The School for Good and Evil
The Complete 6-Book Collection
مجموعه کامل ۶ کتاب
فرمت کتاب
ebook
تاریخ انتشار
2020
Lexile Score
830
Reading Level
4-5
نویسنده
Soman Chainaniناشر
HarperCollinsشابک
9780063023406
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- اطلاعات
- نقد و بررسی
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نقد و بررسی
June 17, 2013
At first glance, Chainani's debut appears to resemble the trend-following herd. There's the secret school that sorts its students into apparently predestined categories, courtesy of J.K. Rowling. There's the knowing, slightly shocking narration, full of farts and greasy hair, borrowed from Roald Dahl via Lemony Snicket. But Chainani's story gradually takes on dimension. Sophie and Agatha are plucked from their hometown of Gavaldon, where children are voracious readers of fairy tales. A skeletal bird drops them at the School for Good and Evil, populated by the living embodiments of these talesâprincesses, princes, and villains in training. The girls soon discover, however, that these fledgling stereotypes have never read the stories. Sophie and Agatha are the only "Readers" in their classâshunned, mocked, but also feared. While the notion that conventions of good and evil don't tell the whole truth is hardly new, exploring the middle ground moves Chainani's novel out of its own ruts and, in the process, shows readers a hyperactively imaginative way to leave black-and-white thinking behind. Ages 8â12. Agent: Jane Startz, Jane Startz Productions.
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