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George, Elizabeth
6 Reviews
(4)
YA
George continues a not-always-successful blend of realism and the supernatural in the fourth volume following a group of teens on Whidbey Island in Washington State. The group includes paranormally gifted Becca, now a caretaker to friend Seth's grandfather. The abundant characters are diverse in background and issues but lack depth; fans of the saga shouldn't expect to see all the plot points resolved here.
Reviewer: Norah Piehl
(4)
YA
Becca King (The Edge of Nowhere; The Edge of the Water), who lives on an isolated island off Washington State and can hear other people's thoughts, investigates a series of arsons. Are troubled newcomers to the island to blame? Or is the culprit local? While lengthy and lacking resolution to some plot lines, this third Whidbey Island–set mystery should please fans.
Reviewer: Norah Piehl
(4)
YA
The sequel to The Edge of Nowhere picks up the story of psychic Becca King who has fled from her criminal stepfather and taken up a life on Whidbey Island, where a mystery develops around a seal that visits yearly. With so many subplots, the story's main thread is difficult to discern, but the large cast of characters is nicely realized.
Reviewer: Ariel Baker-Gibbs
(4)
YA
Hannah Armstrong hears "whispers." After hearing her stepfather's incriminating thoughts, she goes on the run--as Becca King--and finds refuge on Whidbey Island, Washington. In this isolated community Becca starts to deal with her psychic powers, forms relationships with an eclectic mix of other teens, and is embroiled in a mystery. This entertaining-enough paranormal romance/mystery series-opener suffers from pedestrian prose.
Reviewer: Ariel Baker-Gibbs
(2)
4-6
Illustrated by
Barry Moser.
This edition of the Newbery Award-winning novel is illustrated with twelve watercolor paintings. Moser's portraits do a fine job complementing the text, with one jarring exception: an oddly anachronistic portrait of young Kit and her grandfather on the island of Barbados shows a contemporary-looking child in a sundress and a flowered headband.
Reviewer: Terri Schmitz
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
December, 1958
(2)
4-6
Illustrated by
W. T. Mars.
This is a handsome reissue of a superior work of historical fiction. Speare's novel is based on an actual narrative written by a woman taken captive by Abenaki Indians in 1754.
Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
October, 1957
6 reviews
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