Posts Tagged ‘kiddie lit’

Goodreads Review: The Cat Ate My Gymsuit

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The Cat Ate My Gymsuit by Paula Danziger My rating: 3 of 5 stars Warning: this review might make me sound like an old person. I couldn’t help but read The Cat Ate My Gymsuit with a bit of wistfulness. Though the characters, voice, and situations likely still remain true to life, I suspect that [...]

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Read more | Comments (3) | Jul 17, 2010

Goodreads Review: A Night Without Stars

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A Night without Stars by James Howe My rating: 3 of 5 stars When I was a kid, I absolutely loved James Howe’s Bunnicula series. So when I found A Night Without Stars, a 1983 children’s hospital story, by the same author, I was naturally pretty curious. It’s clear from the cover that this is [...]

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Read more | Comments (0) | Nov 26, 2009

Goodreads Review: Farseed

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Farseed by Pamela Sargent My review rating: 4 of 5 stars In this terrific and long awaited sequel to Pamela Sargent’s Earthseed, Sargent presents teen readers with an exciting survival story lightly laced with science fiction elements. Characters from the less cohesive first volume appear, but the real focus is on the teenaged protagonists Leila [...]

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Read more | Comments (0) | Mar 5, 2009

Goodreads Review: When the Tripods Came

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When the Tripods Came by John Christopher My review rating: 5 of 5 stars I love it when a book exceeds my expectations. And they were very low after finishing the core Tripods trilogy. John Christopher’s well-crafted prequel, however, more than made up for my disappointment in those first three dry, poorly paced books. By [...]

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Read more | Comments (2) | Feb 22, 2009

Goodreads Review: The Pool of Fire

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The Pool of Fire by John Christopher My review rating: 2 of 5 stars John Christopher’s final entry in the core tripods trilogy stands out as an excellent example of the series’ flaws. This is a scattershot tale of military missions, of man’s drawn-out and plodding victory over the ruthless aliens who have ruled over [...]

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Read more | Comments (0) | Feb 20, 2009

Goodreads Review: The City of Gold and Lead (Tripods book 2)

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The City of Gold and Lead by John Christopher My review rating: 4 of 5 stars The second book in the Tripods series starts much like the first–Will, a human boy, along with two companions, travels the European countryside, this time not seeking to escape the mysterious Tripods who rule over the Earth, but to [...]

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Read more | Comments (0) | Feb 14, 2009

Goodreads Review: The White Mountains (Tripods Book 1)

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The White Mountains by John Christopher My review rating: 3 of 5 stars John Christopher’s first foray into children’s literature, and his first entry in the now-infamous Tripods series, could easily fit in well on a shelf besides most boys’ adventure books. Told in strong, clear prose, Christopher presents the story of Will, a boy [...]

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Read more | Comments (0) | Feb 7, 2009

The Tribe

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When I was thirteen or so, we finally got the Sci-fi channel. I’d been itching for it for years, and quickly became a big fan of Mystery Science Theater 3000, Farscape, and a Canadian’s kid show called The Odyssey The Odyssey is pretty obscure, to this day–it’s best known for being one of the two [...]

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Read more | Comments (1) | Jan 19, 2009