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Summary: The dream of all children
Review: 5 kids end up in a world they have crated and are trapted in it. They will soon discover that it is more than a game. It is, i belive, what we all wished for once: to find out that our dreams are real, that our dream world does exist. But it is not as simple as it may seems.
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Summary: Superb
Review: A great book, more directed for an older teen crowd because of the vocab, but A good read. A little too slow moving for my liking, but during slow parts, you retain information thats needed, a great book all in all, I highly recommend.
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Summary: explaining contents of book for those who've not seen it
Review: A group of children, including one boy who disbelieves in magic, travel to a magical country strangely familiar to the one they made up. There they are mistaken for the characters they pretended to be. It is very interesting; the different characters are very distinct.
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Summary: Don't pass this up if you can find it!
Review: A very satisfying story, a good rainy-day read. The main characters are children, but I get as much enjoyment out of this as an adult as I did when I first read it.
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Summary: WOW! Great book! (from a 13 year old!)
Review: I was at one of my fav. book stores and my sister pick up this book and started to read the back. As she set it down, I picked it up and read it. I totaly got hooked right away just by reading the back.( I am a big reader and love fantasy books)I soon bought the book and read it in a week. I soon found the other two and picked those up to. Right now I am reading the second one and am about half way through!This book is about five cousins who every summer play their fantasy world -The Secret Country-. When one summer Ted and Laura find a strang house and a sword (which klumzy Laura tripped upon in a hedge). As soon as they go through the hedge they find themselves in their made up world. When they meet up with their other cousins (Ellen,Ruth, and Patrick) they soon find out things there arn't what they have made to be. Many desisions come to the cousins to either go with the story or go with what the think should have been instead. Great book!
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Summary: I now have a favorite author!
Review: I was going up and down the isle of my favorite book store when I stumbled on the interesting cover of this book. I picked it up going, wow, what is this about? I read the back cover. My heart raced suddenly. Could it be true? A book with such an interesting story idea like this? I didn't even read the first book but by instinct picked up ALL THREE books in the trilogy at once. Boy, was that a smart thing to do. I'm on the third book The Whim of a Dragon and wish the story didn't end here. I thought I could never find an author or book I would love as much as I love reading the Harry Potter books but Pamela Dean has moved into my #1 favorite spot as favorite writer of all time. Being a writer myself I just have to say I think Pamela is a GENIUS when it comes to creating worlds and molding characters. For the first time I feel really drawn into a magical world. I just am amazed. When I first started reading I was just blown away. Pamela makes writing look easy. She makes her characters come to life and not leave you alone. I go to bed each night with a silly grin on my face thinking about the many people she has created that linger with through the night. Pamela, please do never stop writing, the world needs more writers like you with awesome books on our shelves! I don't think I can ever get enough of this book, I'm buying a copy for everyone I know.
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Summary: the best book ever!
Review: I've read this book about ten times, and each time it gets better! I've loved it since i was ten, and as an adult its just as magic and wonderful, if not more so. Why is this book out of print? Why has no one ever heard of it (and its wonderful sequels) ?!?!! If you can hunt it down, you must read it.
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Summary: Best story ever!
Review: Like the title says. This is a can't put it down kind of book. I spent years looking for the other two sequals "The Hidden Land" and "The Whim of the Dragon". I wish they had 10 star ratings at Amazon.
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Summary: Not too bad
Review: Maybe it's just me. I enjoyed reading the first in the trilogy, but wasn't knocked away by it at the same time.
The plot moves along a bit too slow for me. Things happen, but, even when there's a heightened point of suspense, it just didn't draw me in.
On the other hand, I can't honestly say that it was written badly. I did find that it got a bit better the more it progressed.
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Summary: Yes, Virginia, there is a sequel
Review: Not only is there a sequel, there are TWO sequels, and make sure you have them both when you start reading. I didn't know it was a trilogy and got caught with a terrible cliffhanger-feeling at the end of the second book.
By the way, I've heard the whole series is going to be reprinted, starting in 2003! This is great news for all of us who were having problems getting our hands on Book 3, The Whim of the Dragon. (Book 2, The Hidden Land, is much easier to find.)
The book deals with the story of five children who, like those in the Narnia books, travel into a fantasy world. Unlike the Pevensies, though, these children think they know what's happening in this world, because they wrote the script in a game they play! I've never before seen an author play with the idea of entering into your own world like that. Highly recommended, for its enjoyable writing and for its novel ideas!
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