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3.97 AVERAGE
3.97 AVERAGE
This is one of my boyfriends favourite books and I was lucky enough to have it read to me by him. With twists and turns, beautiful illustrations and compelling world building, I’d recommend it to anyone wishing to immerse themselves into a refreshing fantasy world.
Twig never felt that he fit in with his wood troll family. When he learns the secret of his birth, he sets off from home to find his place in the world. He embarks a series of misadventures through the deepwoods as he searches for his destiny.
This book would be appropriate for readers between ten and twelve years old. Readers that enjoy fantasy and adventure stories may enjoy this book. It would be appropriate to help readers develop narrative skills.
This book would be appropriate for readers between ten and twelve years old. Readers that enjoy fantasy and adventure stories may enjoy this book. It would be appropriate to help readers develop narrative skills.
This wasn't a bad book, but I found myself having a hard time focusing on what was happening or who was there. Too often characters would get introduced and then immediately leave for one reason or another. That made it hard for me to connect to anyone or anything or care about what happened to anyone.
The world was interesting though, and the descriptions of the world and creatures and the illustrations accompanying them were amazing.
The world was interesting though, and the descriptions of the world and creatures and the illustrations accompanying them were amazing.
These books are making me super nostalgic.
(I'm reading them in a weird order because it depends on where I have a copy of the book.)
(I'm reading them in a weird order because it depends on where I have a copy of the book.)
Amazing book, tells the tale of a boy trying to find his way in the world telling it in a new inventive way using extreme survival methods that only paul stewart and chris riddell could of come up with.
SLJ review:
Gr 5-8-Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell's first book in the series (Random, 2004) is chock full of bizarre happenings, incongruities, and perilous adventures. Thirteen-year-old Twig always knew he was different. When his wood troll mother tells him he isn't a wood troll and that she found him as a baby, Twig begins to wonder about who he really is and where he came from. He visits a wood troll family member and runs into trouble almost immediately as he strays from the path. Twig has a number of strange encounters, especially a dangerous and terrifying one with a tree. The Deepwoods is populated with all manner of weird and quirky characters, not the least of which are trees and rocks that float when heated, sky pirates, and the most horrible creature of all-the gloamglozer. Fantasy lovers will enjoy this brisk, somewhat predictable tale with a twist of the unusual.-Charli Osborne, Oxford Public Library, Oxford, MI
Gr 5-8-Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell's first book in the series (Random, 2004) is chock full of bizarre happenings, incongruities, and perilous adventures. Thirteen-year-old Twig always knew he was different. When his wood troll mother tells him he isn't a wood troll and that she found him as a baby, Twig begins to wonder about who he really is and where he came from. He visits a wood troll family member and runs into trouble almost immediately as he strays from the path. Twig has a number of strange encounters, especially a dangerous and terrifying one with a tree. The Deepwoods is populated with all manner of weird and quirky characters, not the least of which are trees and rocks that float when heated, sky pirates, and the most horrible creature of all-the gloamglozer. Fantasy lovers will enjoy this brisk, somewhat predictable tale with a twist of the unusual.-Charli Osborne, Oxford Public Library, Oxford, MI
i read it and the other nine books first in series order then in chronological order
This book is one for the boys. I think this book is a fun adventure book with fairytale like storyline, but with a more male dominate story. I think this book will be a good one for Jase in a few more years.
It is a glorified worldbuilding exercise, but maybe that's why I chose to read it