- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Magic Carpet Productions; 1st Magic Carpet Books Ed edition (1 Oct 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0152011919
- ISBN-13: 978-0152011918
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.7 x 1.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,595,134 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Amy is drawn into a dangerous and disturbing fantasy world in Central Park, created as an escape from an abusive father by Kevin Malone, a bully from Amy's neighborhood.
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Format:Paperback
Suzy McKee Charnas is better known for her adult fiction and non-fiction (she is the author of _The Verbal Art of Self-Defense_). I picked this book up for a buck and thought, what could I lose?
The better question may have been, for a buck, what could I gain? That's not to say that this novel is bad. Charnas is too much of a professional to have written a *bad* book. And there are some little twists to the genre that she nicely pulls off. But, on the whole, it's rather unimaginative.
The protagonist is a girl whose favorite aunt has just died, and she's quite bummed about it. So when she finds herself slipping into another world from Central Park, she is skeptical--especially since the hero of this other world is Kevin Malone, a bully who used to pick on her.
As I said, not a bad book. There's your typical walking skeletons, and the little people, and the quests. But there's also a more gritty, personal nature to the protagonist. I'm not sure it is altogether successful, but it was at least interesting.
Format:Paperback
Had I had this novel available when I was working with "Distressed's" counterparts and teaching English some years ago, I would have been a happy camper! This little jewel of a novel makes a believably realistic case for the role that well-written and highly perceptive fantasy can play in helping teens deal with very real problems of death, loss, abuse and separation. Amy, trying to cope with the death of a much-loved cousin escapes by magic into a fantasy kingdom created by a former childhood bully. She rescues him and learns a much-needed lesson in tolerance and understanding while doing so. The issues are real; the fantasy aspects, extraordinarily well-conceived; and it seems to me that Ms. Charnas has done an absolutely superb job of helping teens "walk in another's moccasins" to see and gain valuable insight into real-life problems. As an adult, I loved this book! And I've shared it with young friends of "Distressed's" age who found it equally meaningful. I'm delighted to see it back in print for all ages to read and ENJOY!
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I am a distressed teenager. I just wasted a whole lot of money on this pathetic book! DOn't buy it! First of all, it's complatetly unrealistic. Second, it's boring. I mean, this kind of fantasy is the most common: kid goes into magic world, kid saves magic world, author struggles to make the character real and with some faults, but ends up destroying the whole thing. If you're a pre-teen or teenager, beware. I nearly died of boredom. The only reason I still have this book is because I paid six bucks for it.
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