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Title: The other side of the wall
Review: An entertaining but average fantasy tale about a young girl whose insatiable curiosity often gets her into trouble. She lives in the Land of Elyon, and in particular within a walled structure, comprising the central hub of Bridewell, connected to three outlying villages by walled passages, resembling the spokes of a wheel.Originally from the village of Lathbury, she travels to Bridewell with her father for the summer, where an encounter with Thomas Warvold (the man who had the walls built) provides the keys to an unexpected adventure on the wrong side of the wall.Here she finds magic and talking animals, but when a treacherous plot is revealed, the line between friend and enemy becomes blurred. Nothing particularly earth-shattering here, and a bit convoluted in places, but a reasonably good fantasy yarn.Warning: Animals were harmed during the pages of this novel.Amanda Richards, August 15, 2006
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