Streams Of Babel

By Carol Plum-Ucci

Book Overview

Bioterrorism has come to a small town in New Jersey. Two residents die of brain aneurysms within twenty-four hours and several teens become ill with a mysterious flu, leading the government to suspect that a terrorist cell has unleashed a deadly biochemical agent. With each glass of water they drink, the people of Trinity Falls are poisoning themselves. A world away in Pakistan, a sixteen year old computer genius working as a spy for the U.S. sees an influx of chatter from extremists about a substance they call Red Vinegar that will lead to many deaths. Can he warn the victims before it's too late? This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0152165568
• ISBN13: 9780152165567
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

Customer Reviews

Why has this title gone out of print?

It's interesting that such a well-written page-turner would go out of print so quickly. Might it have something to do with the fact that it's one of the few books for kids that presents a positive view of the U.S. government's anti-terrorism efforts post 9/11? My only fault with the book is that its stand-in for the Department of Homeland Security operates almost faultlessly, with no red tape or bureaucratic snafus, when...

A fine story of biological suspense

When Cora's mother dies, Cora assumes her mother overdosed on painkillers taken for years - and is shocked to learn a neighbor also died of a brain aneurysm the same night. And when Cora and her friends become ill with a mysterious flu thereafter and officials arrive in her small town, a terrorist attack is suspected in this fine story of biological suspense.

A page-turner that hits close to home

In Carol Plum-Ucci's all-too-realistic nightmarish tale set in 2002, several teen characters narrate their experiences as terrorism targets a small town. Seventeen-year-old Cora Holman's mother is a drug addict, so Cora isn't entirely shocked when she dies. Aleese wouldn't be the first addict to overdose, and both mother and daughter have been sick with the flu. Cora is still humiliated, though --- even moreso when one of...

another great one by Plum-Ucci

Streams of Babel is a page-turning, great teen read about a topic that unfortunately is no longer a threat of the future - bioterrorism. Both boys and girls will enjoy this book, and it would be of particular interest to students savvy with computers. Two of the main characters of the book are teen hackers, and in some areas of the country, their abilities may seem far-fetched, but having worked closely with teens in this...