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The Amazing Mind Of Alice Makin (2008)

by Alan Shea(Favorite Author)

3.45 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1904442323 (ISBN13: 9781904442325)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Chicken House

review 1: Kids were very likable for me. Alice is a daydreamer (this, I can relate) and also very smart, strong and snarky. Both Reggie and Norman were very endearing! Also, I liked how the final conflict was part psychological and resolved within Alice's head, which links with the earlier parts of the book very nicely.Quickly skimmed through the story, but will pick it up every now and then in the future for revisits!
review 2: I loved this book. It's quite a quick read but completely enjoyable. Alice is a funny, quick-witted character with an over-active imagination. She likes to write a lot which gets her into a lot of trouble with her Step-Dad. Personally I would have encouraged it. Alice is the narrator of this book and she talks in short, sharp sentences which is ... morerather cute and helps capture what it's like to be 12 years old.There is one scene in it where Alice and her friends are at the bonfire and all of a sudden fireworks are going off. I thought that scene must have been amazing to a lot of people as it was just after the war and that much noise and colour wouldn't have been allowed at night in the war.The story slowly builds towards it's magical ending and never really tells you whether there's true magic or not, it lets you decide for yourself, which is the way it should be.Personally, I'm with the Indians. less

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