Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    The Hypnotists
    The Hypnotists
    The Hypnotists
    Audiobook5 hours

    The Hypnotists

    Written by Gordon Korman

    Narrated by Ramon de Ocampo

    4/5

    ()

    About this audiobook

    NARRATOR: Ramon de Ocampo
    FORMAT: Unabridged

    Jackson Opus has always been persuasive, but he doesn't know that he's descended from the two most powerful hypnotist bloodlines on the planet. He's excited to be accepted into a special program at the Sentia Institute -- but when he realizes he's in over his head, Jackson will have to find a way to use his powers to save his friends, his parents, and his government.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherScholastic
    Release dateAug 1, 2013
    ISBN9780545643580
    The Hypnotists
    Author

    Gordon Korman

    Gordon Korman published his first book at age fourteen and since then has written more than one hundred middle grade and teen novels. Favorites include the New York Times bestselling Ungifted, Supergifted, The Superteacher Project, The Unteachables, Pop, Notorious, Unplugged, Operation Do-Over, Slugfest, and the Masterminds series. Gordon lives with his family on Long Island, New York. You can visit him online at gordonkorman.com.

    More audiobooks from Gordon Korman

    Related to The Hypnotists

    Titles in the series (3)

    View More
    View More

    Related audiobooks

    Children's For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Meet The Cast

      Dec 23, 2021

      Meet The Cast
      1 min read

    • Article

      Let’s Dream Talk Z

      Jul 7, 2020

      I dreamt my elbow and shoulder were dislocated – and I actually felt the pain. It was in a big stadium and a woman told me to take a sniff of some chemical, and then she’d put it back. I did as she said and felt myself going under for a few seconds,

      2 min read

    • Article

      Let’s Dream Talk Z

      Apr 13, 2021

      Dear Roi n my dream there was a white I Labrador with two heads One of the heads died and fell off, and then a scarf became visible in its place. Then the white Labrador puppy became a white kitten!. Maria Green, 50, Miami Beach USA Dear Maria Ther

      3 min read

    • Article

      Let’s Dream Talkz Z

      Aug 31, 2021

      Let’s Dream Talkz Z
      3 min read

    • Article

      The Isolation That Forged Me

      Jun 24, 2021

      The Isolation That Forged Me
      3 min read

    • Article

      The Isolation That Forged Me

      Mar 6, 2022

      The Isolation That Forged Me
      3 min read

    • Article

      Opinion: What Using Animals For Scientific Research Taught Me About Myself

      Mar 11, 2019

      When I looked for the deeper meaning of existence, I found that I was too skeptical for heaven and hell, for deities and spirits. I found it in a research…

      7 min read

    • Article

      Monsters of Our Own Making

      Mar 31, 2020

      Monsters of Our Own Making
      1 min read

    • Article

      The Science Of Wanting

      Aug 16, 2022

      The Science Of Wanting
      10 min read

    • Article

      How the Lark Got Her Crest

      May 30, 2023

      How the Lark Got Her Crest
      15 min read

    • Article

      Summers Of Urchins And Love

      Jul 29, 2019

      Summers Of Urchins And Love
      14 min read

    • Article

      CHAMBERS Season One

      May 22, 2019

      ▶ UK/US Netflix, streaming now ▶ Showrunner Leah Rachel ▶ Cast Sivan Alyra Rose, Uma Thurman, Kyanna Simone Simpson, Nicholas Galitzine EPISODES 1.01-1.10 While we’re pretty certain the NHS doesn’t screen for such things, every horror fan knows that

      1 min read

    • Article

      Widdershins

      Nov 1, 2022

      After Kathleen Graber Her hands are in my mouthwhen my dentist and I discover our common love of bones. Our professions, both of them, are at odds with the fact that, once formed,enamel cannot repair itself. She concerns herself with caramelfor the s

      1 min read

    • Article

      Lima Is For Lovers

      Nov 1, 2018

      * Of course the President of Peru’s daughterlives in a flower-glutted casonain the Barranco District,hands down the most romantic in Lima.Of course she speaks four languagesand has 50K followers. *Sometimes, after Special Forces murdera few dozen Shi

      3 min read

    • Article

      Five Books About Bad-Ass Moms in the Apocalypse

      Aug 15, 2019

      Dystopian fiction is full of strong mothers, and for good reason. These characters show the way forward and reframe global conflicts in deeply human terms. The post Five Books About Bad-Ass Moms in the Apocalypse appeared first on The Millions.

      4 min read

    • Article

      Flatworms Are Metal

      Oct 8, 2021

      Flatworms Are Metal
      6 min read

    • Article

      Four Poems

      Jan 1, 2023

      1. Wine-makers say it’s the complex flavorcreated by the singular terrain of place: the kinds of minerals in the soilfiltered through the soft pulse and coil of earthworms; the curl of fog that snakesaround blushed grapes like wisps of smoke; the tas

      6 min read

    • Article

      Do Animals Have Culture? According To Carl Safina, Absolutely.

      Jul 16, 2020

      In his latest engrossing book, ecologist Carl Safina destroys the myth that humans are the only Earth creatures with cultural traditions.

      2 min read

    • Article

      Do Animals Dream?

      Jul 18, 2022

      Do Animals Dream?
      7 min read

    • Article

      Let’s Dream Talk Z

      Mar 16, 2021

      Dear Roi had a chaotic dream that I really would like I explained! It began with me ascending a staircase; on the first landing, I found a child’s safety gate, where three white lambs were resting. I started to pet them, but one got on its hind legs

      3 min read

    • Article

      A Mental Disease by Any Other Name: For Frank Russell, reinterpreting his schizophrenia as shamanism helped his symptoms.

      Sep 15, 2016

      It starts without warning—or rather, the warnings are there, but your ability to detect them exists only in hindsight. First you’re sitting in the car with your son, then he tells you: “I cannot find my old self again.” You think, well, teenagers say

      14 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for The Hypnotists

    4/5

    91 ratings12 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 4/5
      I can't believe I have never read a Gordon Korman book before. An ex-patriot Canadian, he wrote his first book when he was twelve and hasn't stopped since. He's one of Canada's most well known children's authors. I've had the Bruno & Boots series on my "must get around to someday" list forever! Finally I have the opportunity to read Korman's latest book and find I am well-pleased. Quite a unique plot that uses some elements I've seen before but not pulled all together this way! The book's main theme is hypnotism and it is treated as an entirely scientific matter, brain activity to be stimulated that some people have more of than others. Jax is a well-rounded hero and very likable. A bit of an outsider, he finds his groove when he understands what his strange visions mean. He's a bit slow on the uptake, with his friend Tommy figuring things out faster than he can, but other than that I enjoyed him very much. I was engrossed with the story from the first chapter and read more than half the book in one sitting, finishing it in the next. The political intrigue sub-arc reminds me of Steven King's Dead Zone in which the hero has to stop a politician from winning an election because it will lead to world destruction. Same thing goes here in "The Hypnotists" only on a lesser degree. I liked the ending which wrapped up all the story lines and gave us a final complete ending to the problems encountered in this book. One can walk away satisfied. However, the characters are obviously on the brink of more troubles which we know will come seeing as this is labeled Volume 1. Unique science fiction involving secret societies and underground institutes, should appeal to those who like conspiracy theories.
    • 5/5
      it is a very good book and everyone should read it
    • 3/5
      Narrated by Ramon de Campo. Wouldn't it be fun to have powers of hypnosis and manipulate people to get what you want? With great power comes great responsibility and that's the theme here as Jax finds himself battling his mentor to save democracy. It's all very over-the-top and the adults are pretty inept, but it serves as a suspenseful escapist read for kids.
    • 4/5
      this was my very first Gordon Korman book...dang what was I waiting on???? A fairly quick read, Jax has always thought himself to be a little odd. Little did he know that he has a long family history of hypnotists....on both sides of the family. Enter The Sentia Institute...a place for hypnos to fine tune their skills. Jax thinks the institute is great until he learns that things are not as they seem.
    • 2/5
      The premise of this book sounded very exciting. At first I was intrigued but this excitement only lasted for about four chapters into the book. After this I was bored but I thought I would stick with the book in the hopes that it would get intriguing again when Jax arrived and honed in his skills at Sentia Institute. Which at first my interest did peak up again some but it was evident quickly that there was nothing really fascinating about Jax and his skill. Ok, maybe this is not fully true as this book probably would have been better if the rest of the characters were exciting, the dialect better, and there was heightened action. Yet for the younger readers they may like this book.
    • 2/5
      Jax is recruited into an organization that helps people who have the power to hypnotize others learn to use and control their powers. Jax is special even among hypnotists as he is the descendent of two famous mesmerizing families. The head of the organization tries to use Jax's amazing abilities to affect politics and Jax ends up getting help from a rival organization.

      So the book starts off very action and adventure...peters out in the middle....and then gets all action again at the end. It was the slow middle that killed me, that and Jax's blind trust just about killed the book for me. There was a lack of new information about the institute, the things Jax was learning weren't that interesting and it got a bit repetitive.
    • 5/5
      I received a copy to facilitate my review. The opinions expressed here are my own.I’ve read several of this author’s books and like them. This book starts out action packed. Jackson Opus (Jax) keeps seeing visions. When he does, strange things happen. For example, in the beginning of the book he and his friend are running late for the championship playoffs. One bus after another pass them by. Jax steps out in front of an oncoming bus. He has a vision then the bus stops. As he hops on he tells the driver where he needs to go and how quickly he gets there. The driver ignores all other stops, runs stop lights and gets them there. On the court Jax has another vision as he is guarding the star player for the other team. His team wins. His parents take him to an eye doctor and to a psychiatrist. Both times Jax has a vision and then the doctors do strange things. He has to find out what is causing the visions. Jax finally meets the person that can help him. However, he learns there is so much more to his “gift” and must learn to use it to save everything he loves the most. This is fast paced action at its best. It is one of the quickest and easiest reads, a great middle school book.
    • 3/5
      The Hypnotists by Gordon Korman is a frightening look at the corruption of power.Jax Opus is twelve years old and descends from famous hypnotists although he doesn't know this fact. He starts to see himself and people do strange things. Come to find out, it's the connection he makes with another person and they do whatever he says. A hypnotist figures this out and brings him to the premier school for hypnotists that Jax attends after regular school and on Saturdays. He also meets hypnotists that are older and so are no longer associated with the school, using their powers to steal and/or make life easier for themselves. Jax is so powerful that the head of the Institute, Dr. Mako, tries experimenting with Jax's powers and realizes that Jax can accomplish what no one else ever has. Jax's parents are not so happy with this gift, as his father spent his life worried his parents were influencing his likes and behaviors. He no longer will look at his son directly because by avoiding his eyes, he should be able to avoid being "bent" by Jax. When Dr. Mako accomplishes what has never been accomplished, he doesn't realize the consequences to Jax. I guess this would be science fiction because this ability doesn't exist, at least to my knowledge. Otherwise, it seems to take place in the real world. It's an good book, not great, but good.
    • 4/5
      Korman's new novel The Hypnotists is the first Gordon Korman novel I've read in YEARS--and I was not disappointed. This middle grade novel was exciting, packed with suspense and, of course, the art of hypnotism. The power of the human mind to change the world is a crucial focal point of the novel and the ways that Dr. Mako is ability to manipulate an entire city into believing the truths he implants in their minds and rig an election really makes you think about the 'what if.' For a society that is so dependent on the Internet, and particularly social media outlets like social media, if true hypnotism was possible, Korman's story points out just how much danger we would all be in. The Hypnotists discusses hypnotism in the sense of subliminal messages, behavioural modification, and psychological manipulation. He does call attention to the other kind--the type that exists in psychiatrist's offices, but hypnotism for medicinal purposes doesn't possess the same power that people like Mako and Jackson have.Jackson Opus is a young boy who has a natural hypnotic abilities as the descendent of two powerful hypnotist families. He is recruited by the Sentia Institute where his powers are honed. He meets other hypnotists and sees how the mind can be tricked, changed, and forced into doing what another wants as easily as looking at someone and focusing.Of course, nothing is what it seems and Jackson has to figure out who the real enemy is as weird things start happening. Soon, Jackson's friends, family, and the entire city are in great danger as a certain someone starts using hypnotism for very wrong and self-serving reasons. It's a classic story of great power in the wrong hands; an immoral use of something that CAN be used for good.The climax of the novel--the showdown between Jackson and person X--had me hooked on every word. The ending, where we see Jackson's maturity and selflessness, was what really took me off-guard. You won't see it coming either. From beginning to end, this book is great. Don't be put off by the fact that it's middle grade. Gordon Korman is one hell of a writer. I can't imagine what he could do with this novel written for adults.Sure, the changing eye-colour part of Korman's hypnotism was a little cheesy, but the undeniable power and ability of these people to hypnotize mass groups of people without their awareness and through the use of the Internet (basically through Youtube--now THERE is a scary possible reality for us!) was terrifying and exciting. As many people do believe that hypnotism is real, the book is able to hit home. Especially if you, like me, have ever gone to see a hypnotist perform on stage.Much like fellow YA heroes, Harry Potter and Katniss Everdeen, Jackson has the entire fate of the world resting on his young shoulders. Korman takes an age-old idea and revamps it into this exciting, suspenseful, and action-packed story that both kids and adults alike will enjoy.
    • 4/5
      Jackson Opus always seemed to find himself in the gifted classes without really knowing why. Everyone besides his best friend Tommy always seemd convinced by Jax no matter what the topic, just by looking in his eyes. When Sentia Institute finds out about him, his life is in for major change. Everyday after school and all day Saturday, Jax attends the Institute led by Dr. Elias Mako who everyone says is a leader in education and an inspiration to all of New York City. Jax finds out he has hypnotic powers in his genes from leading mezmerizers all through history. When Mako comes up with a conspiracy plan bigger than the city of New York, Jax finds himself in the middle of it. Can he manage to survive Mako's insane plan and keep his family safe? This is a page turner for grades 5-8 that will easily lead into the rest of a series.
    • 4/5
      Great for middle schoolers. Korman strikes another home run with what will surely be a series for him.
    • 3/5
      When strange events start happening as people gaze into Jax Opus's color-changing eyes, he starts to believe he is hypnotizing them to do odd things. Jax and his parents search for someone to help him at the same time when Jax is recruited by Dr. Elias Mako, founder and director of The Sentia Institute as a mind-bending prodigy. Dr. Mako's most famous slogan, one that is repeated often, by many, is "Dr. Mako has devoted his life to New York City education and is an inspiration to every single one of us." Dr. Mako is developing Jax's inherited super-power of hypnotism...but for what cause?When Dr. Mako coerces Jax into using his gift for immoral purposes, he refuses. But, Dr. Mako has mind-bended Jax's parents to put themselves in mortal danger if Jax doesn't cooperate. How did Jax get involved in this conspiracy? How did he get himself and his parents in so much trouble? He needs help!...and fast. He is not sure who he can turn to, except the one person who he never dreamed could have helped. Together will they be able to undo all of Mako's impending destruction? Time (and maybe book #2) will tell. The Hypnotists is a fast-paced action adventure that has moral dilemmas imbedded in it. What would you do if you have the power of ultimate persuasion? Would it be used for good or evil?