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Review of Witch Hill by Marcus Sedgwick Another children’s fantasy novel by the author of The Book of Dead Days. This is an earlier effort, and it lacks the complexity and intensity of his later masterpiece, but it is nevertheless a fun and engaging read. Jamie is a boy haunted by thoughts of...

Stroud only wrote 3 other books, I believe, and from what I heard they are nowhere as good as the Bartimaeus Trilogy. He got famous only after publishing The Amulet of Samarkand. I read Buried Fire, and it was a disappointment to me. I would not recommend it.

The Book of Dead Days is a fast-paced, gripping page-turner. The story takes place in the 18th century in a nameless European city. Valerian, a magician who performs magic tricks in a theater for a living, has a servant boy named Boy whom he took under his care from the streets several years...

I'm gald we share the same taste in children's literature. If you have a chance to read my novel and happen to like it, don't forget to tell everyone you know about it! :)

The Sea of Trolls I enjoyed Farmer's The Sea of Trolls too, but I think The House of the Scorpion is even better. Anyway, here's a brief review of The Sea of Trolls for anyone who's interested. Contains minor spoilers. Nancy Farmer’s The Sea of Trolls is an entertaining children’s fantasy...

Ptolemy's Gate I just finished Ptolemy's Gate, and I think it is as good as The Amulet of Samarkand, which is one of my favorite young adult novels. Bartimaeus' monologues and footnotes are as witty and funny as ever, and there are more of them around this time compared to the second volume in...

The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer is a seminal novel in the genres of both children’s literature and science fiction, for it deals with a very important and controversial subject in science: human cloning. Matt is a boy raised in isolation from all human contact except a doctor and a...

This is the sequel to the more widely-known children's science fiction novel The City of Ember by Jeanne Duprau. Although it may not be as popular, original and interesting as its predecessor, it is nonetheless a far greater novel than The City of Ember because it deals with a very profound...