In a Flash

By Eric Walters

The first flash mob Ian puts together himself is a sixty-plus person, four-minute pillow fight in a department store. His friend Oswald is thrilled with the event, but Julia, the one Ian really wants to impress, is still convinced that flash mobs are stupid. While Ian tries to prove Julia wrong by initiating flash mobs with political impact, Julia is busy waging war with the strict new principal at school. When Julia goes too far and gets herself suspended, Ian sees an opportunity for a relevant and persuasive flash mob.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
• Release date: Oct 1, 2008
• ISBN: 9781554690367

Eric Walters

Membre de l’Ordre du Canada, Eric Walters a écrit plus de 125 livres qui ont remporté une centaine de prix, dont un prix littéraire du Gouverneur général pour The King of Jam Sandwiches. Eric, un ancien enseignant, s’est lancé en littérature jeunesse pour intéresser ses élèves de cinquième année à la lecture et à l’écriture. Chaque année, il fait des présentations devant plus de mille cent jeunes aux quatre coins du pays. Il habite à Guelph, en Ontario.

Reviews for In a Flash

[krissa_6 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This was a fun quick little read. If you have followed my blog at all, you know that I am a fan of this publishing company. I liked this one. It was some kids who were doing flash mobs, and even organizing them for some fun. In the end, they were doing one for a purpose. It was an interesting combination of intelligent characters, and a fast paced story line. Totally made ME wanna try a flash mob. Not a lot to this one, but a fun read none the less.

[sneezingpanda · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Ian and oswald are interested in flash mobs.Their friend Julia douesn't think it's a good idea. Their school gets a new princpal because their old principal is retireing.their new principal is Mr.Roberts.He starts making new rules he doesn't run by student council.Julia is the student president.Mr.Roberts also makes the rule of no more school dances.Juliagets mad at him and says meanthings about him on the internet.He finds out and suspends her.Ian leads a flashmob to dance outside school property.Mr .Roberts comes and tells Ian that he might let them have school dances then he starts dancing too.

[jrlibrary · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I think students are going to really love the idea of a flash mob. The rebelliousness, the planned spontaneity, the power of summoning a mob.... I think kids are going to eat this up. i do hope, however, that it doesn't spawn a group of ridiculous, malicious Flash mobs because that would just not be fun.Will be interested to see where he goes with this book. The launch sounds like it was a riot (not literally). Wished I'd been free to attend. Read this book if for nothing else but to be informed about what a flash mob is, and what the point of a flash movie is.