Channel 4: A Teen’s Glimpse into the Future

I liked the book because it was easy to read and short. Although sometimes it was too heavy to translate.

I like the books of love and mystery, but this book I have not seen anything interesting, as the channels of the future don’t exist.

Jordan, living in London, is 16. One day he broke the television, and his father went to buy another television, but this TV had one channel of the future. When you put on channel 4, out came everything that was going to happen the day after. The first time, a football game came on, where he made a bet with his friends to see if it was true he had a channel of the future. The second time was that they would do a concert; he had to guess who was the guest. The third is the lottery. The fourth is a gas escape, and the last is a tsunami, where they will talk to the police and tell him he and his friends know everything that happens and where to save the people there.



– What was different when Jordan arrived home from school?
Because he had no TV.
– What surprise did Jordan’s father bring home?
A television.
– What happened with the remote control?
That channel 4 was not working.
– Why was the football game on TV strange?
That it was being shown on TV one day before it happened.
– Why was Jordan impatient with his father?
Because he was not listening to the TV.
– Why was Jordan frustrated?
Because Jordan had to do homework.


– Jordan’s friends didn’t believe he saw the game?
He was talking about the final scoreboard.
– What happened at exactly 5:30?
To see the concert. To look for information on the computer.
– What did Jordan want to find on the Internet?
When the concert was.
– How did the boys’ reactions change as the game continued?

Eventually they believed what Jordan said.

– What did Jordan do after he and his friends saw the interview?
Jordan took the article that he found on the Internet and read it.


– What was Jordan’s fantasy?

That he could have a mountain bicycle, computers, and a Playstation.

– Why did Jordan want to buy two lottery tickets?

To buy his friends computers.

– Why did it take time for Jordan to arrive at the second shopping center?

Because he wanted to go to Bramley.

– What did Jordan see on the news?

To call his friend.

– How did Jordan know he was the mysterious hero?

To save the people of Bramley.

– What was Jordan’s plan?

Not to go to school, and to go away to Bramley with the train.



– How did Jordan persuade the residents to leave the building?

He told everybody that he was Mrs. Burns’ grandson and that there was a gas leak at his grandmother’s house.

– Why did the two old women finally leave the building?

Because they saw all the other residents.

– How did the residents discover the truth about Jordan?

Because Mrs. Burns told them that she only had a granddaughter, but no grandson.

– Why did Jordan have to be at school before 3:30?

Because his mum was going to pick him up to go shopping.

– Why couldn’t Jordan watch the Channel to the future at 5:30?

Because he was going to the shopping center with his mum.

– There was a tsunami at a holiday resort?

Lots of people died or were missing.

– Why was Mrs. Connelly worried about Jordan?

Because Jordan was acting strangely.

– According to Bruce, what could the boys do about the tsunami?

They can tell everybody about the tsunami.

– What information did Jordan remember and why was it important?

One of the missing people was Jed Olson, leader of Karumba, who was there on holiday.

– What were the results of the Internet search?

They found out that the next concert of Karumba was going to be in Hawaii.

– How did the sergeant react at first to the boy’s story?

He was suspicious about their story.

– How could the airline help?

They could find out.


– Why did Sergeant O’Neil call Sergeant Morrison?

Because he wanted to confirm that the story was true.

– Jordan’s parents were already home, but he didn’t tell Sergeant Morrison…?

Because his parents didn’t know about the story of Channel 4.

– How did Jordan’s parents react to his story?

They didn’t believe him.

– What did Jordan’s father do with the old remote control?

He returned it to the electronics shop.

– What happened to the remote control after he left the electronics shop?

The sales man gave it to somebody that went to collect broken remote controls and recycle them.

– What did Bruce see when he stopped the car?

Why was it important?

The number of the button had written the beginning of the word ”Future” on it!