P. J. Hoover

FROM AMAZON: Benjamin is different from other kids - he can read minds and use telekinesis. But it isn’t until he’s sent to summer school on a hidden, underwater continent that he learns the truth. It turns out, Benjamin isn’t really human at all - and the powers he thought made him special, just make him normal. But then the mysterious Emerald Tablet chooses him as its champion and he’s thrust into a mission to save the world.

The promising premise of this book never delivered. I just couldn't finish this book and I gave it more than a fair shake reading almost half of it. The mysteries about the main character's life (I can't even remember her name she was that unremarkable), who her father is, why her mother is so overprotective, why two gods disguised as teen boys appear in her life and fight over her, took too long to develop with too much navel gazing. I don't understand the 5 star ratings.

At the end of summer school, Benjamin was given one task—find his missing brothers. Should be easy right? But Benjamin can't locate a trace of them anywhere. Then he finds a mysterious file written in ancient Lemurian with his name on it, which wouldn't be so weird except the file happens to be several thousand years old. Who would have known about Benjamin that long ago? And then Benjamin and his friends begin to wonder, have they been looking not in the wrong place, but in the wrong time?