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Title: Disappointing
Review: I was disappointed in both books of this series. If we hadn't gotten both books at once, we propbably would have stopped reading after this one. They read (to me) like a movie treatment, with plot and characters sketched in, but no real fantasy world created. There are lots of challenging vocabulary words, but the author fails to demonstrate what a rich vocabulary can do: paint a complex and compelling word picture. I know Gail Carson Levine can write better than this! I read this book aloud to my daughter, and it is NOT a good read aloud book because the author frequently has the speakers complete each others' sentences and doesn't denote who is speaking. My daughter and I both enjoyed the story - we just wish it was told better. I'm sure it will make a fine Disney movie.I gave an extra star because the illustrations are beyond beautiful.
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