I thought that this book was really amazing. I just love how the author took a story that we all know, and added a twist that made it so interesting, and not just the same old boring story. I thought that it was really well written. I couldn't stop reading it, and I loved every second that I w...
Well, this book was certainly interesting....and disturbingly entertaining.This Dark Endeavor is a sort-off "retelling/prequel" to the famous Frankenstein. We follow Victor Frankenstein, who's trying to find the elixir of life, a cure for his brother's illness. I really liked the book. It was gri...
Oppel keeps taking us higher. France and Canada are trying to be the first to send people into space. Matt is trying for a place on the Canadian ship. He must go through a two week training session. Kate has a place on the ship without trying out. She is engaged, but not to Matt. Again there are ...
AMAZING! This book made me think about so many different things such as the way we communicate and what it means to be human. I loved it. The characters were relatable and Zan was so cute! I cried at the end of part one and felt like crying at the finish. The ending seemed rather abrupt but i thi...
Una agradable y sorprendente Sorpresa la que me lleve al recibir este libro por parte de Alfaguara Infantil y Juvenil, NUNCA había escuchado sobre este libro ni lo había visto en alguna estantería, así que al recibirlo me llamo muchísimo la atención y quería leerlo porque me intrigaba que en la p...
I liked this one more than the first book. Weirdly makes me want to read a little about necromancy, just for scientific purposes - I have no intention of raising anyone, but I think it would be an interesting subject to read about. I found Victor a very compelling character, especially since at t...
I loved the first book so much, except Elizabeth. I found her extremely aggravating. Now, I think that Victor is starting to get on my nerves because of his attraction to Elizabeth. Elizabeth is even worse in Such Wicked Intent that I want to scream and throw the book against the wall because of ...
Max is one lucky dog. His owner is a superb chef, and Max's duty is to taste the delicious food that he prepares before it's presented to the king. When a new king turns out to be a picky eater, Max and the cook travel the world in search of tempting recipes to wow him. Who could refuse french...
Another great full-cast audiobook version! I very much enjoyed this worthy sequel to the excellent "Airborn" which I loved. (SPOILERS FOR ANYONE WHO HAS NOT READ AIRBORN. And, if you don't want to know a thing about what happens in "Skybreaker" stop reading now and just go read the book!! It's aw...
Dead Water Zone by Kenneth Oppel is a science fiction story that takes place called Watertown. It focuses on two brothers one is very big and strong and the other is weak and nerdy. The weak ones name is Sam and strong one is Paul. Paul spends most of his life sticking up for Sam.Sam and Paul are...
As the sun sets on the time of the dinosaurs, a new world is left in its wake. . . .DuskHe alone can fly and see in the dark, in a colony where being different means being shunned--or worse. As the leader's son, he is protected, but does his future lie among his kin?CarnassialHe has the true inst...
Airships! Sky pirates! Strange creatures! Quite a bit going on here. Add in class issues and an adventurous young lady with scientific aspirations and it more than fills 500 pages.There's basically two storylines going on here. There's swashbuckling action against a group of sky pirates, and a qu...
This is Kenneth Oppel’s debut young adult novel, greeted with great reviews when it was first published. The story of 14-year-old Eric, who witnesses a strange confrontation in the city museum between an aged curator and an eerily intense young man, The Live-Forever Machine immediately transports...
Tina asked Giles the next morning at school. “Fine, I guess,” Giles replied. It was only a machine, how could you describe how it was? “Not overheating?” Tina inquired. “I don’t think so, no.” “You plugged it in last night, according to my instructions?” “I did, and all the lights flickered, and ...
He hadn’t wanted to return at all, but where else could he go? Alive, he kept telling himself. You’re alive. But he didn’t feel very good. Trembling, his joints felt as if they might snap apart, his muscle and sinew pulpy. His stomach gulped. He tried to concentrate. He needed a plan. “Okay, how’...
Scritch, screetch. Scriiiiiiiittttchhhhh. Giles’s eyes popped open. It was the middle of the night. A strange scratching noise was coming from outside his window. It sounded like an old, brittle twig scraping against the glass. Probably just some of those dead ivy vines his father had forgotten t...
I hadn’t planned to sleep but only to wait for the dawn, when I could check on Konrad. I leapt out of bed. It must have been close to noon. A servant had left water in a basin, removed my soaked and bloodied clothes, and laid out a fresh set for me. I hurriedly washed and dressed, then rushed dow...
“It’s a beauty all right,” Kevin said. Giles crinkled the money in his pocket. He’d waited a long time for this airplane—and now, thanks to their dinosaur job, he could finally buy it. He knew every detail of the airplane by now, and had often daydreamed about taking it on its first flight in the...
And I was aware of the baby above me, crowding against the walls. I didn’t want to look. “Ah, there you are,” said the queen. “It’s so exciting. He’s almost ready. Look!” Reluctantly I looked. Somehow the baby had turned in its nest and was upside down, bum near the ceiling and its bald head clos...
THE THIEF AT TWILIGHT TWO SOLDIERS DRAGGED HIM into camp, his face bloody. He couldn’t have been more than fifteen. “Found him by the river, sir, hiding in the grass,” one of the soldiers told the lieutenant. “He’s Sioux. Had an eye on our horses.” They’d already bound the Indian boy’s hands behi...
Giles told his parents at lunch. “There’s no such thing as ghosts,” Mrs Barnes said with a smile. Mrs Barnes was a professor of mathematics at the university. She liked numbers, she liked long equations, she liked things you could solve on paper. She did not believe in ghosts. “Aunt Lillian belie...
He hears the musical trill of wind chimes. Beyond the caboose windows it’s still dark. He sees Mackie in his cap and jacket, lantern in hand, talking quietly with Sticks at the desk. “Why’ve we stopped?” Will asks, sitting up. Sticks and Mackie both...
said Caliban with a snort. “The wind plays tricks, you should know that. It’ll tell you everything you ever wanted to hear, or maybe what scares you most. You’d be a fool to give it much attention.” After returning to Statue Haven, Shade had found Caliban hanging awake from his roost, and told hi...
Goth hung from a sinewy branch in the artificial jungle. It was hot here, but the heat didn’t come from the blazing tropical sun; it came from some hidden underground furnace. The drizzling rain and mist didn’t come from the sky, but from tiny sprinklers in the flat black ceiling. Goth could tell...
Giles told Tina and Kevin in their basement workshop. “I want to hire you. That’s all. My Mom will be more than willing to pay your fee. Are we clear on this?” “Certainly, Barnes,” said Tina. “Or should we call you Mr Barnes?” “Yes,” he said after a moment’s thought. “I think that would be approp...
“I don’t really feel like dancing to this song,” she said into my ear. “That’s cool,” I said. “How about the next one?” “I just don’t feel like dancing right now.” It was a lie. I’d seen her dancing earlier when I came in. “You danced with Hugh,” I pointed out. She seemed annoyed. “So? You think ...