West, Jacqueline The Shadows (The Books of Elsewhere #1), 241 p. Dial (Penguin), 2010. $16.99.
Content: G.
Olive, 11, and her parents have moved into a cheap, but creepy old house that really gives Olive the willies. Everything from the former occupants was left behind – including the cats. And when she finds a pair of really old glasses she also finds out that she can step inside the strange paintings on the walls. There she finds another place – an Elsewhere – and a mystery – and danger. With the help of Morton, a little boy from one of the paintings; the cats; and a beautiful young woman also from a painting, Olive may be able to solve the mystery – or she may be betrayed.
So much great young fantasy! I don’t know where the next book in the series is going to go, but I am excited to read it when it is published!
EL – ADVISABLE. Cindy, Library Teacher.
Content: G.
Olive, 11, and her parents have moved into a cheap, but creepy old house that really gives Olive the willies. Everything from the former occupants was left behind – including the cats. And when she finds a pair of really old glasses she also finds out that she can step inside the strange paintings on the walls. There she finds another place – an Elsewhere – and a mystery – and danger. With the help of Morton, a little boy from one of the paintings; the cats; and a beautiful young woman also from a painting, Olive may be able to solve the mystery – or she may be betrayed.
So much great young fantasy! I don’t know where the next book in the series is going to go, but I am excited to read it when it is published!
EL – ADVISABLE. Cindy, Library Teacher.
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