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Summary: Read The Fire first
Review: I really did enjoy this trilogy, but I inadvertenly began with the final book. (I didn't originally know that it was part of a trilogy) I really did like The Fire, so I went back and read the first two. By themselves, the first two (The Fog and The Snow) of the trilogy are not very good at all, but the last book, The Fire, makes up for it all.
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Summary: well...
Review: i was poking around looking for a new book for face on the milk carton, not being satisified with the last one, and i found these reviews...i only got half way through this book b/c i was soooooo bored by it, or just confused...i have all three too...it's a shame...and i love caroline b. cooney too -becca
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Summary: I loved this trilogy as a young girl.
Review: I'm in college now but a few years back "The Fog" "The Snow" and "The Fire" were some of my favorite books. I read and reread them probably 3 times. They aren't like those horrible goosebumps books or other "scary" series they are more drama than horror. I'd recommend them to anyone but I think girls in the fourth grade through the seventh grade would probably enjoy the series the most.
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Summary: SUPERIOR BOOK!!!!
Review: If you haven't read this book, I urge you to do so!!! This is the first book of an awesome trilogy that you must read! This is the first Caroline B. Cooney book I read and it got me hooked! Christina is an extremely brave and determined 13 year-old that refuses to give up, even after being wrongly accused of unimaginable things. No one believes her, not even her friends. She's on her own in an intense battle against the Shevington's (teachers at Christina's school and the people taking Christina and her friends in for the school year). The Shevington's are minipulative, so minipulative that even Christina's parents believe their wild accusations!!! The Fog, The Snow, and The Fire is a GREAT trilogy! This book is definately worth your time!!!
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Summary: The Killing Fog
Review: It took me three weeks to actually finish this book, cover to cover, and boy am I sorry I did. The book was not that bad, but it was, surely, not to my liking. I think this book was just excruciatingly boring. The whole theme of the book is just horrible. The fact that the fog was actually talking to a girl and making her suicidal is just beyond childish. I would not recommend this book to anyone who can even read. Make sure you pass the word!
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Summary: A new take on good vs. evil
Review: Losing Christina: Fog is the reissue of Caroline B. Cooney's original book The Fog. Why they decided to retitle the three books I have no idea, but the pages are set up just like they were in the original versions, so really the covers just look a little more slick. The Losing Christina trilogy details a year in the life of thirteen-year-old Christina Romney from Burning Fog Isle, who moves onto the mainland of a small town in Maine so that she can continue secondary school. She and three other students board with the Shevvingtons, the school principal and his wife, who delight in destroying the souls of young women. Christina has no choice but to fight the Shevvingtons, which isn't easy when she has no friends and her parents believe the Shevvingtons, not her. Fog, as well as its counterparts Snow and Fire, is a chilling story because it presents a child's worst nightmare: for adults to ignore you when you're telling the truth. The Shevvingtons' evil power lies in the fact that they are the adults in charge whom everyone believes, rather than Christina. Their actions will make your blood boil because it is so easy to see how wrong, and how sick, they are, but it is also easy to understand how the townspeople would believe the polished faces they present. Caroline B. Cooney's gothic horror trilogy is not just about evil, though. Christina experiences all kinds of emotions that most people can relate to: the fear when she has to move away from her family and friends, being nervous about making friends, wanting a boyfriend, facing unfair teachers and assignments. She is a normal, well-drawn thirteen-year-old who unfortunately has to face something that most thirteen-year-olds do not. The age range in this book would probably appeal most to people between the ages of 10-15, but the fight between good vs. an unconventional evil is something that everyone should learn from.
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Summary: A new take on good vs. evil
Review: Losing Christina: Fog is the reissue of Caroline B. Cooney's original book The Fog. Why they decided to retitle the three books I have no idea, but the pages are set up just like they were in the original versions, so really the covers just look a little more slick. The Losing Christina trilogy details a year in the life of thirteen-year-old Christina Romney from Burning Fog Isle, who moves onto the mainland of a small town in Maine so that she can continue secondary school. She and three other students board with the Shevvingtons, the school principal and his wife, who delight in destroying the souls of young women. Christina has no choice but to fight the Shevvingtons, which isn't easy when she has no friends and her parents believe the Shevvingtons, not her. Fog, as well as its counterparts Snow and Fire, is a chilling story because it presents a child's worst nightmare: for adults to ignore you when you're telling the truth. The Shevvingtons' evil power lies in the fact that they are the adults in charge whom everyone believes, rather than Christina. Their actions will make your blood boil because it is so easy to see how wrong, and how sick, they are, but it is also easy to understand how the townspeople would believe the polished faces they present. Caroline B. Cooney's gothic horror trilogy is not just about evil, though. Christina experiences all kinds of emotions that most people can relate to: the fear when she has to move away from her family and friends, being nervous about making friends, wanting a boyfriend, facing unfair teachers and assignments. She is a normal, well-drawn thirteen-year-old who unfortunately has to face something that most thirteen-year-olds do not. The age range in this book would probably appeal most to people between the ages of 10-15, but the fight between good vs. an unconventional evil is something that everyone should learn from.
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Summary: What else can be expected?
Review: OK, I'll admit it. I am addicted to Caroline B. Cooney. I have read at least 10 of her other books before this one, and I have loved each and every page of every single one of them. This is no exception. Fog is the first book in the Losing Christina trilogy. It tells the story of Christina, a thirteen-year-old seventh-grader who is coming off of her Maine island, Burning Fog Isle, to attend school on the mainland. She along with 3 other island natives board on the mainland with the school principal, Mr. Shevvington, and his wife, an English teacher. Fog tells of Christina's self-proclaimed war with the Shevvingtons. They seem to hate her from the start. And to make things worse, slowly, slowly, slowly...another island boarder, Anya, seems to be losing her mind. And Christina knows who is behind it- the Shevvingtons. This story is fantastic, page-turning, and, I must warn you, addictive. I finished it in only three or four days, and I loved every minute I spent immersed within its pages. I have not yet read the next two books in the trilogy, Snow and Fire, but they are sitting in my bedroom, awaiting me. I would wholeheartedly reccomend this book, and any of Caroline B. Cooney's others, to anyone wishing for an excellent, suspenseful read!
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Summary: Not What I Was Expecting
Review: The beginning of seventh grade is something spectacular for 13-year-old Christina Romney, who has spent all her life on Burning Fog Isle in Maine. Now she is preparing to go mainland and attend junior high with the other three island teenagers--14-year-old Michael Jaye and his 15-year-old brother, Benjamin, and beautiful 17-year-old Anya Rothrock. Although Christina is aware of the prejudice mainlanders have for poor, white trash islanders, that's not going to stop her from trying to make new friends, do well in school, and possibly have a boyfriend. That is, until she meets her guardians--Mr. and Mrs. Shevvington--, who also work at Christina's school as the principal and her English teacher. Not only are they sadistic and manipulative, Christina is certain they're trying to play mind games with fragile Anya by fixating on her fear of the ocean. What can Christina do to help her friend? And what will she do next when they decide to focus on Christina instead? I had started this series years ago when I was in middle school, but, even then, I couldn't finish one book. I decided to try them now--more than ten years later--mainly out of curiosity. I wanted to see if I reacted to them the same way. Well, all I can is that I wanted to like "The Fog"; I even got myself psyched up for it. But it just didn't happen. I was expecting a tightly written suspense/horror story, but there's hardly anything fear-inducing in this book. The older teen (Anya Rothrock) who is supposed to be psychologically damaged by the evil principal and his wife was already bonkers to begin with. So no suspense there when her sanity starts to slip. And how or why this couple preys on young women is never thoroughly explained. Maybe--hopefully--that will be discovered in the following two books. The one thing I did like in "The Fog" was the main character, Christina Romney. She was strong and made of "granite", as she put it--and she would have to be to survive the Shevvingtons. If you're a Caroline B. Cooney fan or a Point horror fan, you might enjoy this trilogy: "The Fog" (#1), "The Snow" (#2), and "The Fire" (#3). However, I'm both and I was still disappointed in this book. I'm hoping the other two books are an improvement over this one.
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Summary: The Fog: A Great Book
Review: The Fog is another great book by Caroline B. Cooney. The story revolves around Christina, a girl who has to leave the island she has grown up on to go to school on the mainland. Soon, Christina discovers that the people she is staying with are stealing the soul of her friend Anya and have set their sights on her.
This was a good start to what I'm sure is a great series. I can't wait to read Losing Christina #2!
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