Name: Don't Turn Around
ISBN: 9780062102904

Michelle Gagnon

After waking up on an operating table with no memory of how she got there, Noa must team up with computer hacker Peter to stop a corrupt corporation with a deadly secret.

Don't Turn Around

Melissa Palmer

Book #94 Read in 2013
Don't Turn Around by Michelle Gagnon (YA)

This is the first book of a series. Noa wakes up in a warehouse and it seems as if someone had operated on her. She escapes and uses her computer hacking skills to try to disappear. That seems to be easier said than done. She hooks us with Peter, another computer hacker, who is having issues with the same men/organization that experimented on Noa. Can the two save other kids in time from these medical experiments?

This book was a must read. It had tons of action and suspense. Noa and Peter were interesting, complex characters. This book will keep readers engaged from start to finish. I recommend it.

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The first page had the capacity of grabbing my attention. In the beginning, the main character, Noa, wakes up in a operating table with an IV in her arm and she doesn't know how did she get there. After she escapes from there she finds out that she doesn't remember anything from the last few weeks. She's a smart sixteen-year-old girl, a foster child and she's a badass. When Noa meets Peter, they work together so they can find answers to their questions. These answers are dangerous so they must just keep running. Don't Turn Around is a story which involves medical research. 
I would recommend Don't Turn Around to you, if you want to read a good Young Adult thriller/mystery book with non-stop action. It is an exciting book with suspense. I cannot wait to read the second book in the PERSOFoNE trilogy: Don't Look Around. 



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Don't Turn Around was the first book I'd read by Michelle Gagnon, and I really liked it. Noa wakes up in an unfamiliar room surrounded by the trappings of a hospital. How did she get here? Was she in an accident? As her mind starts to clear, she realizes she isn't in a hospital at all, but she does have a huge incision scar from an operation she doesn't remember needing. When the doctors and nurses all lie to her about where she is, Noa knows that she has to escape. 

Inspired by the death of his brother and his less than honest parents, Peter builds an internet organization called /ALLIANCE/ for the purpose of tracking down those who hurt others, especially children. After his most recent hack, Peter's house is invaded by a man named Mr. Mason who warns Peter to stop what he is doing or his family will suffer. 

When Peter and Noa meet, it is clear that Mr. Mason is part of the same organization that Noa is running from. They join forces and start looking for ways to prove that runaways and orphans are being taken to be used as guinea pigs for experimentation.

This is a very good book with an intriguing mystery, well drawn characters, and lots of action. I'm looking forward to reading the sequel.