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Knight, Steven
2 Reviews
(3)
K-3
Toon Book series.
In this collection of short, comic-style vignettes, feisty Nina capably describes situations that drive her crazy. While some tales vent personal frustrations (misplacing a toy, having trouble getting dressed, picking a boring activity), many of her pet peeves are directed at her parents' rules, broken promises, and blow-offs. Children will identify with Nina in these humorously depicted and emotion-packed situations.
Reviewer: Sethany Rancier Alongi
(4)
4-6
Toby has been paralyzed since birth; Emma is a Sudanese refugee. They're the only descendants of the rightful king of a fantasy kingdom beneath Iceland, and it's up to them to save the land from tyranny. While the plot becomes a scaffold for predictable conflict scenes, and Toby and Emma are more two-dimensional than real, the story contains a dramatic setting and cool fantasy inventions.
Reviewer: Sarah Ellis
2 reviews
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