Kids Books - Magic

I love this book. I was interested in it because it was about Norse mythology. I am reading the book list for the fifth grade Battle of the Books teams and this is on it. The imagery in the book is excellent and it was interesting the entire way through. I read it in one day. I highly recommend it.

I LOVE Pierdomenico Baccalario's books! The antique designing is simply amazing, and the storylines are the BEST! I hope more people would read the Ulysses Moore series and have fun with it. Plus, this book is more antique than any of the other Ulysses Moore books are!

Awesome Series!!!!!!!!

I know what you're thinking when you look at the cover and title. You're thinking, "Unicorns? You mean the pink creatures with fluffy purple manes that eat cotton candy and dance on rainbows?" After all, that's what I was thinking. Until I read the book. Mrs. Russell, the author, did a perfect job of weaving ancient myths into present-day reality. We begin our story with Twig, a skinny 12 year old who is being shipped off to a pony ranch by Keely, her stepmother, for some mysterious crimes that are yet to be explained. On arriving at Lonehorn Island, she begins to sense a strange presence, and see dark shadows weaving through the trees. Eventually, Twig will face an epic battle against the beasts of Lonehorn Island - but will she survive to long enough to win it? All in all, amazing writing. Mrs. Russell took on the challenging aspect of molding the reputation of the unicorn into something undefiable. You won't think about unicorns the same way ever again.

I love the book

I love the scary stories in the book, as well as the fact that David Lubar includes his inspiration for each story.

I really want to read it

A book anyone would love if they liked any of these authors: M.T. Anderson, Jon Scieszka, Katherine Paterson, Shannon Hale, Gregory Maguire, Lemony Snicket, Kate DiCamillo, Natalie Babbitt , Susan Cooper, Megan McDonald, Linda Sue Park, Patricia C. McKissack, Fredrick L. McKissack, Steven Kellogg, Nikki Grimes, and Jack Gantos. Nancy and Joe must go on an epic quest to find "The Exquisite Corpse" in order to rescue their parents from the other dimension. Unfortunately for them though, all the pieces Nancy and Joe must find are scattered throughout the forest and they are constantly being hunted by the evil (and maybe even killer) clown "Boppo". Thankfully, they have a mysterious pig friend named Genius Kelly to keep them from danger, yet he seems to be doing a lot of sleeping lately. Will Joe and Nancy save their parents? Or are they already too late?

I've had some mixed feelings about this book, but it's not bad. Cooper, the main character, was suffering depression from an accident he was in during the summer, and after recovering he found out that he could see ghosts. I feel that the plot had a nice build on the tension and had some sort of tone that surprised me somewhat. The shifting perspectives was interesting since it normally doesn't happen in other books, and though I don't read books about magic often I think this one was pretty nice.

its amasing