By: Tanya,
on 2/5/2013
WINTERLING is now in PAPERBACK! <!-- START INTERCHANGE - WINTERLING -->if(!window.igic__){window.igic__={};var d=document;var s=d.createElement("script");s.src="http://iangilman.com/interchange/js/widget.js";d.body.appendChild(s);} <!-- END INTERCHANGE --> I think that it must be very hard for an author to create a fantasy story that has something different and new to recommend it. Of
By: Tanya,
on 4/16/2012
I have probably said this here before, but I think that it must be very hard for an author to create a fantasy story that has something different and new to recommend it. Of course, not everyone wants something different and new. In fact, children especially seem to enjoy the same things over and over endlessly (this is based on my experiences making hundreds of boxes of macaroni and cheese
By: Tanya,
on 6/12/2009
The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas is the first in a trilogy and reminds me very much of Angie Sage's Septimus Heap series from its square shape to to it's map of the town and guide to the characters at the end of the story, as well as wonderful illustrations by Antonio Javier Caparo. Both series can serve as the perfect bridge between shorter chapter books and popular, more intense series like
