Tag Archives: youth fantasy

The Borrowers

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Katy K.

I think on principle that I ought to make my son read the book before we watch the movie… but the dvd at the library was just so tempting. We had family movie day with “The Secret World of Arrietty”, … Continue reading →

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Fantasy for Music-Lovers

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Katy K.

I’ve been reading more about people reading or re-reading Anne McCaffrey’s Harper Hall series, which reminds me how much I love fantasy books that feature music or musicians. Here is my List. I’ve included a few that I found in … Continue reading →

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A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Katy K.

I might have mentioned once or twice that Madeleine L’Engle is one of my all-time favorite authors, and I heard such good things about this from so many places that of course I had to try it. A Wrinkle in … Continue reading →

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The Peculiar

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Katy K.

This is a Cybils Award finalists in the middle grade science fiction/fantasy department, one of only two on this year’s that I’ve read. I feel like I read a fair amount of mg fantasy last year – but I have … Continue reading →

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The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Katy K.

The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There by Catherynne M. Valente. Illustrated by Ana Juan It’s over a year since our heroine September was last in Fairyland, as narrated in The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in … Continue reading →

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Goblin Secrets

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Katy K.

Steampunk fantasy for kids in an entirely fictional city – and it won this year’s National Book Award. I checked it out with a bunch of books before it won the award, and had forgotten I had it by the … Continue reading →

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The Seven Tales of Trinket

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Katy K.

Happy Thanksgiving, and thank you to all my readers! I am so very grateful to all of you! Also, many thanks to the many authors who support my reading addiction. The Seven Tales of Trinket by Shelley Moore Thomas This … Continue reading →

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Liesl and Po

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Katy K.

Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver. Orphaned Liesl is living in the attic where her stepmother has locked her when she meets a ghost. Po is clearly a child but doesn’t remember what sex it used to be and doesn’t … Continue reading →

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The Jewel of the Kalderash

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Katy K.

Here is where I notice that my being bothered by language discrepancies is selective… Rutkoski also fails to use proper feminine endings on last names, but since her last names sounded more Latin than Czech to me to start with, … Continue reading →

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The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander. Read by James Langton. The Chronicles of Prydain were one of my favorites growing up.  I read and reread our paperback copies with their bright, folk-art inspired covers.  I found the zombie-like Cauldron … Continue reading →

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Katy K. | 5 Comments