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Reviewed by Aaron (Class of 2012)
In the hot summer of Toronto, Duncan sits at his dead end job in the subway transit lost and found division. The author of this book, Graham McNamee has also written, Hate You, Nothing Wrong With A Three Legged Dog, and Sparks. In Acceleration, he finds a journal full of plans from a serial killer, who calls ‘Roach’ who plans on raping and killing three women. Duncan decides to try and track ‘Roach’ down by using his own journal against him. What would you do if you had found this freak’s journal? I liked how intense and captivating this book was. It was hard to put down at times. I rate it 5/5. Acceleration one of the first books that I have had to read for school and actually enjoyed. This is a great read, and has you asking questions that you never know the answers to until the very end. ( )

Reviewed by Taylor Rector for TeensReadToo.com

Duncan is having a very boring summer, working at his mind-numbing job at the Toronto Transit Authority's lost and found. He sorts through old junk no one wants anymore and boxes up all of the "expired" items to be donated.

One very ordinary day he was looking for a book to read when he comes across a brown leather bound journal. He begins reading it and soon figures out that the person who is writing this is seriously deranged! It's like this journal is the book of weird and twisted science experiments this person has been conducting. There are even women in the book that he follows that he plans on killing.

Duncan, along with his two best friends, take it upon themselves to find out who this freak is!

I really liked this book. The story is very addictive; I couldn't put it down! ( )

Duncan's boring, summer job at the Lost & Found in Toronto's subway often leaves him time to pick up a not yet claimed book. One day while looking for something to read, he stumbles upon a diary. As Duncan begins to read it, he discovers that it is filled with serial killer type jottings. Out of concern for the safety of others, he takes it to the police who appear to be uninterested, so he proceeds to investigate on his own.

What a great find! I picked this up months ago on a whim and loaded it onto my iPod. Although, if I were to do it all over again, I would read the hand-held version. The narrator, Scott Brick, who I absolutely love, made the teenagers sound older than they really were. On several occasions, I had to remind myself that they were teens. Other than that - the characters were true-to-life, the plot, while a little unconventional, piqued my curiosity and kept me listening, and the pace at which the book accelerated was executed with precision. Well done. (4.5/5)

Originally posted on: Thoughts of Joy ( )

great choice for a quick read - boy finds journal of creepy would-be killer in city transit's Lost & Found - nice backstory ( )