Entries Categorized as 'Fiction'
Posted by Becca
Categories: All Ages, Fiction, Review
Tags:Animals, Dogs, Good Read Aloud, Meindert DeJong, Out of Print
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Siebren is tired of baby-sitting his younger brother, Knillis. So when Siebren’s grandpa starts out on a short journey to visit a sick aunt, Siebren is very happy to be able to go along also. On the way, he buys a rather helpful ball from an ex-dike inspector, has an adventure in a scary marsh, and meets a very delightful deaf-and-dumb uncle.
A wonderful story! I really like DeJong’s style of writing. The book is written through Siebren’s eyes, but is still in the third person. The plot is simple, yet enjoyable to older readers. I strongly suggest that you read this book.
Posted by Jordan
Categories: Advanced Readers, Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Mysteries, Review, Science Fiction
Tags:Long Read, Song of Albion, Stephen R. Lawhead
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Lewis and his roommate Simon live at Oxford. One day, Simon sees an article in the newspaper about a spotting of an extinct type of ox. He and Lewis go to check it out and find that it was killed with an ancient Celtic spear. On further investigation, they find a cairn (a Celtic monument type thing). Simon goes in, and though Lewis waits for him, he never comes back out. Lewis returns to Oxford and tries to live his normal life, but strange animals start roaming the streets, and then he meets a professor who claims that the Celtic Otherworld is real – and dangerous. Professor Nettles is sure Simon somehow got into the Otherworld, and he and Lewis go back to the cairn to find him. Lewis goes in, and now he’s in a strange world, surrounded by warriors about to begin a battle…
Whew! That’s just enough to get you going. There’s about two thirds of the book left that I didn’t even mention! The Paradise War is one of the better Lawhead books I’ve read. If you like Celtic myths, this one’s for you. Some of the ancient customs are really weird.
Posted by Jordan
Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Review, Younger Readers
Tags:Animals, Award Winner, Dragons, Easy Read, Funny, Good Read Aloud, My Father's Dragon, Quick Read, Ruth Stiles Gannett
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Elmer always wanted a dragon, so he’s overjoyed when an alley cat tells him about a dragon imprisoned on Jungle Island. Elmer goes to the rescue, but he has to overcome the animals who live there – with very funny results!
This one is fun, but not too difficult to read. The story continues in two more books about Elmer and his dragon friend.
Posted by Jordan
Categories: Adventure, Fiction, Older Readers, Review
Tags:Good Read Aloud, Long Read, Robert Louis Stevenson
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After the events in Kidnapped, David Balfour thinks his life will be easy. Far from it. Now he must go through all sorts of adventures and delays to testify at a trial that is important for the future of Scotland. And if that wasn’t bad enough, now he’s in love with a noble woman named Catriona who, through some mistakes, is left in a strange city with only David as guardian.
Stevenson is a master storyteller. His characters jump off the page, and his action is always exciting. I believe a lot of people could get a lot of nobility out of this book from David and Catriona (and a lot of advice about how not to run your courtship!). David Balfour was also published under the title of Catriona. Oh, and if you haven’t read Kidnapped and have to read David Balfour, don’t worry. Stevenson gives a rather lengthy summary of the previous book.
Posted by Sarah
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Fiction, Review
Tags:E. Nesbit, Five Children and It, Time Travel
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When Cyril, Anthea, Robert, and Jane find the Psammead, the wish-granting creature they met in Five Children and It, in a pet store and rescue it, the Psammead tells them about an amulet. They purchase it and discover it is only half an amulet. But the half will take them anywhere back in time to look for the other half. And the whole amulet will give them their hearts’ desire.
Despite a kind of weird part at the end, it’s a pretty good book. I’m not sure that I liked it as much as Five Children and It. (Which by the rating would make sense.)
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