Entries Categorized as 'Review'
Posted by Jordan
Categories: Adventure, Fiction, Older Readers, Review
Tags:Animals, Badgers, Brian Jacques, Ferrets, Foxes, Hares, Hedgehogs, Long Read, Mice, Moles, Otters, Rats, Redwall, Squirrels
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Sunflash, a young badger, is held captive by the evil ferret Swart Sixclaw. Then a kestrel named Skarlath helps him to escape. The two of them decide to stay together and help good beasts everywhere who need help. Then Sunflash is bitten by adders. While others care for him, he has a dream of Salamandastron, the mountain of the badger lords. Sunflash wakes up, knowing where he must go. Meanwhile, Swart has had a son, who is abandoned during a battle and found by the Redwall mice. All the creatures at Redwall think that the young ferret, who they have named Veil, will be evil, but one young mouse, Bryony, believes in him. Will Veil become like his father, or will he become a good beast?
Outcast of Redwall is one of the sadder books, yet there are funny parts. Enjoyable, but you may feel yourself figuring out the ending before you get to it. Don’t give up! You may be surprised.
Posted by Jordan
Categories: All Ages, Fiction, Review
Tags:Animals, Freddy the Pig, Funny, Pigs, Walter R. Brooks
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Freddy’s friend at the newspaper office is fired for printing articles for the animals when a picture of Freddy is printed bigger than a picture of the town snob, Mrs. Underdunk. To get back at her, Freddy starts his own newspaper, The Bean Home News! Then Mrs. Underdunk’s brother, Herb Garble, decides to run for sheriff. While trying to win the scrap metal drive, Freddy must also try to use The Bean Home News to save his friend the sheriff in the election.
Yet another great Freddy book! I love the jail that the sheriff runs, where the prisoners are treated nicely, so that they’ll be good citizens. Freddy’s plans to win the scrap drive, his adventure as a senator of New York, and the strategies of Mr. Garble and the sheriff to win the election are very funny. If The Bean Home News was a real newspaper, I’d probably subscribe.
Posted by Rebekah
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Mysteries, Review, Science Fiction
Tags:Animals, Freddy the Pig, Funny, Martians, Pigs, Rats, Walter R. Brooks
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Herb Garble, Mrs. Underdunk’s brother, is traveling with Boomschmidt’s circus, where he is exhibiting what he claims are live Martians. Freddy and the gang are sure something’s wrong, and while they are trying to figure out how to expose the Martians without hurting Mr. Boom’s reputation, the rats show up again. It’s packed full of fun, adventure, and plenty of the circus animals.
This is a pretty good Freddy book. Simon’s back, of course, and he’s not my favorite character. Although, since he’s the badguy, he’s not supposed to be your favorite character. Anyway, the rabbits’ club, The Horribles, is in this one, and eventually some real Martians come in their flying saucer. The Martians play a big part in Freddy and the Baseball Team from Mars, and also Freddy and the Flying Saucer Plans.
Posted by Ruth
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Fantasy, Fiction, Review
Tags:Animals, C. S. Lewis, Narnia
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Jill Pole and Eustace Scrubb are called to Narnia for a special purpose. King Caspian, now old and nearing death, has no heir to the royal throne. His only son, Rilian, disappeared years ago. Aslan assures Jill and Eustace that the prince is still alive and must be found. Guided by signs from Aslan, Jill and Eustace join Puddleglum, the gloomy marshwiggle, to embark on a quest to rescue Prince Rilian from the evil witch who is holding him captive.
The Narnia stories are more than books, they’re old friends. Every time I re-read them it’s like visiting a very dear friend. The Silver Chair is one of my favorites.
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.
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