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A novel which was shortlisted for the 1990 Smarties Award. Alick wonders where Luke Ferris gets his healing powers, why he has six fingers and what his connections are with the sinister goings-on in Halcombe Great Wood. Unwittingly, Alick unleashes dark and terrifying forces on the world.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I recommend this for anyone, no matter what there age. Filled with memorable characters and an intriguing plot this is one of the best childrens fantasy stories I have read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a book which shows a magical world within our own. It is packed full of the unexpected and, despite its size, manages to take the reader on a ride of wonder and excitement.
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Our Editor Needed to Send the Story Back for Re-Writes
10 May 2012
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
After declaring Immrama to be an all-time favorite five star book, I was truly looking forward to this story. But I come away wondering why Fisher wrote it in the first place, and why the publisher accepted it for publication. It must have been a slow year. Some award shortlisted this book? It w a s indeed a slow year!
Alick is not a hero in any way shape or form. Disobedient to his parent, with no redeeming virtues of any sort. What sort of protagonist is this? So he gets the tree back in place at the end of the book. So what? I wouldn't trust the boy with anything. This is no Harry Potter, nor any other boy fantasy protagonist you can name.
Fidchell as a game is no more understood at the end of the book than at the beginning, not by adults let alone by the juveniles who are the target audience of the volume. And the threat of the opposing sides, who have supposedly teamed up to attack Alick, is at its greatest threat in the pub scene. The chess scene in the Potter series is a better threat.
And what is this thing that Alick swallows? Alice has better explained "trips" on the other side of the looking glass in wonderland.
Our editor simply needed to send the story back for several more re-writes and demanded more of our author. The potential is there. Fisher has the capability. But the people with the responsibility of seeing that she delivered simply did not follow through sufficiently. Too bad. You know, it is still not too late to do the re-write that should have been done in the first place. How about it Catherine? How about taking a year to do a thorough re-write and making Conjuror's Game the story that it should have been in the first place. I know you can do it!
Alick is not a hero in any way shape or form. Disobedient to his parent, with no redeeming virtues of any sort. What sort of protagonist is this? So he gets the tree back in place at the end of the book. So what? I wouldn't trust the boy with anything. This is no Harry Potter, nor any other boy fantasy protagonist you can name.
Fidchell as a game is no more understood at the end of the book than at the beginning, not by adults let alone by the juveniles who are the target audience of the volume. And the threat of the opposing sides, who have supposedly teamed up to attack Alick, is at its greatest threat in the pub scene. The chess scene in the Potter series is a better threat.
And what is this thing that Alick swallows? Alice has better explained "trips" on the other side of the looking glass in wonderland.
Our editor simply needed to send the story back for several more re-writes and demanded more of our author. The potential is there. Fisher has the capability. But the people with the responsibility of seeing that she delivered simply did not follow through sufficiently. Too bad. You know, it is still not too late to do the re-write that should have been done in the first place. How about it Catherine? How about taking a year to do a thorough re-write and making Conjuror's Game the story that it should have been in the first place. I know you can do it!
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