Wednesday, May 21, 2014
German Immigrants in America
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Wonder
Wildwood
Wildwood by Colin Meloy is a fantasy novel that starts off slowly, but it’s well worth the wait. The first 70 pages are about ordinary life rather than anything interesting. The book’s two main characters are Prue and Curtis. They are tweens who live on the edge of the Impassable Wilderness in Portland, Oregon. Both their parents have warned them never to go inside, butPrue’s baby brother is abducted by a murder of crows, who are heading straight for the Impassable Wilderness. So Prue and Curtis set off into the deep, dark forest, where they will encounter the mysterious Dowager Governess, an unusual mailman and the notorious Bandit King, all amid a world of nature and magic. And little do they know, everything is about to change. I liked Wildwood very much despite the slow beginning. I would recommend this book to readers who like the Harry Potter series.