BROWSE BOOK REVIEWS

Memorable First Fantasies for Children (page 3)

CHILDREN'S

Released: June 1, 2004

TROLL FELL

by Katherine Langrish

"Goodhearted, resourceful Peer's courage, loyalty to his friends, and generosity will win reader's hearts and will ensure the appeal to readers of Emily Rodda's Rowan of Rin series and the Lemony Snickets. (Fiction. 9-12)"

As his father's funeral pyre burns, Peer Ulfsson, to his horror, meets a step-uncle whom his father has never mentioned. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: June 1, 2003

COLD TOM

by Sally Prue

"Tom's struggle to remain true to himself should resonate powerfully with other alienated adolescents. (Fantasy. 10-15)"

Prue debuts with a bleakly lyrical elfin bildungsroman. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: July 1, 2002

CORALINE

by Neil Gaiman

"Not for the faint-hearted—who are mostly adults anyway—but for stouthearted kids who love a brush with the sinister: Coraline is spot on. (Fiction. 9-12)"

A magnificently creepy fantasy pits a bright, bored little girl against a soul-eating horror that inhabits the reality right next door. Read full book review >