"A good pick for fairy-tale fans, especially those battling their own fears. (map) (Fantasy. 8-12)"
An isolated, insecure orphan living in magical Aletheia becomes a "real boy" when his ordered world crumbles and he must rely on himself.
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"More than just a good story, this will appeal to lovers of Cornelia Funke as well as Andersen. (Fantasy. 8-12)"
In this contemporary version of The Snow Queen, fifth-grader Hazel embarks on a memorable journey into the Minnesota woods to find her best friend Jack, who vanishes after a shard of glass pierces his eye.
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"It's hard to argue with a story that intersperses Homeric epithets with the tale of a semi-divine Canadian named 'Steve.' (Fantasy. 9-12)"
Still battered from her previous encounter with Philonecron and Poseidon (The Siren Song, 2007), Charlotte isn't ready for another tangle with the Greek pantheon.
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"Not deep, but witty, well-paced and fun. (Fantasy. 9-12)"
It doesn't seem fair that the reward for saving the world is getting grounded for life, but that's just what's happened to 13-year-old Charlotte.
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"A mess, with a circular plot and overripe style ('How do you contain so much prose and still exist?'): the sort of story that shouldn't have been let out of the workshop."
A florid and in the end pointless account of a boy's disappearance, written by Ursu (Spilling Clarence, 2002) in a tone of the utmost gravitas.Read full book review >
"A credible first attempt. If Ursu's narrative device is poorly chosen, she nevertheless executes the project with facility and glimpses of real feeling for her characters in their struggles with avalanches of recollection."
A semi-successful debut tells the odd tale of a town afflicted—after an accident at the local chemical factory—with the burden of complete memory: it will disable its residents for days.
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