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Title: The Various by Steve Augarde ISBN: 0-385-75029-3 Publisher: David Fickling Books Pub. Date: 13 January, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Good Book!
Comment: I was surprised that I'm the first person not in the the UK to review this book. Although living in England might help you understand it a little better, the main storyline is universal: how do we know that "little people" such as fairies and leprechauns (it's the day after St. Patrick's Day so I had to include them) don't exist? Only a few centuries ago people thought mud gave birth to worms and hadn't even heard of many animals. In this story, the author makes you explore the possibility that there might be little people in your backyard--and you don't even know it!
13-year-old Midge has to stay at her Uncle's run-down farm while her mother is on a musical tour. In a pig-barn on the top of a hill some ways away from the farm, Midge finds Pegs, a miniature horse with bat-like wings that can speak to her mind. She is suddenly plunged into the world of the Various, tribes of knee-high people with varying abilities.You'll have to read the rest.
BUY THIS BOOK!!!!! It's really good even if it doesn't have as deep of a storyline as others such as Eragon (which I highly recommend if you're a fan of The Lord of the Rings). It has a light flavor but is still full of twists and turns. SO BUY IT!!!!
Rating: 5
Summary: Buy this book!!!!
Comment: The Various is the best book ever! It's like nothing I've read before and what I like best is that the author didn't dumb it down for us kids . The twelve and thirteen year old characters thought and acted just like all of my friends because they were funny and smart and made wise decisions on their own without help from any adults when faced with adversity. The book is about a girl named Midge who lives with her musician mum in the city. When her mum goes on tour with the orchestra one summer, Midge is sent to her Uncle Brian's farm in the country. Midge falls instantly in love with the place and has the strange sensation she's been there before. This odd feeling is just the beginning. As Midge investigates the property, she stumbles on an old barn, where she thinks she hears something calling out to her. What she discovers is a beautiful miniature winged horse who is trapped underneath heavy farm machinery and is horribly injured. I don't want to give away what happens next because this is one of the best chapters -- the whole time you don't know how it will all turn out and I don't want to ruin it for anyone here. But once she finds this horse, named Pegs. who speaks in colours to her and which I thought was just great, this leads her to Pegs' "family", a tribe of little people called The Various. The Various are not what they seem. While you might think they are magical pixies and fairies, they are also dangerous hunters with their own survival being their number one goal. They have suffered greatly at the hands of humans and modern development as years of new housing construction and technology are slowly killing them off and leaving them with no place to live. At first, Midge keeps their existence a secret, but when she is joined by her cousins Katie and George, she realizes she needs them as allies in her quest to help The Various because she learns that her uncle will soon be selling off part of his property where the tiny tribe lives because he needs the money. Midge's uncle is divorced and Katie and George live with their mother and come to the farm as part of their visitation agreement. George and Midge hit it off right away but Katie is annoyed to be in the country and is a year older and feels a bit superior, even though she's still only thirteen herself. At first I didn't like her at all, but as you will see when the book develops, the three kids are bound together by Midge's fantastic discovery of The Various and the final chapters of the book will have you glued to the pages. I think every kid and their parent should read The Various - I think it's totally awesome and I think it would make a wonderful movie, too.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Fantasy
Comment: My 10 year old really enjoyed this book. Better even than Inkheart (which I thought was better) It is good fantasy. We're looking forward to the next two in the series!
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Title: The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place by E. L. Konigsburg ISBN: 0689866364 Publisher: Atheneum Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Inkheart by Cornelia Funke, Anthea Bell ISBN: 0439531640 Publisher: Chicken House Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Lionboy by Zizou Corder ISBN: 0803729820 Publisher: Dial Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: The Unseen by ZILPHA KEATLEY SNYDER ISBN: 0385730845 Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 13 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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