Michael Vey:The Prisoner of Cell 25
by Richard Paul Evans
Genre: Science Fiction
Setting
Meridian, ID
The book first starts in Meridian, Idaho. As Michael likes to say, no Idaho is not a country. It is in fact a state in the U.S, and Meridian is one towns there. Because no one has heard about it, thats why his mom and him moved there. Michael, Taylor, and Ostin all live in Meridian.
Pasadena, CA
Summary
Michael Vey believes he is a nobody, and everyone else seems to think so too. There is one thing no one knows about him, that he is electric and can shock others. Getting beat up one day, he uses his power on the three bullies: Jack, Wade, and Mitchell. Unknowingly, a girl named Taylor Ridley sees him, and they realize that there may be others like them. Taylor has the ability to reboot people's mind and make them forget what they are doing. Searching for information, they discover a company named Elgen were testing a device called MEI during the time of Taylor and Michael's birth. While Michael and his mom are out for dinner, he gets attacked by more kids with powers and they kidnapped his mom. Meanwhile, Taylor gets kidnapped while walking home from cheerleading practice. Learning of where they are, Michael, his best friend Ostin, Jack and Wade go on a rescue mission to get his loved ones back.
Main Characters
Michael Vey
Location: Meridian, ID, United States
Taylor RIdley
Location: Meridian, ID, United States
Ostin Liss
Location: Meridian, ID, United States
Dr. C.J Hatch
Location: Pasadena, CA, United States
The Electroclan
"There's always Cell 25"
Main Events
Michael Breaks into the Elgen facility
My reaction: I was surprised that they got caught. When I read that they had located Taylor and were on the verge of evacuating, I thought it would be one of those cliché moments were the guards are clueless about everything going on. Being captured was an intriguing twist to the story
The Electroclan breaks out of the Elgen Facility
My reaction: I really enjoyed how the author portrayed this scene in the story. Of course they had to escape to make the next books interesting, but they way it was written made it seem original.