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A review by whatellisreadnext
Over the Woodward Wall by A. Deborah Baker
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ," ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ. "๐'๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต, ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ."
Avery and Zib live on the same street, but they have never met. When on their way to school, they both stumble upon a wall in the middle of the path, that definitely shouldn't be there. They climb over it, and end up in the Up-and-Under.
I loved every second of this beautifully crafted Middlegrade adventure. Having never read a book by Seanan McGuire before, I had no idea what to expect, but the writing was just something else. This book is dripping with such beautiful, and vivid imagery. I've popped Middlegame on my Christmas list, as this is actually the book referenced in that story (hence the pen name).
This is the story of two very different children, going on an unexpected adventure. Think in the vein of Wizard of Oz, Narnia, Alice in Wonderland. It had similar elements to all of these books, but still managed to hold it's own. I loved the subtle comments on society and gender, particularly this quote:
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ง ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ.
This is truly a book that transcends it's label of Middlegrade, and could be enjoyed by everyone of all ages. Whilst reading, I had a warm fuzzy feeling inside the whole way through, and that's what we need in these uncertain times. Be warned though, this is a very open ending, but I know there is a sequel in the works so fingers crossed it is out soon๐ค
Avery and Zib live on the same street, but they have never met. When on their way to school, they both stumble upon a wall in the middle of the path, that definitely shouldn't be there. They climb over it, and end up in the Up-and-Under.
I loved every second of this beautifully crafted Middlegrade adventure. Having never read a book by Seanan McGuire before, I had no idea what to expect, but the writing was just something else. This book is dripping with such beautiful, and vivid imagery. I've popped Middlegame on my Christmas list, as this is actually the book referenced in that story (hence the pen name).
This is the story of two very different children, going on an unexpected adventure. Think in the vein of Wizard of Oz, Narnia, Alice in Wonderland. It had similar elements to all of these books, but still managed to hold it's own. I loved the subtle comments on society and gender, particularly this quote:
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ง ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ.
This is truly a book that transcends it's label of Middlegrade, and could be enjoyed by everyone of all ages. Whilst reading, I had a warm fuzzy feeling inside the whole way through, and that's what we need in these uncertain times. Be warned though, this is a very open ending, but I know there is a sequel in the works so fingers crossed it is out soon๐ค