The Beast Of Cretacea

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The Beast Of Cretacea, by Todd Strasser, is the last book I read for book camp. This happened to be my favorite book, which surprised me because it seemed very sci-fi and had to do with space. It took me about 100 pages to get into this book, and once I did I really enjoyed it. It’s actually a spin off of Moby Dick and I know that spin off is not the right term, but to me it seems appropriate. The main character is a boy named Ishmael, just like Moby Dick and a lot of the other character are the same. Its about this futuristic universe where earth is a complete mess. One of the most civilized planets in the new solar system is called Cretacia. It is basically the modern day earth and it is beautiful. Some people go to Cretacia to live out the rest of there lives, while others go on missions to fight the Cretacean Monsters. The monsters are actually just sea animals but since it’s the future they think of them as dangerous creatures. The ship that Ishmael lives on fights these kinds of animals and captures them. The books technical term for the beast of cretacia is the giant terrafin. Ishmael has a crew that help him capture the monsters and take them to the chief, Starbuck. Throughout the book different things happen separating Ishmael and his friends from the ship. They run into a group of Islanders who have secret remedies and cures for disease, pirates that take them captive and try to starve them, and a group called the gilded that trick him into thinking that they are powerful. The books course changes making it a drama, comedy, thriller, and a little bit of sic-fi.

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