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Seven Wild Sisters

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de Lint remains an author capable of producing wonders in the short form. His ability to create memorable characters with only a few deft strokes turns a sweet and simple tale into something that works better, in many ways, than a novel at evoking a mood and feeling. Only hinting at the larger world and broader concerns of the Newford novels and story sequences, SEVEN WILD SISTERS opens itself within, drawing us deeper into a contained physical space and setting that proves to hold all we could care to fill it with. A terrific book, hopefully with further tales to follow.

Sara Jane was the fourth of seven red haired sisters. She meets an old lady, her name is Aunt Lilian. She lives a simple life on top of a mountain. They became good friends. Sara Jane helped her with chores, and learned about herbs and plants. Also, Aunt Lilian told her fairy tales stories about The Apple Tree Man, The Father of Cats, bee fairies and sangmen who lived in another world. I really enjoyed this book. It was full of fantasy, suspenseful and some of the characters were funny. It was hard to put the book down.

I really enjoyed this book. It had the perfect blend of charm, wit and common sense that i find lacking in alot of young adult reading materials. The tale can be described as provinchal, with basic morals albeit tacked onto a larger frame work of fantasy and lore. I appreciated the authors inclusion of ritual to show ones respect for nature. It seemed at times a parable about nature, and certainly after reading the book i find myself that much more enraptured by the natural world and all it contains. Some of the more prevelant themes in the books had to do with knowledge, doing the right thing, and history. Each strand interweaving; building a whole tappestry of feelings and thoughts, with the sole purpose to enrapture the audience.
I always try to look at the heart of any story and this one was about not looking at the surface of things, not being fooled by the glomer of the world nor its strict adherience to rigidity either. I think it is a story worth sharing with an audience as young as 7-10 years old. I reccomend this book