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I loved this wonderful book, set in 1979, in which Morwenna, a 15-year-old book-loving Welsh girl, fleeing from her abusive witch mother, eventually finds her father, whom she has never met before. She is sent off to an English boarding school, a rather grim, snobby place with few kindred spirits, but as she writes in her journal, "It doesn't matter. I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books." Soon she finds some friendly science fiction and fantasy readers at t
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Apr 06, 2011
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Among Others—science fiction, fantasy, coming-of-age, memoir—is a homage to the great books Jo Walton read as a girl in Wales, and her novel draws life from those classics. Reining in such disparate threads as Walton does can be a daunting task. To be sure, this is a book about much more than the pitfalls of adolescence, although the author has proven again and again that she’s equal to the challenge (as evidenced by award nominations in just about every major SF/F category over the years). Amon
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This was a beautifully written oddly lovely book. It was the story of Morwenna. Mori is a tragic yet hopeful 15 year old who finds herself living with a father whom she has never known. They find that what they have in common is a love and adoration of books...especially science fiction and fantasy. Had I known the sheer number of books and authors that would be named within Mori's story...I would have kept a notebook nearby and jotted them all down.
She is in a new school, she has an injury that ...more
She is in a new school, she has an injury that ...more
Dunno how you feel about magic in your books, but I would have loved to have been friends with Mor in school. Girl can read SF/Fantasy like no other.
And the boarding school thing is really cool as a setting (as much as it sounds like boarding school is THE WORST EVER; this ain't no Harry Potter). ...more
And the boarding school thing is really cool as a setting (as much as it sounds like boarding school is THE WORST EVER; this ain't no Harry Potter). ...more
If it hadn't been for my friend Laura I never would have read this book because it's classified as science fiction, and I despise SF! I think every person who loves books and reading should read this book.
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My Rating: 3.5 stars
Feb 03, 2011
Gayla Bassham
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Apr 07, 2011
Dlmrose
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Nov 29, 2012
Margaret
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it was ok
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