Entries Categorized as 'Fiction'
Posted by Jordan
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Fiction, Incredibook!, Mysteries, Review, Science Fiction
Tags:Animals, Freddy the Pig, Funny, Martians, Pigs, Sports, Walter R. Brooks
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Squeak-Squeak the Martian disappears from Mr. Boomschimdt’s circus. Freddy the pig is called in to find him, but even he isn’t expecting that the other Martians don’t want him to help. In disguise as an old man, Mr. Arquebus, Freddy organizes a Martian baseball team. But when Mr. Anderson, a.k.a. Mr. Eha (the dangerous house haunting real estate man of Freddy Goes Camping fame), shows up at the games, Freddy knows something’s up.
I loved this Freddy book and couldn’t put it down. Absolutely hilarious! Freddy gets to be in disguise for almost the whole story. The baseball games are funny, too. Freddy uses his favorite Irish woman disguise, as he always does in the best Freddy books. The A. B. I. returns, and that usually spells a good Freddy mystery.
Posted by Ruth
Categories: Adventure, Fiction, Incredibook!, Older Readers, Review
Tags:Animals, Brian Jacques, Foxes, Hares, Long Read, Redwall, Squirrels
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A new evil is abroad is Mossflower woods. Marlfoxes! They are legends themselves and said to be magic. When they make off with Redwall Abbey’s most precious treasure, the tapestry of Martin the Warrior, Song Swifteye and Dann Reguba, children of two great warriors, are joined by Dippler the shrew and Burble the water vole to set off on a dangerous quest to regain the stolen tapestry.
Book eleven of the Redwall series, and the adventures never stop! As usual, Brian Jacques switches between multiple storylines that converge with each other as they near the climax. Florian, the hare, provides comic relief back at Redwall Abbey in some of the most memorable “hare moments” ever, and the questers learn a lot about friendship.
Posted by Rebekah
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Fantasy, Fiction, Incredibook!, Review
Tags:Animals, C. S. Lewis, Horses, Narnia
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When Shasta, a slave in Calormen tries to escape to Narnia, he is shown the way by a Narnian horse, Breehy-Hinny-Brinny-Hoohy-Hah. Bree for short. Traveling with them are Aravis and her horse, Hwin. On their way, Shasta is mistaken for a runaway prince, and Aravis uncovers a plot against Narnia and its neighbor, Archenland. In the race to save Archenland, Shasta and Aravis must cross the desert and alert King Lune to the threat of invasion.
This is one of my favorite Narnia books. I like it a little better than The Lion, the Witch and Wardrobe, but not as well as The Magician’s Nephew and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Plenty of action, enough tense moments to allow you to enjoy it, (but not enough to scare you silly) and some great characters.
Posted by Jordan
Categories: Adventure, Fiction, Incredibook!, Older Readers, Review
Tags:Animals, Badgers, Brian Jacques, Hares, Hedgehogs, Long Read, Mice, Rats, Redwall, Seafaring, Squirrels
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Mariel is a mouse who was captured by an evil searat named Gabool, who throws her into the sea. She survives the waves, but can’t remember who she is. Eventually, Mariel remembers Gabool’s cruelty and decides to go back and make him pay for killing her father. Joined by Dandin the mouse, Tarquin the hare and Durry the hedgehog, Mariel sets off. However, all is not quiet back at Redwall, as a boatload of Gabool’s evil hoard wash up on the shores of Mossflower…
This book sets the stage for all the books to come in many ways:
- The Abbey babes are called Dibbuns for the first time
- The first Badger Lord to have dreams of the future
- Hares patrol Mossflower first in this book
- First (but definitely not the last!) time we have searats abroad on the sea
This is a must read for any Redwall fan. Also, don’t miss The Bellmaker, the sequel to Mariel of Redwall.
Posted by Becca 
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