K. I. D. S. - Trevor Hoyle Reviews
Description:ISBN 0722148038 / Genre: Fiction / Author: Trevor Hoyle / Paperback / 320 pages / Book published 1987-01-15 by Sphere
Newest Review: ... her mental capacity! Soon she is asking questions that eleven year olds surely shouldn't be capable of...and she is not the ... more
... only one!
All across America, young children suddenly begin experiencing increases in their brain power, many of them turning psychotic and inflicting actions of sudden rage before they disappear from sight! When Danny too vanishes from hospital, after experiencing an attack of seizures, Tom begins to worry that maybe his sister's transfusion may well have been contaminated! But stonewalled at every turn, he soon realises that this is just the start of their problems...
From the start, the book does not feel very pat...more
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Written in the late eighties by the author of The Last Gasp (amongst one of my favourite novels of all time), K.I.D.S attempts valiantly to be a truly classic sci-fi novel but fails miserably at each and every hurdle! Danny is involved in an accident that leaves her needing an extensive series of blood transfusions. Upon her return home, her brother Tom soon realises something is different; Danny is now more quiet, more withdrawn and has developed a sudden increase in her mental capacity! Soon she is asking questions that eleven year olds surely shouldn't be capable of...and she is not the only one! All across America, young children suddenly begin ... Read the complete review
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