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5.0 out of 5 stars
Award Winner,
This review is from: Shadow Forest (Hardcover)
Shadow Forest won the Overall 2009 Blue Peter Book Award; it also won the Book I Couldn't Put Down category.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Imaginative and Fun Adventure for Younger Readers,
By Sir Furboy (Aberystwyth, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Shadow Forest (Hardcover)
This was an enjoyable adventure for younger readers - albeit with a rather sad start. Samuel and Martha Blink are left orphaned when an accident kills their parents on the way to a 10th birthday treat for Martha. After this they must travel to Norway to live with their mysterious aunt, who has some odd rules - the oddest of which is that they must never enter the nearby forest. It is no surprise when this rule is ignored. The adventures that follow are imaginative and will especially appeal to younger readers. The author provides humourous asides, and the book has a slightly quirky feel that will again appeal to younger readers.
The asides reminded me of Jonathon Stroud in his Bartimeus trilogy. Not quite as well done though, and for this reason adult readers would enjoy this book less than they would enjoy Bartimeus, but that is fine because adults are not the intended audience, and I would recommend this book for children aged say 9+ (younger too maybe, but with a strong caution about the sad start). |
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Shadow Forest by Matt Haig (Paperback - December 5, 2007)
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