Steel+Trap

review by Jonathan W. Steven “Steel” Trapp is a 12 year old that has an outstanding memory and is very smart. Steel is on his way to the national science fair in Washington D.C. with his mom, when he finds a briefcase someone had left on the train. He tried to return it to her, but she insisted it wasn’t hers. He gave it to a conductor, who put it in the lost and found. When Steel went to check on his dog in the luggage compartment he couldn’t help checking out what was inside the briefcase; it was remarkably light. When he picked the briefcase up to see what was inside it was locked. He unscrewed the bottom legs and inside he saw a picture of a woman who was tied up and had a code at the bottom: G 23:3-4. Steel hid the briefcase in his dog’s cage when a man walks in, looking for it. During the next train stop the FBI searches the train. When Steel gets to Washington D.C., he stores the briefcase at the train station. A few hours later he learns that the briefcase belongs to terrorists. He tells an FBI agent and then goes to get the case but it has gone missing. I would recommend this book to anyone at all. It is a quick read and is very exciting. I learned a little about science, terrorists, and about criminal investigation. I enjoyed the book a lot and I think you will too.
 * //Steel Trap//**, Ridley Pearson