I can’t say that I write like Black, but I certainly aspire to. I love the dark, honest, raw way she writes. It feels so real while there are fairies right over there.
This one was about a boy trapped in a glass coffin and two siblings who were both a little in love with him. It blends old legends about the fae with stories of adolescence, loyalty, and friendship.
Faeries. Knights. Princes. True love. Think you know how the story goes? Think again ... From the New York Times bestselling author of The Spiderwick Chronicles comes a dark, dangerous and utterly beautiful faerie tale, guaranteed to steal your heart.
Hazel lives with her brother, Ben, in the strange town of Fairfold where humans and fae exist side by side. The faeries' seemingly harmless magic attracts tourists, but Hazel knows how dangerous they can be, and she knows how to stop them. Or she did, once.
In the forest of Fairfold, lies a glass casket. Inside the casket lies a…
I really fell in love with the themes of conservation, to start with. It reminded me of being back home on the ranch with Grandpa. He taught me that being a good Christian meant taking care of the earth. Ida B’s father had a similar philosophy. I saw myself in Ida B. I used to talk to trees the way she did in the book. Happy to hear that’s a fairly universal experience!
Once Hannigan got me to relate to Ida B., she got me to love her. Even on her worst days. Ida B’s mother, Ida, gets cancer, and Ida B. responds like most kids: She lashes out. They send her to public school, and she’s in a new environment, and she’s frightened, so she gets mean.
Ida B. has a lot of things happen to her that aren’t her fault and things she couldn’t control. She isn’t some soft Disney princess kind of character. She’s utterly human. And I love that about her. There’s a happy ending. Well, things grow back like life after a wildfire. There’s resolution, there’s peace, but Ida B. doesn’t come out unchanged.
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authors picked
Ida B
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why you should read it.
This book is for kids age
8,
9,
10, and
11.
What is this book about?
Poignant tale of a 9-year-old girl's emotional journey after her idyllic life is shattered by her mother's illness.
Ida B's life is perfect: she is home-schooled by loving parents on a beautiful farm with its own orchard, creek and mountain (well, a pile of earth too tall to be called a hill). Left to her own devices in this rural haven, she talks to the trees in the orchard and sends miniature rafts down the creek, to which she attaches notes like "What is life like in Canada? Please respond". But the idyll is shattered when Ida B's mother develops…
This is a
fantasy book where the society uses a caste system. So the main
character is an artist class.
They’re all numbered out and I think she’s
like a five(?). She’s dating a six in secret. Seven is the homeless
people outside of society. One is the royals. So she and her family are
so poor they’re food insecure.
Her boyfriend and his people are worse
off of course. So he convinces her to sign up for the competition to be
the next queen, then dumps her. You know, maybe someone in their
community can escape from poverty for a week at least.
The one thing she
never counted on happens: She gets in.The world building in this one is *chef’s kiss*. Of course there are people trying to overthrow the government. A country is only as rich as it’s poorest citizen, and the fives are starving.
So there are mass
shootings in this book, and the rest of the series. It was published in
2011 before this was a daily reality in America. Please practice self
care.
It's the chance of a lifetime and 17-year-old America Singer should feel lucky. She has been chosen for The Selection, a reality TV lottery in which the special few compete for gorgeous Prince Maxon's love.
Swept up in a world of elaborate gowns, glittering jewels and decadent feasts, America is living a new and glamorous life. And the prince takes a special interest in her, much to the outrage of the others.
Rivalry within The Selection is fierce and not all of the girls are prepared to play by the rules. But what they…
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