The Intruders

Six teenagers from the Bronx set out to explore a cave in their neighborhood and end up three centuries into the future.

Book Description

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Publication Date: February 20, 2010

Six teenagers from the Bronx set out to explore a cave in their neighborhood and end up three centuries into the future. After saving the life of one member of a tribe, the Bronx teens are accepted. Within weeks, however, they find themselves in the middle of a fight for survival. Another tribe living in Manhattan is bent on wiping out the tribe in the Bronx. These teenagers have a unique advantage in this war they know the land. For the six, this becomes a true adventure. However, all too soon their adventure becomes very real. Their dog dies, and now both friends and enemies are getting killed. This was no longer fun this was war!

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Biography

Olive Peart is the author of two young adult novels, Linked and The Intruders. In Linked, two boys were begging for help and unable to cope in a world filled with overwhelming family problems. One was black and the other was white and now they had switched! The Intruders tell of six teens from the Bronx as they time travel into the future and an adventure of a lifetime, until forced to take sides in a tribal battle.

Published non-fiction works include, Life After High School: Traits that Help & Traits that Hurt, The Dangers of Medical Radiation, Spanish for Professionals in Radiology, Lange Q & A Mammography Examination, Mammography and Breast Imaging - Just the Facts, and Mammography and Breast Imaging PREP: Program Review and Exam Prep.

Peart was the keynote speaker at Let's Get Ready Summer Career Day Kick-Off on July 30th.2011. The mission of Let's Get Ready is to expand college access for motivated, low-income high school students. As an established lecturer and writer, Peart gives lectures on mammography and other radiography-related topics at seminars throughout the United States and Canada and her articles appear regularly in radiological journals and newsmagazines. She writes technical query columns for Radiologic Technology - Journal of the American Society of Radiologic Technologist, she is an editor with Gannett Education and she is an editorial consultant and writer with RT Image Magazine. 

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Olive Peart is an author, an educator, and a radiographer, and writes regular columns for radiologic journals and news magazines. Her other published books all health care related include Spanish for Professionals in Radiology, Lange Mammography Examination, and Mammography and Breast Imaging Just the Facts.

My Review:  3 Stars

This novel is geared for teens.  I loved it. I hope like some that this gets turned into a movie!  I love dystopian books.  One of my favs is the Hunger Games and Eve.  I do wish she would have taken more time to develop the characters and the romance that lies in this book.

Posted in: 3 Stars