Cassidy Jones and the Secret Formula Book Review

*Hey Book Nerds! Here is my second book review! Hope y'all like it! All opinions are my own!!!!!!*

Cassidy Jones and the Secret Formula

Book Review

by Madison Mullins

       Elise Stokes: Elise Stokes is the author of all four Cassidy Jones books. She is living with her four children and her husband. She was formerly an elementary school teacher but is now a full time stay at home mom/author.

      Summary: Cassidy Jones is a normal girl with a twin and younger brother. Her dad is the famous news caster and now interviews select individuals. Her life is as normal as any other 14 year old girl until, one day she goes with her father to Professor Selena Phillips' lab/office for an interview. As the interview is progressing, she slips off the stool she was sitting on, hits her head, and spills a mixture of chemicals. The gash in her head is huge. However, by the time they get her to the ER, it is merely a surface wound. The next morning, everything is turned upside down. There is no sign of her fall the day before, she can jump 40 feet high in the air, run at extreme speeds, and lift 2,000 pounds. Definitely not normal.

She finds out that the Professor, the only way to get answers, had been kidnapped. Her mom generously lets Professor Phillips' son, Emery, come stay with them. Emery is a 15 year old boy who, has already graduated with degree in molecular biology. She finally trusts him enough to tell him about her abilities. No one else knows but him. He explains what has happened to her. For he knew what was in those chemicals she inhaled. Emery goes to school with Cassidy and her twin brother, Nate, pretending to be a normal teenage boy. Emery, who has learned from his father, an “accountant”, how to pick locks, handle a gun, and more. Together they try to use Cassidy's “powers” and Emery's smarts to find his mom. They end up getting tangled up in much more than they originally thought; and running into more danger than they thought was there....

     Review: First off, I would like to say that I have read this book 15 times! It is one of my top favorites! At first I thought it sounded cheesy, but let me tell you! It wasn't! It was very well written; and had me excited the whole way through. I couldn't put it down. Even reading it now, for the 15^th time, I couldn't put it down. When Cassidy finds out about her “powers” she does what any 14 year old girl would do, freak out! As she forms this friendship with Emery Phillips, she learns to control it a little better; and you can see her growth. Emery is such an amazing character. He thinks and acts like an adult, which gets him in trouble. In this book, you can really relate to the characters, not the turning into mutants part, lol, but the other problems they deal with. It is a great book I have recommended for so many people! I would approve this book for people ages 11/12 and up. There is no language or anything inappropriate. As I said before, one of my favorite books! There are four at the moment in the series; and I have read all of them! Hope you check them out and enjoy them as much as I have!

-Madison Mullins

*Sorry this one is so short! I didn't have as much time this week to work!*