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Do their parents understand or even care about them? Are they ready for sex? Meanwhile can Maggie and Dennis learn to communicate enough to stay together? | parents | neutral | 0 |
This was not supposed to happen, the Days were supposed to keep the Will whole and pass it on to a rightful heir without conflict | Days | neutral | 0 |
I listened to this audio book becuase it was lying around | book | negative | 0 |
Will sets out on his mission, but soon becomes a target himself | Will | neutral | 0 |
Now in is astonishing new novel, Michael Dobbs throws brilliant fresh light upon Churchill's relationship with the Soviet spy and the twenty months of conspiracy, chance and outright treachery that were to propel Churchill from outcast to messiah and change the course of history | Michael Dobbs | neutral | 0 |
Unlike other such authors, who place their heroes in a medieval realm of magical swords, horse-back riding and dragons, Nix follows the example of writers such as Philip Pullman, Susanna Clarke and (to a lesser degree) J | Nix | neutral | 0 |
I recommend this for fans of fantasy, or other books by Garth Nix | fans of fantasy | positive | 0 |
Monday allows you to get wrapped up in a world that is both strange and familiar and is a wonderful reading experience | Monday | neutral | 0 |
The language she uses is fairly easy to understand | language | positive | 0 |
Mister Monday is one of the best books I have read in a long time | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
For the most part, I thought this book was good and I especially enjoyed Maggie and Dennis | Dennis | positive | 0 |
At first I was amused an entertained by Angela and Diabola the novel by Lynne Reid Banks, but as it progressed and became exceedingly darker, I read the jacket to find that this book was recommended for ages 9-12 | novel | negative | 0 |
The interest level is rated at grade five through eight | grade five through eight | positive | 0 |
This was a book I loved but had contradicting feelings about | book | positive | 0 |
What rich pickings there were for those British colonials who took the continent to heart, and were not repulsed by its alienness | British colonials | neutral | 0 |
Diana Wynne Jones writes the most fantastic young-adult fiction I've ever read, so when I heard that she'd also written one for younger children, I couldn't wait to read it | younger children | neutral | 0 |
This novel focuses on the issue of sex and it helps teenagers understand how complicated it gets if the teenager decides to develope a intimid relationship | teenagers | positive | 0 |
The climactic scenes involving the capture of one villain and the death of another are without any sense of thrill or danger | villain | neutral | 0 |
Angela and Diabola is not only a good book for girls, but also for boys with a good sense of imagination | boys | positive | 0 |
The book ranges between nine-year-olds through eleven-year-olds | nine-year-olds through eleven-year-olds | positive | 0 |
It is a novel and not historical text book but he really takes you into the time and place | historical text book | negative | 0 |
The book is a great read right until the end, so rare in non-fiction | book | positive | 0 |
The book Mister Monday by Garth Nix , was a very good book | Garth Nix | neutral | 0 |
In having this attach Arthur Penhaligon meets two new friends (Leaf and Ed twin brother and sister) and also gets a suprise, Mister Monday and his buttler, Sneezer, appear with a flash of light and give Arthur a gift,(Arthur thinks Sneezer is up to something but does not know) a minute hand of a clock (the clock that was guarding the will) and a book (An Atlas he can't yet open) | Arthur Penhaligon | neutral | 0 |
Whether writing as Marshall or Marshall Smith, this is a novelist who has always been way ahead in his field and he only gets better with every book | Marshall Smith | positive | 0 |
It was a wonderful book, that will capture you from the beginning | book | positive | 0 |
I got "class trip" from a library for 10 cents | class trip | neutral | 0 |
Stuart Murphy has written many books | Stuart Murphy | neutral | 0 |
I like this book because it has action, suspense and a little bit of drama | suspense | positive | 0 |
Now in is astonishing new novel, Michael Dobbs throws brilliant fresh light upon Churchill's relationship with the Soviet spy and the twenty months of conspiracy, chance and outright treachery that were to propel Churchill from outcast to messiah and change the course of history | conspiracy | neutral | 0 |
As soon as Aurther holds this key, he finds that he can breathe, and he doesn't die the death that he was meant to die | Aurther | neutral | 0 |
McDermid handles her large cast of characters and a complex plot adroitly | plot | positive | 0 |
The Budapest is great for quick kills versus weaker or similar strength players | The Budapest | neutral | 0 |
But the Days tore the Will into seven pieces and scattered the scraps across the known worlds to be guarded forever more, and only now - thousands of years later - has one fragment of the Will managed to escape | Days | negative | 0 |
Capone because of his leadership qualities and friendship with Torrio becomes a effective leader of the Chicago underworld | Chicago underworld | neutral | 0 |
"Class Trip" was definitly one of my favorite books ever, and most likely will always be one | Class Trip | neutral | 0 |
Soon after the arrival of the key come those who wish to hunt it down and return it to Mister Monday | key | neutral | 0 |
It is mostly about the discoverers, but also reveals a lot about what they discovered | discoverers | neutral | 0 |
THE INTRUDERS is Marshall's latest work, combining his trademark elements of unpredictability, craftsmanship and sterling characterization to provide an addicting, thrilling read that never disappoints | THE INTRUDERS | neutral | 0 |
Arthur's immediately visited by the sleepy Mister Monday and his butler Sneezer, and is given a key in the shape of a clock hand | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
Finally we saw the perfect murderer, who did not do anything to be found guilty of murder | murderer | positive | 0 |
Anne Kingston did a marvellous job on this book | book | positive | 0 |
I suppose that's not Zindel's fault, but I do expect a fiction author to be able to cause the reader to feel what the characters are feeling, or sympathize with their situations | fiction | neutral | 0 |
Seeing no other way of helping, Arthur travels to the House, uses his key, and enters its domain | key | neutral | 0 |
The main character Arthur has just moved to a new school (typical of children's books) and is plagued with asthma | asthma | neutral | 0 |
Unfortunately, since it is a book for kids, it lacks the story development that I find so fascinating in her other books | kids | neutral | 0 |
But the biggest problem with The Last Temptation is that McDermid tries too hard to force a particular ending | McDermid | neutral | 0 |
This is a dark side of the moon kind of book it is full of suspense and you never what will happen next | suspense | positive | 0 |
This is another strong recommendation for one of our best writers working today | writers | positive | 0 |
After the Fetchers bring a disease to his planet Arthur starts his adventure in search of the cure for the deadly disease | cure | neutral | 0 |
It's not a sort of book for a reluctant reader, or someone under the age of 12 | reluctant reader | negative | 0 |
Detective Carol Jordan and Dr | Carol Jordan | neutral | 0 |
Another book by Garth Nix that changes the name of reading entirely! I've read the entire Seventh Tower series which was one big thriller, but Mister Monday is so compelling you can't put it down | Mister Monday | positive | 0 |
The killer was only mildly surprising, and so was how the killer would get caught | killer | neutral | 0 |
After reading several pages I relented and purchased Mister Monday | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
In my opinion, this is the best and most well written of all of the Capone biographies | biographies | positive | 0 |
Liz and Maggie are the main characters so this could be described as a book for girls, but the lives of Sean and Dennis are also described in important sub-plots | girls | neutral | 0 |
Angela is very excited, but Diabola is bored and gloomy | Diabola | negative | 0 |
Garth Nix really outdid hiself when he wrote this one | Garth Nix | positive | 0 |
Published during the 1950s, the author's stereotyped attitudes towards native peoples is all to readily apparent, including the names he gives some of the stitches | native peoples | neutral | 0 |
Liz and Sean seem to be a smooth and sophisticated senior high school couple | high school | neutral | 0 |
I already recommened this book to a colleague who is several years younger and would recommend it to all young women and men | men | positive | 0 |
The book explores the role of the wife in society from a historical perspective and does a very good job illustrating how tht role has changed over time | historical | neutral | 0 |
For example, when Arthur is in an elevator with the "Will" and Suzy Turquoise Blue, (They are going to the 379th floor, so they have the time) Garth Nix explained everything about the plague Arthur wants to cure | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
Angela and Diabola is not only a good book for girls, but also for boys with a good sense of imagination | Angela and Diabola | neutral | 0 |
Smith keeps on shifting perspectives and deliberately keeps the reader off-balance | Smith | neutral | 0 |
These books are labeled, "Children Fantasy", but contains many references to myths and ideas that I believe are beyond a normal 9 year's old pool of knowledge | Children Fantasy | neutral | 0 |
She acknowledges that women want to be wives and mothers | mothers | neutral | 0 |
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