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Title: The Graveyard Book (re-read)
Author: Neil Gaiman
Number of Pages: 307
Genre: Middle Grade fantasy
Book Number/Goal: 3/50
Review: Bod Owens, orphaned at a very young age, deals with growing up in a graveyard and has a whole string of wonderful adventures. I might be a horrible Gaiman fangirl, because this is the only one of his MG books that I really liked. He usually gets a bit sparse with his stories for younger audiences, but he fills this one in perfectly. I can definitely see why this one the Newberry.
Title: The Magician's Elephant (ARC)
Author: Kate DiCamillo
Number of Pages: 208
Genre: Middle Grade fantasy
Book Number/Goal: 2/10 (ARCs)
Review: Awww, it's adorable. A fortuneteller tells an orphaned boy that an elephant will lead him to his long lost sister. Soon after, a magician accidentally summons such an elephant. It's a lot more kidlit than the Gaiman book, and it sometime verges on being twee, but it's actually got some substance and overall, it's fantastic.
Author: Neil Gaiman
Number of Pages: 307
Genre: Middle Grade fantasy
Book Number/Goal: 3/50
Review: Bod Owens, orphaned at a very young age, deals with growing up in a graveyard and has a whole string of wonderful adventures. I might be a horrible Gaiman fangirl, because this is the only one of his MG books that I really liked. He usually gets a bit sparse with his stories for younger audiences, but he fills this one in perfectly. I can definitely see why this one the Newberry.
Title: The Magician's Elephant (ARC)
Author: Kate DiCamillo
Number of Pages: 208
Genre: Middle Grade fantasy
Book Number/Goal: 2/10 (ARCs)
Review: Awww, it's adorable. A fortuneteller tells an orphaned boy that an elephant will lead him to his long lost sister. Soon after, a magician accidentally summons such an elephant. It's a lot more kidlit than the Gaiman book, and it sometime verges on being twee, but it's actually got some substance and overall, it's fantastic.
