Fantasy Book Reviews
175 book reviews found, page 24 of 35. Narrow results by selecting age range:
Warning! Do not read beyond this sentence! The narrator has a story that he won't tell, because you (the reader) will run into terrible danger if you know the secret. All right, he will tell, using made-up names and places. Cassandra is a survivalist who is always prepared for disaster. While visiting her adopted grandfathers, she overhears the story of the mysterious death of the local magician and determines that she must solve it. Together with fellow classmate Max-Ernest, an aspiring stand-up comedian, she discovers there is more to this secret than meets the eye, or nose, when they examine the 'Symphony of Smells,' which contains a code to the mystery. Before long, they meet up with the villainous Dr. L and the 'golden lady,' ageless Ms. Mauvais and realize they must hide the secret or they will perish.
Book Series: Secret series
Similar authors: Lemony Snicket
Similar books: Series of Unfortunate Events
Awards nominated: 2013 Bluestem Nominee
Reviewed by: vfv
Date read: 5/19/2012
ISBN-13: 9780316113663
Check the library catalog
Nest for Celeste: A Story About Art, Inspiration, and the Meaning of Home
Henry Cole (2010), 352 pages
Illustrated by Henry Cole
Audience: 3rd Grade - 5th Grade
When Celeste loses her home behind the dining room wall, she must climb the stairs and search for safety in the rooms above. Running from the cat she finds safety and friendship in Joseph's room. Joseph's boss John James Audubon is teaching dance and drawing in return for room and board while he searches for birds to paint. Joseph discovers Celeste in his boot and adopts her, carrying her around in his shirt pocket and feeding her peanuts. She meets new friends and continues to encounter old enemies, while her search for the perfect home continues. The story is enhanced by delightful pencil drawings by the author.
Similar authors: Dick King-Smith
Similar books: Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Reviewed by: donna
Date read: 6/15/2010
ISBN-10: 0061704113
ISBN-13: 9780061704116
Ray's father had left 8 years earlier because he had a job to do. He gave Ray a lodestone on a string telling him that the lodestone would guide Ray. His father never returned and after his mother died, Ray and his sister Sally survived on their own on the streets of New York. Now they find themselves on an orphan train heading south. The lodestone seems to be giving Ray strange and frightening dreams at night and during the day it pulls southward. Ray decides that his little sister has a better chance of finding a good home without him, so he jumps off the train and follows the lodestone's pull. He finds himself in a world of magic and mystery. Could his father still be alive? Can the lodestone help him find him? This is the first in the series 'The Clockwork Dark.'
Book Series: The Clockwork Dark
Reviewed by: caroll
Date read: 1/10/2012
ISBN-13: 9780375955648
Princess Emma's adventures continue when she journeys to Upper Montevista to meet Eadric's parents. From the very beginning, there is trouble. Bradston, Eadric's brother, has been kidnapped by trolls, and Eadric's mother won't let Emma use magic. Trolls prove to be terrifying foes, and put both Emma, and Eadric's, strengths to the test. This is book four in the Tales of the Frog Princess series.
Book Series: Tales of the Frog Princess
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 3/27/2009
ISBN-10: 1599902184
ISBN-13: 9781599902180
Oddfellow's Orphanage is the whimsical tale of Oddfellow Bluebeard and the charming band of misfits who live with him. The orphans are quite unique. Delia is a mute albino, Imogen is covered in tattoos, Ollie has an onion for a head, and Hugo is most certainly a hedgehog. They live in an enormous brick house, whose grounds are covered in bushes shaped like sea monsters and other mythical creatures. During their lessons, they learn fairy tales and astronomy, and in the afternoons are entertained by a family of dancing bears. Throughout the book the plucky orphans face challenges, go on adventures, and learn that a person's true family is not always the one that they are born into.
Similar books: Dying to Meet You by Kate Klise, Matilda by Roald Dahl
Reviewed by: lauraf
Date read: 9/27/2012
ISBN-10: 0375869956
ISBN-13: 9780375869952
Page 24 of 35:
Previous
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
Next
Library Home | Catalog | My Account | Ask Us
St. Charles Public Library, 1 South 6th Avenue, St. Charles, IL 60174
630-584-0076 • 630-584-9390 Youth Services
Copyright © 2004-2013 St. Charles Public Library. All rights reserved.