LitPick Review
Age at time of review - 15
Reviewer's Location -
Upper Strasburg,
PA,
United States
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This book is about Natalie, Penny and Luke. They are all
key holders. Key holders are people who protect the border
between the non-magical world (or the place where the
humdrums live) and the magical world. The magical world
and non-magical world are referred to as this side of
magic, and the other side of magic. When Natalie first
finds out that she is a key holder, she really does not
want to be one. Over time, she begins to enjoy her new
role, and as she tries harder, she discovers her own
strengths and makes many new friends along the way.
Opinion:
This was a book for small children. It would be an
excellent bedtime story for a 5 or 6 year old. There are
lots of fun characters, and opportunities for funny
voices. This is also a good book for a 6 or 7 year old to
read "all by myself" and be proud. Having said that, the
plot was not very strong, and the entire story was not
presented very realistically. I thought many parts of this
book did not connect very well. A few examples of this
include Luke and Penny not liking Natalie, and Natalie
being a spoiled brat. Although they all circled around
Natalie's trip from mean to nice, the scenes did not
really go together very well. All in all this was a good
book, but not worth reading if you are over 9.
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