Derby Doodle and the Blue Crystal

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Summary: If you've read Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
Review: Derby Doodle is a failed attempt to plagerize Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone. By taking JK Rowlings characters and changing their names, Lisa Eliotte believes she is being creative. Her story is about a child who lives with his extended family and is treated poorly until he finds out he is a wizard. He then gets to go to wizards school where he faces the evil wizard that attacked him as a child. He must use his blue crystal to help defeat the evil one. The only difference comes at the end which i must say left little to be desired. The number of similarities between HP and the SS and this book are staggering. Grammar and punctuation were thrown out the window and it appears that no editor was used either. Her use of the English language is atrocious. Do not waste your time or money on this book.

Rating:
Summary: If you've read Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
Review: Derby Doodle is a failed attempt to plagerize Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone. By taking JK Rowlings characters and changing their names, Lisa Eliotte believes she is being creative. Her story is about a child who lives with his extended family and is treated poorly until he finds out he is a wizard. He then gets to go to wizards school where he faces the evil wizard that attacked him as a child. He must use his blue crystal to help defeat the evil one. The only difference comes at the end which i must say left little to be desired. The number of similarities between HP and the SS and this book are staggering. Grammar and punctuation were thrown out the window and it appears that no editor was used either. Her use of the English language is atrocious. Do not waste your time or money on this book.

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Summary: Has some charm, but in desperate need of grammar help
Review: I agree with the other reviewer, this seems more like an attempt to translate the first Harry Potter novel into something for younger readers than any original story. But it fails to do even that much. I was left with the impression that the author has a lot of good heart and potential, but that she needs to hone her writing skills in every area from punctuation to grammar to better use of description to an understanding that what she has done is complete plagiarism. She is a writer, but not yet ready to be published.