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Book Reviewed by:A young boy, in a coma after an accident, wakes up in a new world full of danger and aventure.
Fifteen-year-old Sam Palmer’s life is dull—until a bizarre bicycle accident leaves him in a coma. Sam awakens in Aurobon, a world eerily similar to his own, only to discover that his “accident” was part of an elaborate abduction by a ruler with a deadly agenda. Now Sam must team up with a fearless girl pilot to outwit the enemy. Otherwise, dark forces will invade his own world on insects the size of fighter jets. But that’s if the terrifying marsh dogs don’t kill him first.
Simultaneously nail-biting and thought-provoking, The Dreamwalker’s Child marks the U.S. debut of an exciting new fantasy author.
Steve Voake is a great writer who knows his target audience well. I strongly suggest you take a close look at this one if you have any reason to be buying or recommending books for children, especially if you're looking for that rare literary beast - a book with a strong female lead that can appeal to both boys and girls...continued
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Did you know?
Steve Voake spent eight years as head teacher of Kilmersdon Primary School in Somerset, England; known as the "Jack and Jill" school because it is said that the original well referenced in the rhyme is in the grounds of the school.
Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water,
Jack fell down and broke his crown
And Jill came tumbling after.
However, Kilmersdon is just one claimant to this particular nursery rhyme.
Some say that Jack and Jill is a reference to the 17th
Century English King (also King of Scotland and Ireland), Charles I, who tried to reform the taxes on liquid
measures by reducing the volume of a 1/2 pint of beer, commonly known as a Jack,
while keeping the tax the same. If...
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