Once In A Blue Moon Volume 1 [Paperback]

Nunzio Defilippis (Author), Christina Weir (Author), Jennifer Quick (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2, 2004

Aeslin Finn had a magical childhood - a nice house, two loving parents, and every night before bed, a whole new world to explore. The Avalon Chronicles were the perfect tuck-in tale and her parents enjoyed reading the fantastic fables as much as she liked listening to them. But one day, the book shifted tones. The unbelievably brave Dragon Knight and her courageous Prince faced an evil Wizard that threatened the entire land. But before they could finish the chapter, Aeslin's parents left on a business trip. When her father died on that trip, it was time for Aeslin to stop living in a fantasy world. Aeslin's mom never read from the tome again. Now Aeslin's a teenager and living a fairly ordinary life. She has a crush on Michael, the most popular boy in school, and her best friend Samantha loves to trade secrets and share gossip. It's a fine, if not extraordinary, existence until Samantha happens on a new book - Once In A Blue Moon. It's a sequel to the novel Aeslin loved as a child. The new pages catch up on the denizens of Avalon and their miserable eight-year existence since the defeat of the Dragon Knight. Aeslin can't believe it. She wishes she could be there to defend all of the creatures and common folk she loved as a child. And then out of nowhere, she is... Now Aeslin has the opportunity to be the hero she always admired. But Avalon is a much more dangerous place than she remembered and there's no instruction manual she can read to figure out what to do or how to get home.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Oni Press (November 2, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 192999883X
• ISBN-13: 978-1929998838
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,313,864 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Medevil Story, February 7, 2006

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M. Randall "Deadpool" (Allen Park, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Once In A Blue Moon Volume 1 (Paperback)

This book uses a couple of themes from other animes you may recall in recent past but it blends them together in a pretty unique and interesting way. The difference here from your typical "student gets brought away to fantasy land" anime is that the lead character can leave and come whenever she chooses, she's not stuck there. What I can't figure out is why the distributor has taken 2 years and still not released a volume 2 yet... very frusterating if you enjoyed the manga

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Once in a Blue Moon, April 23, 2005

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book buff 4128 "book buff" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Once In A Blue Moon Volume 1 (Paperback)

WOW - What a terrific story! The authors really know how to layout a story that it interesting, suspenseful and one that kids can relate to while enjoying fantasy. I bought this as a gift for my nephew and he loved it so much, I bought 4 more to give as gifts and they are all big hits! I have been asked: When will Volume II be out? I don't know. When? This would make a terrific movie.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My review, February 4, 2005

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D.R. (Fort) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Once In A Blue Moon Volume 1 (Paperback)

Once in a blue moon is a good book with an interesting story. Though the art is not much the characters are great and it has some interesting twists in it. The main character Aslin comes off as a huge baby at first and seems almost spoiled in some parts but she seems to know her what she thinks are her limits and has no false modisty. All in all it is an interesting story that i would highly recomend. Aslin meets some interesting people like Cassy, who is a girl not much older than Aslin but can fight better than more than 5 grown men, or Will who is a playwrite who gets in trouble for mocking the ruler of Avalon. With these two and the great dragon Blue Moon i'm sure Aslin will have some very interesting adventures.