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Shulman, Polly
3 Reviews
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YA
When Sukie and her family move into their elderly cousin's spooky Victorian mansion, ancestral pirate ghosts direct her and her friends on a treasure hunt in the Poe Annex at the New-York Circulating Material Repository. Initial ghost-story eeriness gives way to generic pirate-genre adventure, but younger-teen fans of companions The Grimm Legacy and The Wells Bequest will appreciate new insights into the Repository.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam
(2)
YA
When Leo comes face-to-face with a miniature version of himself riding a miniature time machine, accompanied by a fascinating girl, a complex plot is put in motion involving time travel, Nikola Tesla, death rays, the New-York Circulating Material Repository (The Grimm Legacy), and jealous library pages. Leo's character, with his enquiring mind and technical know-how, will draw readers in to the science-fiction-made-real landscape.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2013
(2)
YA
Elizabeth works as a page at the New-York Circulating Material Repository. Housed in the basement is the Grimm Collection, an assortment of fairy-tale items (e.g., seven-league boots, spinning wheels), and someone's been replacing the materials with nonmagical replicas. Shulman combines down-to-earth teens with a wonderfully occult magical world; the repository itself permeates the story with its musty, mysterious presence.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2010
3 reviews
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