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The Little Secret (2009)

by Kate Saunders(Favorite Author)

3.72 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0312369611 (ISBN13: 9780312369613)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Feiwel & Friends

review 1: gr. 3-6Jane is the object of new girl Staffa's attempts at getting a new best friend. Staffa succeeds, and she and Jane have a great time together, constructing a "Boy Garden" with Jane's brothers. Then Jane joins Staffa on a vacation, which then turns into a nightmare, as Jane is shrunk to join Staffa and her evil mother in the parallel world in a mysterious painted box. The cover is what lured me into this book, with the two girls riding a giant bumblebee through the air, and the more timid of them leading the charge. It is a beautifully produced book. However, I felt like it wasn't edited well in places. Also, it felt like it didn't truly build to a climax, instead, plucking a wire of tension, and then pulling back. Also, Jane's immediate forgiveness of Staffa, t... morehough she had lied to Jane, felt too easy. Sigh. I forced myself through this. The very very last pages were break-neck pace and great.
review 2: I enjoyed this book and thought the story's premise was interesting, if not a bit predictable. However, the ending of the book, I felt, was incredibly rushed. It reminded me about the stories I used to write in middle school. It was very "And this happened. Then this happened." without any sort of thought to how or why that might be happening. It just felt like the author was like "Okay, I need to end this now."But even so, I found the story was heartwarming and had a good message embedded within the words on the pages. All in all, a good read. less

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