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Type of bind: Paperback
EAN num: 9781416906070
ISBN number: 141690607X
Label: Aladdin
Manufacturer: Aladdin
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 352
Printing Date: May 23, 2006
Publishing house: Aladdin
Age index: Ages 9-12
Sale Popularity Level: 60835
Studio: Aladdin
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Most people aren't very comfortable in the woods, but the woods of Briery Swamp fit May Bird like a fuzzy mitten. There, she is safe from school and the taunts and teases of kids who don't understand her. Hidden in the trees, May is a warrior princess, and her cat, Somber Kitty, is her brave guardian.
Then May falls into the lake.
When she crawls out, May finds herself in a world that most certainly does not feel like a fuzzy mitten. In fact it is a place few living people have ever seen. Here, towns glow blue beneath zipping stars and the people -- people? -- walk through walls. Here the Book of the Dead holds the answers to everything in the universe. And here, if May is discovered, the horrifyingly evil Bo Cleevil will turn her into nothing.
May Bird must get out.
Fast.
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What an incredible story. My nine year old is begging to read one more chapter every night. We have actually also read book two which is just as good as book one and possibly even better. I am so glad that book three is out and I am anxiously waiting for it to arrive. This book was great fun and I recommend it whole heartedly. It is a little spooky but that is part of the fun!
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May-Bird is a book where a shy, ten-year-old girl gets pulled into a lake that is strangely there because May-Bird's town is in the middle of a serious drought. She soon finds herself in a strange place called the Ever-After. Desperate to get back home she decides to go search for the Book of the Dead. I highly recommend this book. It is full of excitement and adventure. You won't want to put it down until the last page. Even when you ahve finished you'll be scrambling to find out what happens next.
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This is one of the most enchanting books I have ever had the pleasure of reading. I fell instantly in love with the wonderfully witty May and her uglier-than-sin cat, named, of all things, Somber Kitty, and could not put the book down from start to finish. The ending, though, open-ended, still had a certain sense of closure as well. Without giving too much away, I couldn't help but sniffle. And, personally, I can't think of a more satisfying ending to such a great story than discovering it's just the beginning.
That said, this book is not for everyone. I imagine if you asked the author her favorite films, The Sixth Sense and Beetlejuice would be high on the list. Literary influences include Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz and LotR which also have their share of darker elements.
I recommend this book to people of any age who delight in the macabre and can appreciate well-written fantasy horror stories, kids who are looking for a more intelligent, original alternative to those awful Goosebumps books and to the parents of such children.
So far, my sister, her sons and my mother have all read the book upon my recommendation and fallen equally in love with it.
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As I started reading May Bird and the Ever After, I had high hopes for it. The cover art was well done with a cute picture of May Bird on a spooky background scene. The Kirkus Review of "Rare fun" promised more than the book could deliver. This review, the cover synopsis and the misleading 'cute' aspect of the cover art didn't fully prepare me for what I found inside. The story of May's unhappiness at school and at home was fairly short. What was truly surprising was the graphic nature of the world that May Bird fell into. It was so creepy and so awful that I had a hard time finishing the book.
In its defense, the book is well-written. I was compelled to finish it. It moves quickly and the main characters are endearing. But the environment, supporting cast of ghosts and ghouls as well as the threat of being doomed to 'nothingness' was overly done especially for the age group to which it is aimed.
The ending was also unexpected and unsatisfactory. Without giving away what happens, suffice it to say that it was quite disappointing. I do not like to be left with the feeling that I must buy the subsequent book to find out what happens.
I don't really know who I would recommend this book to. There are just so many well-written books out there that, despite the good writing here, other books provide a better story and a more satisfying ending.
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It's not a bad story. I picked this up at the Scholastic book fair. The cover on the book I have, which is quite different from the one pictured here, did NOT mention that this was the beginning of a series. I don't mind a cliff hanger, but I prefer to know what I'm getting into when I buy one. Just out of sheer pique, I will NOT be waiting to follow up with this series. I hate sneaks.
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