To Dream is to Dream

La la la, the life of a dreamer and writer

 

Swallows and Amazons By Arthur Ransome December 10, 2007

Filed under: Book Reviews — Dreamer @ 5:58 am

Difficulty level: 6/10
Age range: 9/10 +
Rating for humour: 5/10
Type of book: chapter book
# of pages: 416
# of chapters: 31

John, Susan, Titty, and Roger Walker are staying in the English Lake District in the summer of 1929. They are delighted when they get permission to use the small sailing boat that sits in the boathouse of the house they are renting. They go and camp on Wild Cat Island, the island they have been staring at so longingly until then. There they meet the ferocious pirates of the ship Amazon. And so begins a summer of friendships and alliances, battles and treaties.

 
 

Pure Dead Magic By Debi Gliori reviewed by Tigger December 7, 2007

Filed under: Book Reviews — Dreamer @ 11:22 am

Age range: 7/8+
Difficulty level: 4/10
Rating for humor: 10/10
Type of book: chapter book
# of pages: 220
#of chapters: 38+ cast of characters

Life is fun and hard for Pandora and Titus Strega-Borgia, who live in the at-least-600-year-old StregaSchloss. It must be with a great-great-great-great-great-great grandmother living in the freezer (still alive!) and their father having walked out for no reason that was visible to them. But there is one problem. Their father DOES want to come home but he has been kidnapped! And the kidnapper is closing in on StregaSchloss! They may not know it but they can only be saved by their Nanny. Read the book to find out how