Flowers are beautiful, unless you are 16, and plagued by an old family curse. Princess Emma is determined to find a cure, and not turn mean and ugly like her aunt and grandmother did when they touched a flower. With help of her friend, Eadric, and others, Emma travels back in time to the day before the curse was made. This is book three in the Tales of the Frog Princess series.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 3/27/2009

ISBN-10: 1582349118

ISBN-13: 9781582349114

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Callie is an awkward, lonely, 15-year-old girl who has convinced her mother to send her on a class trip to England. This would be her opportunity to make friends with the popular girls. Instead, she is left behind all alone at the hotel. Unwisely, she sets off to buy a great pair of expensive shoes with her mother's credit card. On her way home, she trips and wakes up to find herself in the middle of the woods back in time to 1815. She finds friendship and romance in a time that she doesn't belong in. Can she find her way back and does she want to?

Reviewed by: rn

Date read: 9/29/2010

ISBN-10: 1595142606

ISBN-13: 9781595142603

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It is 1600. Elizabeth, the daughter of a duke, is in bed ill with a fever when suddenly she finds herself surrounded by pigs on a farm in Iowa in 1988. The family on whose farm she lands does not believe she is who she claims to be, and Elizabeth is shocked at their casual mannerisms and strange technologies. When she is given a seemingly magical drug that cures her illness, she becomes determined to return to her time to heal her mother, who is near death. How will she find her way home when no one believes her?

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 2/11/2010

ISBN-10: 0395515874

ISBN-13: 9780395515877

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With a touch of his hand, Jacob Reckless traveled through the mirror in search of his father into the land where fairy tales come alive. The mirrorworld holds secrets that Jacob must uncover to survive among the warring factions of fairies, Goyl, dwarfs, and humans. Over time, Jacob finds the skills to become a master treasure hunter and is enjoying his role until his brother Will follows him through the mirror and dark magic takes hold. Neither Jacob nor Will can stop the magic that is turning Will into a Goyl, the Jade Goyl of legend, a beast that is destined to follow the whims of the dark Fairy. With Fox, Clara, and a dwarf, Jacob sets forth on a quest to get his brother back - a quest everyone knows is impossible. Cornelia Funke has created another imaginative fantasy world filled with elements from familiar fairy tales woven into an adventure teeming with unpredicable events.

Similar books: Inkheart, Inkspell, Inkdeath also by Cornelia Funke

Reviewed by: adf

Date read: 11/24/2010

ISBN-10: 031605609X

ISBN-13: 9780316056090

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In this first entry into the Time Soldiers series, a group of kids discover a portal to a time past, where they encounter all different kinds of dinosaurs, including a Tyrannosaurus Rex looking for a meal! Lush, full-size images, created using a combination of photography and digital manipulation, make the world appear real. In a picture-book format, but suitable for older readers, this is a great book for any student who loves dinosaurs and stories with a lot of action.

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 2/26/2010

ISBN-10: 1929945183

ISBN-13: 9781929945184

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