{"id":3473,"date":"2014-04-12T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-12T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=3473"},"modified":"2014-04-12T11:10:03","modified_gmt":"2014-04-12T16:10:03","slug":"k-for-korman-the-hypnotists-hypnotize-me-book-review-mind-control-for-good-or-for-evil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=3473","title":{"rendered":"K for Korman &#038; The Hypnotists: Hypnotize Me (book review) &#8211; mind control for good or for evil?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Hypnotists-Hypnotize-Me.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3475\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?attachment_id=3475\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Hypnotists-Hypnotize-Me.png?fit=223%2C340&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"223,340\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Hypnotists Hypnotize Me\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Hypnotists-Hypnotize-Me.png?fit=223%2C340&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3475\" alt=\"book cover of Hypnotize Me by Gordon Korman published by Scholastic\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Hypnotists-Hypnotize-Me-196x300.png?resize=196%2C300\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Hypnotists-Hypnotize-Me.png?resize=196%2C300&amp;ssl=1 196w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Hypnotists-Hypnotize-Me.png?w=223&amp;ssl=1 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a>The power of irresistible persuasion,<br \/>\nmultiplied by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hypnosis.edu\/aha\/articles\/high-technology\" target=\"_blank\">technology<\/a> &#8211;<br \/>\nof course, villains want it!<\/p>\n<p>Grab this fast-paced tale of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anton-mesmer.com\/mesmerism.htm\" target=\"_blank\">mesmerism<\/a>, a mysterious brain studies institute, and a seventh grade &#8220;mind-bender&#8221; trying to balance the greater good with his new-found powers at your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/libraries\" target=\"_blank\">local library<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/indie-store-finder\" target=\"_blank\">independent bookstore<\/a> today.<\/p>\n<p>Book 2 of the series, <em>Memory Maze<\/em>,\u00a0 is due out in Summer 2014.<\/p>\n<p>If you could hypnotize anyone to do anything, where would you draw the line?<br \/>\n**kmm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Book info<\/strong>: Hypnotize Me (book 1 of The Hypnotists) \/ Gordon Korman. Scholastic Press, 2013.\u00a0 [author site]\u00a0 [<a href=\"http:\/\/store.scholastic.com\/webapp\/wcs\/stores\/servlet\/en\/SearchCmd?storeId=11301&amp;langId=&amp;catalogId=16551&amp;N=4502+4519&amp;isbn13=9780545503228\" target=\"_blank\">publisher site<\/a>]\u00a0 [<a href=\"http:\/\/video.scholastic.com\/services\/player\/bcpid75580074001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAAFv844g~,BASb5BU03X_l9AdwGvsCRhRAI3eFS6eT&amp;bctid=2513635673001\" target=\"_blank\">book trailer<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My book talk<\/strong>: The extraordinary mental powers of two family lines come together in a young teen sought by people who want to control his hypnotic skills for evil!<\/p>\n<p>Jax just thought he was lucky, like being elected to Student Council by landslide write-in vote when he didn&#8217;t even campaign, but when he finds that he can change another&#8217;s actions by merely thinking it, he realizes that it&#8217;s something more.<\/p>\n<p>So does the very respected Dr. Mako, who recruits Jax for training in hypnotism with other skilled teens at his\u00a0 Sentia institute.<\/p>\n<p>When Jax discovers that not all &#8220;mind-benders&#8221; agree with Dr. Mako, he wonders what the kids at Sentia are being trained to do.<\/p>\n<p>Mysterious disappearances, nefarious plots, and the fate of the world spice up Jax&#8217;s seventh grade year in this first book of The Hypnotists series.\u00a0 (One of 6,000 books recommended on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abookandahug.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.abookandahug.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The power of irresistible persuasion, multiplied by technology &#8211; of course, villains want it! Grab this fast-paced tale of mesmerism, a mysterious brain studies institute, and a seventh grade &#8220;mind-bender&#8221; trying to balance the greater good with his new-found powers at your local library or independent bookstore today. Book 2 of the series, Memory Maze,\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,51,41],"tags":[10,22,11,45,20,5,70,16,18,44,43,31,15,9,21,35,190,58,3,28],"class_list":["post-3473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fiction","category-mystery","category-paranormal","tag-a2z","tag-behavior","tag-communication","tag-competition","tag-conflict","tag-coping","tag-crime","tag-determination","tag-family","tag-friendship","tag-growing-up","tag-non-us-author","tag-relationships","tag-school","tag-self-image","tag-surprises","tag-tbr2013","tag-technology","tag-teens","tag-villains"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3473"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3487,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3473\/revisions\/3487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}