"Michael Vey" Ends With 'Shocking' Cliffhanger! Time To Get "Lost" In "December"

I spent a few hours on Saturday sitting at a table helping Hubby Christopher Wanamaker promote his club at Anime USA (Find out about my experience in my Anime-niac blog)! In between passing out fliers about the DC Anime Club and satisfying the curiosity of inquiring minds, I managed to finish Richard Paul Evans' young adult novel, "Michael Vey: The Prisoner Of Cell 25." After his mother is abducted, Michael--along with his buddy Ostin and Jack and Wade (the boys who bullied Michael)--set off on a quest to rescue Michael's mother. In the process, several interesting events unfold. Michael himself is taken prisoner by Dr. Hatch; Michael escapes from his cell and is reunited with Taylor and introduced to the other students at the Elgen Academy; and Michael learns the truth about his father's death. Though I am usually a major fan of RPE's books, I will say that I was not overly fond of the character Nichelle. She was completely under Dr. Hatch's control and did whatever he told her to, even to the point of harming or killing another human being. However, I cannot wait until next year to see what happens next as Michael's story continues in "Michael Vey: Rise of the Elgen." Int he meantime, I will be content to immerse myself in the pages of Evans' latest novel, "Lost December," which he describes as a "modern day holiday version of the prodigal son, a powerful talle of redemption, hope, and the meaning of true love." When Luke Crisp graduates from business school, his father, CEO and co-founder of Fortune 500 Crisp’s Copy Centers, is ready to share some good news: he wants to turn the family business over to his son. But Luke has other plans. Taking control of his trust fund, Luke leaves home to pursue a life of reckless indulgence. But when his funds run out, so do his friends. Humbled, alone, and too ashamed to ask his father for help, Luke secretly takes a lowly job at one of his father’s copy centers. There he falls in love with a struggling single mother and begins to understand the greatest source of personal joy. I expect that this, like a few of Evans' novels, will result in a few tears. Anybody have a Kleenex???????