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It's understandable that successful authors whose children aspire to write would want to help them break into the business. Unfortunately, it must be hard as a parent to view your child's work objectively. And I'm sure the Picoult name sold enough copies to make producing this worthwhile. But I found it to be uneven and, overall, disappointing. The conception is cute, though a similar theme is carried out much better in the Inkheart series. For one thing, I disliked the bouncing around not just
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What happens to the characters in a book when the reader closes the book? In this young adult novel co-written by Jodi Picoult and her teenage daughter, Samantha Van Leer, the characters come alive and have lives of their own, separate from the story which they enact over and over again whenever someone reads their book. One character, Prince Oliver, is not happy with this existence. He does not enjoy repeating the same story over and over forever and wishes there was some way to escape the book
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Ok, now I'm a fan of Jodi Picoult and her daughter. This book is a grown-up fairy tale (or at least young adult). It creates a world to love and it screams for an ending that keeps not happening and just when you think it is impossible, these brilliant authors figure out a way to make the impossible - possible! I'm still crying---it's sooo amazing!
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I guess I expected something more thought provoking from Jodi Picoult. Of course, it's also written by her teen-age daughter and the plot is fairly good for a romance fairy tale type story. The writing is just average at best; the illustrations are great!
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It was decent. Not the best but I can see her having a writing career
Lexile 770L
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11.0
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11.0
Jan 28, 2012
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