Bright Shadow [Library Binding]

Avi (Author)

Product Details

• Library Binding
• Publisher: Rebound by Sagebrush (1999)
• ASIN: B000MD29YA
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Avi has published more than sixty books. Among them is Crispin: The Cross of Lead, winner of the 2003 Newbery Medal. Other novels with nineteenth-century settings, like The Traitors' Gate -- his grand nod to the work of Charles Dickens -- are listed before the title page, and include the Newbery Honor Book, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. Avi and his family live in Denver, Colorado.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful story about the importance of friendship, January 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Bright Shadow (Paperback)

This is one follow up to Harry Potter that doesn't seem dry and stupid. It beautifly illistrates how lies and confusion can destroy a friendship, and has a suprise ending that leaves you thinking. Avi has come through again with a book that you just can't put down. It has a good moral, and is all in all a great read. I would reccomend this book to adults and children alike.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good book, but a very strange ending, December 22, 2000

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"kandladin" (Castle) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bright Shadow (Paperback)

This was definitely the kind of book that makes the reader think. In it, the main character, Morwenna, accidently inherits the last five wishes left over from the creation of the world. At first she is overjoyed, untill she realizes the rules: she can't wish for anything for herself, she can't tell anyone about the wishes, and if she uses up all five wishes she'll die. This gets especially complicated when she has to use up several of the wishes to save her friends. The ending came as a complete surprise, and I have to admit, it was more than a little disturbing. Did Morwenna learn anything? I guess that's for the reader to decide. I had expected something redeeming to happen and for everything to turn out all right for everyone but I was wrong. It was sort of like well, what was the point of the story? Well, despite this I liked it, and I would reccamend it to any fantasy fan.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars nominated "ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS IN THE WORLD", October 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Bright Shadow (Paperback)

Oh, how can I express through words how good this book is? I am an avid reader, with more than 300 books on my shelf, and not one of them quite matches the beauty and nobility of this book. Avi is an excellent writer, and knows just the right way how to stir your emotions. I reccommend this book to anybody and everybody!