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The Quirks: Welcome To Normal (2013)

by Erin Soderberg(Favorite Author)

3.91 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1599907895 (ISBN13: 9781599907895)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Bloomsbury USA Childrens

review 1: The Quirks by Erin Soderberg – Fantasy – 3rd grade and up!- Welcome to Normal – Looking forward to continuing this series! My son and I sat down and enjoyed this book, chatted about the book, and couldn’t stop reading it this past month! Entertaining concept with memorable characters and great storyline! So, the Quirk family has moved to the town of Normal and they’re a little nervous because each of the Quirks has a magical ability that has created problems for them and made them leave numerous other locations. The quirk or magical ability that I loved was the mother’s quirk: mind control: to be able to convice someone of something such as you didn’t see my father just turn back time, we are having a lovely time, you don’t mind that I served you the wrong ... morefood in fact you want to eat this, and don’t mind that my invisible son just carried food across the room… There are wonderful sisters, a grandfather, and many other characters. I’m personally curious to see if the magical grandmother will have a larger part in the next story!
review 2: I discovered this book when it was nominated for a "Nerdy" award for early childhood fiction through the blog site: Nerdy Book Club. I loved the development of the characters and the elements of magic that were woven throughout it. The fact that the Quirks move into a town called: "Normal, Michigan," was a clever enough hook for me, but as I learned about each character's unique magical talent, I enjoyed the story even more. The family has moved dozens of times, because of their magic getting in the way of normalcy. Penelope, for instance, has a wild imagination and her thoughts actually come to life. On her first day of school, she accidentally makes the picture of a snake on someone's name tag come to life and slither off of the desk. Then there is Grandpa Quirk who can rewind time, and little brother Finn who is invisible (except by Penelope's twin sister, Molly). From beginning to end, I was engaged in this story, and look forward to reading the next book in the series that the epilogue at the end of this selection leads into! less

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