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Frogged (2013)

by Vivian Vande Velde(Favorite Author)

3.44 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

054794215X (ISBN13: 9780547942155)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Harcourt Children's Books

review 1: I feel bad for giving this book a 1 star, but in truth I have no idea why this book is a DCF nominee. A DCF nominee is a book that could possibly get the Dorothy Canfield Fisher award. When you compare this book to other DCFs you might understand why I give this book one star. However this book was extremely lacking in character and plot. What needed to happen happened but in a very dull and dry way. I am not sure if that is what needed to happen. Plus at the end of the book one 13 year old kisses another 13 year old. The 13 year old says that he couldn't help it. I mean come on! They are only 13. I am 13!! The one thing I liked about that book was the fact that the chapter set up as the same as the book Princess Imogene was supposed to be reading. That was it- I didn't l... moreike what was in the chapters.
review 2: Almost-thirteen-year-old Princess-in-training Imogene is supposed to be reading The Art of Being a Princess. But she is totally bored by the prospect and instead ventures to a nearby pond where she is tricked by a frog into kissing him, and, much to her chagrin she is changed into a frog herself while the frog turns into a village boy she knows. Imogene the frog is then picked up by Bertie and Luella, two locals, and joined by Ned, leader of a traveling theater group, of which Imogene the talking frog is now the star. After several misadventures in acting, Imogene loses hope of ever returning home again. However, she finds rescue from an unlikely source--the seemingly slow-witted, lovesick Luella. And it is Luella who comes up with the perfect solution to Imogene’s dilemma: how to break the spell without having someone else turn into a frog again. Of course, there is the requisite fairy tale ending. There is humor aplenty in this book: Imogene’s own additions to the chapter headings of her required reading and her thoughts and clever asides. High-spirited prose, using modern vernacular, moves the story along at a brisk pace. It contains several themes for discussion: kindness, selflessness and insights about status and gender roles. This fractured fairy tale will appeal more to girls than boys, but it is still a good choice for elementary and middle school libraries. less

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