Helpful Score: 2
This book was a rather sneaky one... The beginning sucks readers in with an exciting story of a missing boy. The mystery and high emotions were well-written and riveting. But once he focus shifted... or, rather, once the author had his audience fully hooked, he climbed onto his Save-The-World soapbox and the story suffered for it. Other books have tackled this ecology theme to a much more effective level. All in all, with such a promising start, I was disappointed. Plus the Hermit's mystery was never fully resolved...
