TEEN BOOK WARNING

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I review TEEN BOOKS. These books tend to deal with some slightly more mature themes and ideas that are not necessarily what your parent(s) (unless you are a parent, in which case you (Or you're a teacher in which case the parents of your students)) would want you to read. If the authority figure which may be your parent(s), the parents, or you the parent says go for it, have fun, or if you have any questions come to me etc., then fine by me go ahead but as the friendly blogger behind the screen I feel the need to present this information before I delve into the nitty-gritty-fun stuff.

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

The Star Thief Lindsey Becker

Reach for the stars my dear bibliophiles! In the famous, but true, words of High School Musical "there is not a star in heaven above we can't reach". Why, do you ask, is your loyal blog author giving life advice? That my dear friends is easy, it fits with the books. The book of the day is The Star Thief by Lindsey Becker. So let's start with the characters. They are:

  • Honorine- so to be honest the first thought I had about this book (I read the back summary first) was what an interesting name. Any way, Honorine is our main character. She starts out as a maid in Lord and Lady Vidalia's manor home. Then one thing leads to another and she gets sucked into an adventure to save the Mordant, the name for constellations come to life. Any hoo, she is crazy smart and loves to invent new things more than anything, other than maybe her best friend Francis. At least until her adventure happens.
  • Francis- so he's not main character important, but he is a little important. He's part of the reason Honorine gets pulled into the adventure. Like Honorine he too is an inventor, although inferior to our girl Honorine. 
  • The Mapmaker- He is a Mordant himself and leads the supposedly "good" group rescuing other Mordant. 
  • Natalius- he's the supossed villain. I'm not really sure anymore the lines are kind of blurred. Anyway he is capturing Mordant, and yes I know that screams villain but he's doing it for the good of man kind. Again the lines are blurred. 
Now for a run down of the story. Honorine is the lonely maid at Vidalia Manor. The only other child is her best friend Francis Vidalia who is off at school. One day when she is cleaning both Mordant and Mordant capturing teams show up. She is "rescued" from Natalius by a Mordant on The Mapmaker's side only to try to leave with Francis who works for Natalius. She gets sucked into an adventure to save the Mordant.
My thoughts on this book are that it was a fun book to read and I enjoyed it. The characters were loads of fun and the strong female lead was a nice change. I also enjoyed not having to save the entire world. Every book seems to be like that. I give it ten of ten paw prints 🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾 My reccommedation for this book is fifth grade to ninth grade or a reading level of around that level. 
Reach for the stars and follow your dreams my dear bibliophiles,
Merlin:)
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