The Expeditioners and the Treasure of Drowned Man's Canyon, by S. S. Taylor

The Expeditioners and the Treasure of Drowned Man's Canyon
Author: S. S. Taylor
Lexile: 880
Length: 375 Pages
Genre: Dystopia
Awards: None
Reading Ram Star Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Stars

 
         Kit, M.K., and Zander are all alone in the world. Their father just died under mysterious circumstances while exploring new lands. Everyone is trying to find new places to get goods from for the United States and it's allies. Their father was one of those people, called Explorers. He left his children one day to go and explore a new mountain range, then it was though he was wiped off the face of the planet. The BNDL, an organization that controls these explorations declared that he was dead. But Kit and his siblings aren't so sure. Their father also left them part of a hidden map, but what was it a map of? And why was it only half, where was the other half of the map?  Kit and his siblings, M.K. the engineer, Zander the courageous, and himself being the brain and expert map reader would have to figure this out for themselves. They would have to solve the intricate puzzle left by their father, all the while avoiding contact with the BNDL.
        I really liked this book, it is pretty awesome. It is fairly Dystopic, because it is about a time where there are lots of new things, like new countries and stuff, but also still the United States. And their are a lot of high tech things, like steam powered machines, and new fruits, foods, and clothing. It is a Dystopia book that is way less intense than say, The Hunger Games. It is very well written, and the first book in a series, the next book is The Expeditioners and the Secret of King Triton's lair. Sorry if I confused anyone about that, this book is the first one. I really liked how the author compacted words together to make the names of new technologies. For example, SteamCycles, IronSteeds, that kind of thing. I would recommend this book to 5th graders and up. It is not a very challenging read, and I think that once you get into it, it is very hard to put it down. You should definitely try it out.