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| Original Title: | Fortune's Magic Farm |
| ISBN: | 031601818X (ISBN13: 9780316018180) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Suzanne Selfors
Hardcover | Pages: 264 pages Rating: 4.14 | 779 Users | 89 Reviews
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| Title | : | Fortune's Magic Farm |
| Author | : | Suzanne Selfors |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 264 pages |
| Published | : | March 1st 2009 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (first published February 6th 2009) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Childrens. Middle Grade. Adventure. Fiction. Magic |
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This story takes place in the dark, dank village of Runny Cove. There, orphan Isabelle works her fingers to the bone at the Magnificently Supreme Umbrella Factory, struggling to support herself and her Grandma Maxine. That is, until Isabelle discovers that she has inherited Fortune's Farm, the last place on earth where magic grows. Now Isabelle must use the magic to save the people of Runny Cove without spilling the secret of Fortune's Farm to the world-or worse, to the greedy factory owner, Mr. Supreme, who wants to exploit the magical fruit for his own selfish purposes.Rating Epithetical Books Fortune's Magic Farm
Ratings: 4.14 From 779 Users | 89 ReviewsCommentary Epithetical Books Fortune's Magic Farm
Roald Dahl was a troublemaker. Did he really have to be so original? So interesting? Did his books have to fall into such a distinctive age range? And did he have to be the kind of author that would inspire parents to come up to reference desks across the country asking desperately, "My kid only reads Roald Dahl. What do you have that's just like him?" Honey, you are barking up the wrong tree if you think that anyone could replicate Dahl's style. He was one of those rare authors to tread theGood story line. Well done. Would keep elementary interest. Very funny in parts. Lots of discussion could come from this book.
the first chapter is very depressing. it doesn't get a lot better until midway through, and then the author yanks the rug out from under the reader, back on the bum again. but in typical suzanne selfors fashion, there's a pattern woven throughout that the reader can appreciate, one of hardship but endurance, pain but determination to overcome, despair and then ultimately triumph. my kids (ages 7, 9, 11) loved it and laughed all through the last three chapters.
I read this at the perfect time in my life! So long ago now....It was SO CUTE! It has all the elements of a good story: character development, intense plot, lovable and hatable characters, hidden backstories, and, of course, the great best friend. This is a great book for budding readers.
This book was a little depressing at times but I loved it. Selfors does a great job of building a world in which children and adults alike have to think and imagine it in their head. Everything is so vivid I was forming pictures of everything. Although I wasn't a fan of most of the characters, I think the language is what pulled me into this book and kept me reading. Good writing can sometimes trump characters that I don't like so much :)
Roald Dahl was a troublemaker. Did he really have to be so original? So interesting? Did his books have to fall into such a distinctive age range? And did he have to be the kind of author that would inspire parents to come up to reference desks across the country asking desperately, "My kid only reads Roald Dahl. What do you have that's just like him?" Honey, you are barking up the wrong tree if you think that anyone could replicate Dahl's style. He was one of those rare authors to tread the
This was a pretty cute somewhat silly story. The author seemed to be making an attempt at local dialect, but all they did was add a few "Yer"s in without any other phonetic spellings or word-choice / syntax to go along with it. I think it would have been better if they had done some more editing and either really added the accent in, or taken it out. If I remember correctly, it was just one or two of the characters that spoke that way, while it was made clear that it was a small town, and
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