Posts Tagged ‘mythology’
A Wrinkle In Time – Reviewing Classics
Square Fish, 1963
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN-10: 0312367546
244 pages
Newbery Award Winner
Synopsis
Meg and Charles Wallace Murry’s father has disappeared while in the midst of doing research for the government on the top-secret tesseract program. During a stormy night, seemingly like any other, a stranger appears and takes Meg, Charles Wallace, and Meg’s friend Calvin O’Keefe on a journey to save Mr. Murry. Finding themselves on a planet where everyone is doing exactly the same thing at the same time, the trio must use all their cunning and love for each other to overcome this powerful evil and save Mr. Murry. …
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East
Harcourt, 2003
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN-10: 0152045635
494 pages
Synopsis
Rose has grown up in the north and that’s all she’s known her whole life. Her family is struggling, and it gets harder every year. The youngest of a large family, she always seems to have a wandering heart that can’t be tamed. …
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The Lightening Thief
Miramax, 2005
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN-10: 0786838655
392 pages
Synopsis
Percy Jackson, labeled a troubled young man, has gone from school to school, only to get expelled because of his behavioral problems or his lack of focus. Suffering from both ADHD and Dyslexia, his home life is difficult because of a selfish stepfather, and he doesn’t seem to have much of a bright future. …
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