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Listening at the Gate (The Seeker Chronicles) 11 reviews
Betsy James
Simon Pulse, 2007
Read this book.
+ A Book for Thinkers and Searchers
+ An intruiging and exceptionally well written sequel
+ A Mind (Soul) Stretched...
+ An Intriguing Venture into Another World
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Pirate Curse (The Wave Walkers Book One) 8 reviews
Kai Meyer
Aladdin, 2007
Creative, Amazing, Gripping... what more do you want?
+ I Won't Tell You What!
+ Great
In this outstanding book by Kai Meyer, Jolly, a 14 year-old pirate, has been blessed- or cursed?- with the ability to walk on water. She and her pirate crew, who are the only family she knows, roam the seas, until one terrible day, when they are tricked onboared a vessel that has been rigged to ...
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The Wand in the Word: Conversations with Writers of Fantasy6 reviews
Candlewick, 2006
A fascinating and inspiring look at fantasy authors
+ Good addition to a collection
+ Great read for all ages
+ HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
+ They tell us that dragons can be beaten
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Chance Fortune and the Outlaws (The Adventures of Chance Fortune)3 reviews
Shane Berryhill
Starscape, 2008
Superhero School
+ chance fortune and the outlaws
+ Chance has Luck!!
All his life, Josh Blevins has wanted to be a superhero. Unfortunately for him, he didn't have superhero parents he could inherit his powers from, wasn't the offspring of a god, hadn't fallen into a vat of strange chemicals, hadn't been born a mutant, hadn't found a mystical object that gave him ...
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Water Shaper 3 reviews
Laura Williams McCaffrey
Clarion Books, 2006
lovely book
+ Tres Interessante
+ Entertaining, deeper and more complex than you expect
McCaffrey combines folklore with treachery in this fantasy that incorporates elements of selkie tales. In an unnamed land that seems a lot like Scotland, Margot must learn how to use her gifts while being used by a man with whom she's fallen in love. Combining a journey, coming-of-age, and myth and ...
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The Beast of Noor9 reviews
Janet Lee Carey
Atheneum, 2006
Courtesy of Teens Read Too
+ A decent book
+ Does Fantasy Proud
+ An amazing book!
+ Couldn't put it down
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The Privilege of the Sword30 reviews
Ellen Kushner
Spectra, 2007
A Delicious Read
+ A Pleasing continuation
+ Kudos to Kushner
+ Loads of fun; a real relief from cookie-cutter fantasy!
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Gideon the Cutpurse: Being the First Part of the Gideon Trilogy26 reviews
Linda Buckley-Archer
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2006
Wonderful Read
+ History has never been so interesting
+ IMPORTANT WARNING for EXCELLENT Series!
+ Rare "can't put down" historical fiction
+ fun book for this adult
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Keturah And Lord Death24 reviews
Martine Leavitt
Front Street, 2006
Enchanting romance/fairy tale
+ Beautiful Love Story
+ Great Quick Read by a New Author
+ Unique and enchanting
+ I could not stop death, so he kindly stopped for me.
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Anatopsis13 reviews
Chris Abouzeid
Dutton Juvenile, 2006
A quick and fun little read!
+ Great Idea
+ Magic for all ages
+ Something magical, something different
+ Wow
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Magic Lessons (Magic Or Madness)4 reviews
Justine Larbalestier
Razorbill, 2007
Courtesy of Teens Read Too
+ Learning Curves
+ Magic Lessons
+ Even better than the first!
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Celandine (David Fickling Books)7 reviews
Steve Augarde
David Fickling Books, 2006
Two Great Books
+ It just keeps getting better!
+ Timeless Classic
+ Volume 2 better than first
+ An Engaging and Enjoyable Escape
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Foundling (Monster Blood Tattoo, Book 1)34 reviews
D.M. Cornish
Puffin, 2007
Not since Tolkien
+ Not your typical fantasy
+ A good start...
+ Despite a glut of world building, this is an original, vivid, engaging introduction to a new fantasy series. Recommended
+ Outstanding and different
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The Book of Lost Things: A Novel111 reviews
John Connolly
Washington Square Press, 2007
So Good, My Head Fell Off!
+ "Fractured Fairytale" for grownups
+ Great book
+ Be careful what you wish for
+ Surprisingly Wonderful!!!
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Temping Fate6 reviews
Esther Friesner
Puffin, 2007
Funny and original
+ Mythology, Humor, Fun Characters--this one's got it all
+ Entertaining silliness
+ Irreverent of ancient mythology, but a great book!
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Fairest62 reviews
Gail Carson Levine
HarperCollins, 2006
A worthy rival for Ella
+ Great twist to the original fairytale
+ Courtesy of Teens Read Too
+ a fairy tale about an appearence-obsessed culture
+ All is fair in Fairest
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Rumo: And His Miraculous Adventures11 reviews
Walter Moers
Overlook TP, 2007
Even Better than "13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear"
+ Rumo
+ A demonic sword named Dandelion
+ A really good read, but quite bloody
+ Adventure-filled Greatness!
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Troy: Fall of Kings (Troy)19 reviews
David Gemmell, Stella Gemmell
Ballantine Books, 2007
Excellent Book
+ Excellent Conclusion to a Brilliant Trilogy
+ Troy - Fall of Kings
+ A Fine Finish Stella
+ A gripping thriller
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Murkmere8 reviews
Patricia Elliott
Little, Brown Young Readers, 2007
Heterodoxy in the Mysterious Mansion
+ Interesting and Different
Patricia Elliot makes a compelling YA fantasy out of old-fashioned elements: an old, decrepit mansion in the North Country with a crippled master and many mysteries, a petulant heiress to be brought out of her shell, and a good-hearted servant-girl protagonist. The quasi-18th century feel evokes ...
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Freaks: Alive, on the Inside!8 reviews
Annette Curtis Klause
Simon Pulse, 2007
A Tale of Acceptance
+ dark fairy tale about the freak in all of us
+ Absorbing, wonderful novel
+ Rollicking read
+ WOW!
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