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Overview
Imagine a future world where teenagers are equals with grown-ups, money is earned by being a good person, and cities are called Megamalls! In the year 222, after Armageddon, this world really exists! It's the home of the KARMA CLUB, a teenage crime-fighting team made up of Kemmy, Shay, Arcus, Phoebe and Karina. The CLUB delivers sushi as a secret cover-up to keep their real superteen identities safe from the TUNNEL, the evil organization behind all the dangerous bad guys the CLUB constantly finds themselves battling. The TUNNEL's goal is to make the world a dangerous and dark place! Since money isn't paper-and-coin currency but instead measured by good deeds, called KARMA, the evil members of the TUNNEL forever plot to reverse all the good KARMA to bad KARMA. If the CLUB ever fails, bad guys will be wealthy and the Megamalls will be totally dangerous hives of crime! Will the CLUB ever find out who's behind all the plans to reverse CLUB? Every day, the KARMA CLUB gets a little closer to erasing evil from the streets and making the world a safer place!Synopsis
Imagine a future world where teenagers are equals with grown-ups, money is earned by being a good person, and cities are called Megamalls! In the year 222, after Armageddon, this world really exists! It's the home of the KARMA CLUB, a teenage crime-fighting team made up of Kemmy, Shay, Arcus, Phoebe and Karina. The CLUB delivers sushi as a secret cover-up to keep their real superteen identities safe from the TUNNEL, the evil organization behind all the dangerous bad guys the CLUB constantly finds themselves battling. The TUNNEL's goal is to make the world a dangerous and dark place! Since money isn't paper-and-coin currency but instead measured by good deeds, called KARMA, the evil members of the TUNNEL forever plot to reverse all the good KARMA to bad KARMA. If the CLUB ever fails, bad guys will be wealthy and the Megamalls will be totally dangerous hives of crime! Will the CLUB ever find out who's behind all the plans to reverse CLUB? Every day, the KARMA CLUB gets a little closer to erasing evil from the streets and making the world a safer place!
School Library Journal
Gr 7 Up- In the AA future (After Armageddon), karma has replaced cash as legal tender. A group of teens who appear to be sushi delivery people but who are actually members of the elite Karma Club find themselves up against an evil organization called The Tunnel that wants to reverse karma forever. The bad guys have created a mysterious green gooey substance that causes great property damage and also changes the outlook of law-abiding citizens, who then start committing crimes. The method by which the substance controls people is telegraphed so far ahead, and our heroes take so long to catch on, that readers might wonder just how advanced this civilization really is. This is a book that provokes a certain amount of thought and discussion, but too much thought will start to unravel entire plot points. Like, how would a monetary system ever be replaced by a karma system, Armageddon or no? And when characters use music to defeat their enemies, that's all very well and good but...how is that related to "karma," exactly? The flippant humor, wacky acronyms, and overly cute puns will alienate some readers and be just right for others.-Andrea Lipinski, New York Public Library
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School Library Journal
Gr 7 Up- In the AA future (After Armageddon), karma has replaced cash as legal tender. A group of teens who appear to be sushi delivery people but who are actually members of the elite Karma Club find themselves up against an evil organization called The Tunnel that wants to reverse karma forever. The bad guys have created a mysterious green gooey substance that causes great property damage and also changes the outlook of law-abiding citizens, who then start committing crimes. The method by which the substance controls people is telegraphed so far ahead, and our heroes take so long to catch on, that readers might wonder just how advanced this civilization really is. This is a book that provokes a certain amount of thought and discussion, but too much thought will start to unravel entire plot points. Like, how would a monetary system ever be replaced by a karma system, Armageddon or no? And when characters use music to defeat their enemies, that's all very well and good but...how is that related to "karma," exactly? The flippant humor, wacky acronyms, and overly cute puns will alienate some readers and be just right for others.-Andrea Lipinski, New York Public Library
Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.