Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh

Author: Robert C. O'Brien
copyright: 1971
Rating: 4/5
Genre: Fantasy
Number of pages: 268
Reviewed by: Missy

In Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh, we follow a widowed mouse named Mrs. Frisby and her attemps to move her home and family safely to a new summer home. What makes moving her family important is that the farmer is getting ready to do spring plowing and this will destroy her home and her family if not moved in time. Mrs. Frisby has four children and the youngest ones name is Timothy. Timothy was bitten by a spider when he was very young. Ever since that time he would catch any illness going around. Two weeks before they are to move Timothy comes down with pneumonia and cannot be moved.

In the story, Mrs. Frisby meets many new friends and some enemies. She is helped by the Rats of Nimh. These rats are part of a secret group of rats that escaped a place called Nimh. Nimh was where humans would do experiments on animals. These rats are incredibly intelligent and capable of many things.

A Wrinkle In Time

Author: Madeleine L'Engle
Copyright: 1962
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: 7/10
# Pages: 211
Reviewer: Blogging Buddha

A Wrinkle in Time is the story of Meg Murry, a high-school-aged girl who is transported on an adventure through time and space with her younger brother Charles Wallace and her best friend Calvin O'Keefe to rescue her father, a scientist, from the evil forces that have captured him on another planet. At the beginning of the book, Meg is an insecure girl and her concern for her father, who has been missing for over a year, did not make Meg’s adolescent life any better. The real story begins with the arrival of Mrs. Whatsit at the Murry house on a dark and stormy evening. Mrs. Whatsit is actually a celestial creature with the ability to read Meg's thoughts, though she looks like an average human being. She startles Meg's mother by reassuring her of the existence of a tesseract, a sort of "wrinkle" in space and time. Through this wrinkle Meg and her companions set off to find her father. After encountering multiple odd creatures and puzzles, Meg is reunited with her father.

I really enjoyed this classic book! At first, the storyline was a little too scattered and random for me but I kept reading further and further and realized that that style of writing coordinated with the way the protagonist felt throughout the story. Overall, A Wrinkle in Time was highly entertaining and a creative story

A Wrinkle In Time

Author: Madeline L'Engle
Copyright: 1962
Genre: fantasy
Rating: 6/10
Pages: 198
Reviewed by: Elmo

In A Wrinkle In Time by Madeline L’Engle, Meg Murry, a confused high school girl, gets involved in a journey through space to help find her missing dad. Her journey began when she was introduced to her strange new neighbors Mrs.Whatsit, Mrs.Which, and Mrs.Who by her little brother Charles Wallace. On the way back home from meeting them, Charles Wallace and Meg ran into a boy named Calvin who became fast friends with them. After they finished dinner Meg and he went outside. The next thing they knew they were in a totally different place and Charles Wallace and Meg’s new neighbors were there too. The Mrs.W’s explained to them that they were magical witches and they were there to help save their missing dad. This was officially when their journey began. Throughout the book Meg, Calvin, and Charles Wallace go through space by themselves searching for and trying to help their missing dad. They end up at a place called Camazotz where everything is controlled by IT. On this planet they find their dad. They go through many obstacles and problems, but finally end up safe at their house again, this time with their dad. All together, A Wrinkle In Time is a book about a tremendous journey that you will never forget.

In my opinion, A Wrinkle in Time was an interesting book that will continue to be a tremendous classic and read by ongoing children. At times the book was a bit confusing because there was a lot of detail, but at the end everything comes into place. I wouldn’t necessarily read it again right now, but maybe when I get older. It really wasn’t the most enjoyable book I've read, but still it was worth reading.

The Giver

Author: Lois Lowry
Copyright: 1993
Rating: Incredible
Pages: 180
Reviewed by: Twinkie

What if everything was the same, day after day? No colors or variety, the same. The Giver, written by Lois Laury, copyright 1995, describes the struggles of a sane person living in an insane world. Jonas is a young twelve year old boy who is the protagonist in the story. In his society emotions are frowned upon and people loose the ability to be unique. At the ceremony of the twelves Jonas is assigned a job unlike any other and from that day on his life will never be the same.

Before I read The Giver I never really thought about a society of sameness . I would think of the differences and the problems that they cause, but I now know that without variation we loose our ability to be people. This is a short book that becomes glued to your hands! It was impossible to stop reading. This is unlike any other book ever written and I highly recommend it.

The Giver

Author: Lois Lowry
Copyright: 1993
Rating: Amazing
Number of Pages: 180
Reviewer: The Chosen One

The Giver, written by Lois Lowry, is a story about a young boy named Jonas who lives in a community where everything is in order The children are classified by their age, and when they reach the age of 12, a special ceremony is performed and they receive a job that they will do for the rest of their lives - until they are too old and put into the house of the Old. Jonas, who will be a 12 in December, is anxiously waiting to see what's waiting for him in the future. December arrives and he is ready to receive he special career. When the community director presents all the twelves with their jobs they go by who was born first. Jonas was born 19th. In his group there are twenty kids who will become twelves. Once the Director reaches his number, she skips him and goes on to the last person. Everyone in the crowd is shocked. After the director finishes , she the audience that Jonas has received a special job that no one has received in about sixteen years. The job is…

The Giver is an amazing story, once you get into the good parts you can’t put it down until you finish it. If you enjoy this book there are two other books that continue the story. The first is Gathering Blue and the second is The Messenger.

Wake

Author: Lisa McMann
Copyright: 2008
pgs: 110
Rating: 5/5
Genre: Fantasy
Reviewer: Missy

I was looking through books at Borders. I pulled this one out because I liked the title and what the saying is on the top of the book “YOUR DREAMS ARE NOT YOUR OWN.” When I flipped open the book it started with “NOT ALL DREAMS ARE SWEET” at the beginning, and as I read the description more and more, I got pulled in.
We follow the life of seventeen-year-old Jain. She has a great life all in all, but there is one little…. okay…..large….. problem: she gets caught in other people’s dreams….and it’s getting old. She especially hates the falling dreams, naked-but-nobody-notices dreams, and the sex-crazed dreams. She has seen enough naked bodies to last her a life time. The hard thing is that she can’t tell anyone because they’d never believe her or worse, think she is crazy.

The Princetta

By Anne Laure Bondoux
Copyright: 2004
Pages: 430
Rating: 10/10
Genre: Fantasy
Reviewer: Waimea

Anne Laure Bondoux takes her readers on a wonderful and thrilling journey through mystical lands. The Princetta escapes her palace and her marriage to an older man while she’s only 15! She decides to go on a ship and travel to different lands that she’s never heard of. She ends up going to a strange world that she didn’t expect. After reading this book about an exhilarating and riveting journey, I highly recommend The Princetta to kids and adults of all ages.

Eragon

Author: Christopher Paolini
Published: 2003
Pages: 527
Rating: Excellent
#1 in a series of 4
Reviewer: Bob Three

Eragon is a great book about a young teenage boy named Eragon. He lives in the medieval age in the amazing world of Alagaesea. Eragon was just a mere farm boy when he found the one thing that would someday change his life forever. He found a dragon egg, and would soon enough go on perilous journeys around and out of Alagaesia to seek the one king who took everything that mattered to him. His name was Galbatorix, the insidious mastermind of evil. I recommend this book to anyone who likes fiction and dragons.

Twilight

Author: Stephanie Myer
Copyright: 2005
Rating: 10/10
Number of pages: 544
Genre: Fantasy
Series: 1st in series (out of four)
Reviewer: Blogging Buddha

In 2005, Stephanie Meyer debuted a love story which, unbeknownst to her, was going to be a huge success. Twilight, a young adult book follows Bella, an average mortal 17 year old, through her first year in Forks, Washington at a new school. Within half of her first day at school she saw him; beautiful, immortal, perfect Edward Cullen. Through the book Bella and Edward’s suspicion of one another turned into deep love and admiration. The forbidden love between the mortal human and the immortal vampire captures readers and takes them on entertaining adventures encountering different characters, both good and bad, mortal and immortal. This fantasy is an absolute must read.

Here There be Dragons

Author: James A. Owen
Copyright: 2006
Number of Pages: 200
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: 10/10
Series: 1st of two books
Reviewer: Spider

Here There be Dragons is a great book to read at any time for young and old. This book is about three strangers John, Jack, and Charles, who were brought together by the Imaginarium Geographica, an atlas that existed in myth and legend. When the caretaker of the Geographica is murdered, these men know that it is their job to protect the Geographica from the Winter King. The Winter King is an evil conqueror who is gaining strength in the world of imaginary. Read this book to see if John, Jack, and Charles can defeat the Winter King before he creates a dark army that no force on earth can stop.

Twilight

Author: Stephanie Meyer
Copright: 2006
Number of Pages: 544
Rating: 9/10
1st book in Series
Genre: Fantasy/Romance
Reviewer: Smackers

Bella, a normal teenage girl, and Edward, a vampire, fall in love and face many dangers while trying to fit into each other’s worlds. Bella and Edward are both 17- year-old seniors in high school in Forks, a small town in Washington. Edward protects Bella from evil vampires that are out to get her and also from evil humans and a car accident. Although Bella is in danger while around vampires, she falls madly in love with Edward and wants to spend the rest of her life with him. The book is romantic, creative, and describes the vampire world in a totally different and unique way.

The Tales of Beedle the Bard

Author: J.K. Rowling
Copyright: 2008
Number of Pages: 150
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: 8/10
Reviewer: Cassie

This book is a collection of wizard fairy tales with commentary by Dumbledore. The stories were great, but the commentary sort of confused me- on almost every page, there were one or two extra notes, and I couldn't keep straight whether it was J.K. Rowling or Dumbledore who was talking. Other than that, though, everything was organized and it was definitely a good read. I'm extremely glad that J.K. Rowling decided to publish this book.

The Giver

Author: Lois Lowry
Copyright: 1993
Number of Pages: 179
Rating: 5 (out of 1-5)
1st book in a series
Genre: Fantasy
Reviewer: Francine

Jonas lives in a perfect world, until the “ceremony." When kids in the community turn twelve they are assigned a job. Not any job, but a job they will be doing for more than half of their life. Sadly, the kids can’t pick their own job. A special committee watches them to see what job in the community they will get and enjoy. Jonas gets the job as the Receiver. The Giver, the previous Receiver, gives Jonas memories of beauty, love and color from the previous world. Unfortunately, in the previous world there weren’t only happy things; instead, he also receives harsh memories of war, blood and injuries. Lois Lowry writes an interesting book with an inspiring moral. Reading this book made me think about where we live today and how different our world is compared to Jonas’s. Different in good ways and different in bad ways. I loved this book because of the differences in their community. As a result, I recommend The Giver to anybody older that 11.