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Wexler, Django

The Forbidden Library

376 pp. | Penguin/Dawson | April, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8037-3975-8 $16.99
(2) 4-6 Sent to live with "Uncle" Geryon on his estate known as "The Library," newly orphaned Alice discovers she is a Reader (a magician capable of controlling certain powerful books). By giving the richly textured literary adventures "teeth" and by placing subplots both inside and outside the books, Wexler dexterously avoids the it's-only-a-story pitfall that might distance readers from the action.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2014

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