Not lightly named! She's a winner ! Amazing. Fantasy and Fiction par excellence. Really good at fleshing out character, has a sense of fun and adventure and has original ideas. Even if you don't like her characters, you know them and they all do quirky things.
I have enjoyed most of her books and will post the list asap! One fan has even set up a forum to discuss her books.
She's awesome.
The Chrestomanci series
The Dark Lord of Derkholm
The Year of the Griffin
The Dalemark Quartet
I didn't like The Merlin Conspiracy that much but it was OK.
Comments by NTB
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
The Whispering Road
Recently read a book called "The Whispering Road by Livy Michael about a boy called Joe or Tom or Dodger depending on who he is with. It's fairly harrowing because he and his sister are workhouse children who are farmed out to people as unpaid slaves, kept and fed the bare minimum to keep them alive and working, but it has a reasonably happy ending -thank goodness,- and manages to hold the interest in a Dickensian kind of way. It also has an element of magic, fantasy, and psychic abilities which make it more intriguing. If you can stomach all the tragedies and get to the end you may even realise that hundreds of kids in India live like these children. Not a pleasant thought!
The story originated out of a real situation in the author's neighbouring farm and has been cooked and stewed with historical facts,people and places. If you get to the end of the book ,there is an author's note which is also worth reading.
For older children..................
The story originated out of a real situation in the author's neighbouring farm and has been cooked and stewed with historical facts,people and places. If you get to the end of the book ,there is an author's note which is also worth reading.
For older children..................
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