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From: Arthur Slade <art>
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 10:58:03 -0600
Two of my favorites are quite different from each other:
The first is TRUE CONFESSIONS OF A HEARTLESS GIRL by Martha Brooks. It is such an eloquent, deceptively simple story. One of those YA books that verges on the edge of adulthood.
The second is MORTAL ENGINES by Philip Reeve. I'm a sucker for a tale well-told, especially if it's full of action and powered by imagination. The images of mechanized cities gobbling up smaller cities in an apocalyptic future still haunts me. Plus, its one of those stories that is unpredictable. I still can't believe a certain character died. I won't tell you which one, but I thought that character would be around for the sequel. Not in Reeve's world. No character is safe.
Art Slade
--http://www.arthurslade.com DUST TRIBES Available from Wendy Lamb Books/Random House and HarperCanada
Received on Wed 03 Dec 2003 10:58:03 AM CST
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 10:58:03 -0600
Two of my favorites are quite different from each other:
The first is TRUE CONFESSIONS OF A HEARTLESS GIRL by Martha Brooks. It is such an eloquent, deceptively simple story. One of those YA books that verges on the edge of adulthood.
The second is MORTAL ENGINES by Philip Reeve. I'm a sucker for a tale well-told, especially if it's full of action and powered by imagination. The images of mechanized cities gobbling up smaller cities in an apocalyptic future still haunts me. Plus, its one of those stories that is unpredictable. I still can't believe a certain character died. I won't tell you which one, but I thought that character would be around for the sequel. Not in Reeve's world. No character is safe.
Art Slade
--http://www.arthurslade.com DUST TRIBES Available from Wendy Lamb Books/Random House and HarperCanada
Received on Wed 03 Dec 2003 10:58:03 AM CST
