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L'orco Di Montorto (2011)

by Eva Ibbotson(Favorite Author)

3.71 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

8862564198 (ISBN13: 9788862564199)

languge

English

genre

Paranormal Fantasy

publisher

Salani

review 1: First off, I love Ibbotson's writing. While I prefer her historical romances for me, this is one I know my kids are absolutely going to love someday, and it would be a fun read-aloud. I'm glad I bought it.One thing I loved is how the characters of the Hag, the Troll, the Wizard, the Ogre, etc. are pulled from the stereotypes while still retaining some critical elements that we associate with those creatures (such as the ogre's dirtyness, etc).This was funny and cute, and while I didn't love it quite as much as the last Middle-Grade book I picked up ("Horton Halfpott: or, The Fiendish Mystery of Smugwick Manor; or, The Loosening of M'Lady Luggertuck's Corset"), that could have been also because I just wasn't quite in the mood for it when I was reading it. I'll definitely be... more picking up more of her books, though, both her MG and YA/Adult.
review 2: What can I say? It's Eva Ibbotson. Of course there's a journey, of course it all comes right in the end. Everytime I read a book by a British author now I think of the Olympics opening ceremony. How right they were to include children's literature. And how wonderful for all of us that they have such a tradition of excellence. I wish every child could read every book written by Ibbotson.As is always the case in a world run by children, they wanted to "turn the place into somewhere where people would not want to be changed but would be content to be themselves." Oh, that we should all be so content. less

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