By: Mikaela Earl

Characters

• Michael Vey:14, main character who was adopted and has Touretts and can electrically shock people just by touching them.

• Taylor Ridley:14 is a friend of Michael’s who was also adopted, and he soon finds out that she has electric power like him but over the brain.

• Ostin Liss:14, best friend of Michael, has no powers other than his brain.

• Sharon Vey: Mother of Michael who gets kidnapped early in the book to use as bait by Hatch.

• Hatch: Headmaster of Elgen Academy, a school for the electric children, whose goal is to take over the world with an army of electric children.

Setting

This book takes place in present day Idaho then moves on to Pasadena, California to Elgen Academy, or should I say Elgen Prison.

SummaryMichael Vey is a 14 year old boy just like you and I, there's just one thing different, he’s electric. Ever since Michael was little he could shock people just by touching them. Though when Michael gets in a fight and shocks 3 bullies with Taylor as a witness he learns that he isn't alone. Taylor can look into peoples mind and can change things and cause confusion, but when they go looking for their birth records, Hatch finds them. Hatch is the bad guy of the story. He is super rich and plans to take over the world with the help of the remaining 13 electric children whom 11 of them he controls, and whether they want to or not Michael and Taylor are forced into his “school after Hatch kidnaps Taylor and Michaels mom. Michael gets the help of 2 of the bullies he shocked and Ostin in a valiant rescue attempt to save Taylor, his mom, and possibly the world.

I liked this book because there is almost always some kind of action and because you can see points of view from more than one of the characters. This would be a good book for people who don’t like reading because there is almost always something interesting going on and its easy to understand.