But that was long ago, before a curse drove the magic away. Midnight Gulch used to be a magical place, a town where people could sing up thunderstorms and dance up sunflowers.
BEETLE I thought the narrator was great.Introducing an extraordinary new voice-a magical debut that will make your skin tingle, your eyes glisten. I find it hard to believe that young kids would stand for eight hours of syrupy sweet words. If she would have made the main character a high school student, there would have been a larger audience for the story. PUMPERNICKEL I think Lloyd missed the boat, by not making this a teen book. I like words, but when they help make the story, not when they take over the story. This could have been a story I could have gotten into.
I dreaded my first day at every school I ever went to. Like the main character it made me an introvert and very shy. I moved four times during my high school years. From kindergarten to fourth grade I went to a different school each year.
THREADBARE I was a military brat and I know that feeling of being a new kid. A couple of times I thought a story was going to happen, but it took a back seat to words, words and more words. YOUR WORDS ARE PURE MAGIC This is one of the books were the writer goes out of her way to be magically descriptive. And then there's Jonah, a mysterious, spiky-haired do-gooder who shimmers with words Felicity's never seen before, words that make Felicity's heart beat a little faster.įelicity wants to stay in Midnight Gulch more than anything, but first, she'll need to figure out how to bring back the magic, breaking the spell that's been cast over the town.and her mother's broken heart. A "word collector", Felicity sees words everywhere - shining above strangers, tucked into church eaves, and tangled up her dog's floppy ears - but Midnight Gulch is the first place she's ever seen the word "home".
Twelve-year-old Felicity knows all about things like that her nomadic mother is cursed with a wandering heart.īut when she arrives in Midnight Gulch, Felicity thinks her luck's about to change. Introducing an extraordinary new voice - a magical debut that will make your skin tingle, your eyes glisten.and your heart sing.
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