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A delightful illustrated book that reminded me very much of the books I read as a kid!
When I read J fiction, it is a search for what my young self would have wanted to read and this book one of them. I got completely lost in this strange world of giant hostile insects and mysterious flora. It is sort of a Planet of the Apes meets the Wizard of Oz meets Star Trek.
Twelve year old Eva 9 has lived her entire life in an underground 'sanctuary,' cared for by a surrogate mother robot. They are well equipped with a green house and holodeck and entertainment, but Eva longs to venture out ...more
Eva Nine has spent her whole life in an underground sanctuary with her robot Muthr, until the sanctuary is destroyed and suddenly Eva is thrust into a strange new world full of creatures her Omnipod can't identify. She decides to look for the place in a photograph she has, a place she calls WondLa, where hopefully there will be other humans like her.
This was a fun adventure story that read much faster than most other 500-page books. Part of this is because about 20 pages at the end were an alpha ...more
This was a fun adventure story that read much faster than most other 500-page books. Part of this is because about 20 pages at the end were an alpha ...more
Reading this I started to remember a short story I read years ago, something about a strange city with weird buildings and an elevator and it all turned out to be New York... and Planet of the Apes... and C.S. Lewis' thoughts on science-fiction (not to mention his Perelandra and Out of the Silent Planet).
The world DiTerlizzi imagines here is fresh and unusual, and even the story, while being familiar, has elements that will surprise readers. Even the reveal of what WondLa is was surprising (I ha ...more
The world DiTerlizzi imagines here is fresh and unusual, and even the story, while being familiar, has elements that will surprise readers. Even the reveal of what WondLa is was surprising (I ha ...more
I wish I had read the book as opposed to listening to the audio. I adore Teri Hatcher, but her narration of this story is just plain awful.
I checked this book out because it was rec'd on a graphic novel list and we are trying to build that collection at my library. It's not a graphic novel, in my opinion, although it is heavily illustrated. The book is interesting and the plot clever (although it stops just short of Planet of the Apes at times). I admit to being disappointed by the ending, but I still liked it enough that I would suggest it to my adventure story loving niece.
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Jun 07, 2010
Liz
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Nov 12, 2010
Lisa Vegan
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Dec 26, 2010
Sharon
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Shante
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