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After learning about his magical ancestry, and his own warrior powers, sixteen-year-old Jack embarks on a training program to fight enemy wizards.
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 3/27/2009
ISBN-10: 0786839171
ISBN-13: 9780786839179
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When Dinosaurs Came with Everything
Elise Broach (2007), 40 pages
Illustrated by David Small
Audience: K - 3rd Grade
One day, the most amazing thing happens! Stores are offering free dinosaurs with every purchase! While this sounds like the greatest thing since sliced bread, Mom is not very happy. I wonder why?
Awards nominated: Monarch Award Nominee 2011
Reviewed by: vverscaj
Date read: 4/10/2010
ISBN-10: 0689869223
ISBN-13: 9780689869228
Which Witch?
Eva Ibbotson (1999), 224 pages
Illustrated by Annabel Large
Audience: 4th Grade - 8th Grade
Arriman the Awful, wizard of the North, is tired. He would like to be able to retire from blighting and smiting, blasting and wuthering, and generally being the nastiest wizard ever known. The trouble is, who would perform all the necessary and evil black magic, if not Arriman? The gypsy Esmeralda has predicted that the wizard 'cometh,' who could take on all of Arriman's tasks, but that wizard has not yet arrived. The answer, say Lester, his ogre butler, and Leadbetter, his tailed secretary, is to marry and have a child who would one day take over for Arriman. To find the bride, Leadbetter organizes a contest, based on the Miss World pageant, among the seven local witches. The contestants include Mabel Wrack, a half-mermaid who performs fishy magic, Mother Bloodwort, who is so old she has forgotten more magic than she has ever known, the Shouter twins, who hate each other, Ethel Feedbag, who has begun to look like her pig familiar, Belladonna, a white witch, and Madame Olympia, who has buried seven husbands. Is it possible that Arriman can find a bride among them? And does the wizard cometh? This is a great tongue-in-cheek fantasy.
Similar authors: Roald Dahl
Reviewed by: vverscaj
Date read: 11/18/2010
ISBN-10: 0525461647
ISBN-13: 9780525461647
Wide Window
Lemony Snicket (2000), 224 pages
Illustrated by Michael Kupperman
Audience: 3rd Grade - 7th Grade
Three kids have to live with their aunt. Guess what- the aunt doesn't turn things on, only the light. For example, she doesn't turn on the air! Read to find out what happens. This is book 3 in A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Book Series: A Series of Unfortunate Events
Reviewed by: St. Charles Reader
Date read: 10/23/2009
ISBN-10: 0064407683
ISBN-13: 9780064407687
Griffin loves to wish, but she gets more than she bargained for when she is cursed into becoming a 'wish stealer,' which dictates that all her good wishes will not come true, but her evil ones will. She cannot tell anyone about the curse, or it will mean none of their wishes will ever come true. There may be a way to defeat the curse, but it will require her to be clever, selfless, and persistent...which is hard when the opposite of her most cherished wishes starts coming true. With wishing-related and uplifting quotations at the end of each chapter, complex interpersonal and school situations, and a story filled with interesting turns, this is an enjoyable, light read, perfect for wishers everywhere.
Reviewed by: emc
Date read: 3/31/2011
ISBN-10: 1416987258
ISBN-13: 9781416987253
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