with Jake and Gaia. This book is a major cliffhanger. It leave you on the edge all through it and even more so at the end. Can't wait for #32!!!

Different than usual

I have been enjoying this series for a long time and I also enjoyed this book, so much so that I read it in four hours. In this book Gaia has to make alot of choices about things she has been living with for awhile. We also see Oliver's nature start to change, but not for the better. At the end something bad ends up happening and we are left waiting for the next one. If you enjoy Samurai Girl there is an excerpt for that at the back of Normal.