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Sherman, Delia
4 Reviews
(2)
4-6
Runaway Nick Reynaud seeks shelter at Evil Wizard Books in Smallbone Cove, Maine. Proprietor Zachariah Smallbone declares that Nick will be his new apprentice and turns Nick into a spider when he disagrees. Back in human form, Nick searches the bookstore to learn enough magic to protect himself. Meanwhile, something strange is going on in town... Well-timed revelations feed the mystery, and all is satisfyingly resolved.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
September, 2016
(2)
4-6
It’s 1960, and thirteen-year-old Sophie is spending the summer at her grandmother’s Louisiana bayou home. After meeting a mysterious creature, she’s transported back in time one hundred years and (with her summer tan) mistaken for a slave. Sophie’s coming of age resonates with moral outrage and righteous indignation. Sherman pays homage to classic fantasy tropes while vividly evoking two historical settings.
Reviewer: Jonathan Hunt
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2012
(3)
4-6
Neef undertakes another quest: to return the mirror of the Mermaid Queen, which she won in Changeling. Along the way, Neef learns from her fellow misfits (though her fairy counterpart is disappointingly absent) that friendship is an effective weapon against darkness. Like the first book, this adventure reimagines and integrates folklore from many cultures to build a fascinating alternate New York.
Reviewer: Katie Bircher
(3)
4-6
After inadvertently violating Fairy Law, Neef, a human changeling living in a parallel Central Park, must undertake a quest, accompanied by a stubborn fairy changeling (her replacement). Droll, streetwise Neef navigates magical New York Between, reaches an understanding with the fairy changeling, and earns the right to return home. Sherman keeps the tone light and the pace hopping in this funny urban fantasy.
Reviewer: Amy Lee Bennett
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