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Wonderful and Imaginative

Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2019

I am a speech pathologist that purchases books for my patients. I always "preview" the book before passing books along to young readers....I could not stop with a "preview read"! Loved this book and could not put it down! So far, all of my readers (comprehension and vocabulary goals) have loved this book. Am ordering Walter Brown/Magician's Hat, Henry Haynes/Great Escape for my excited readers! In addition, am ordering the 2 Ferdinand Fox books for my younger clients. I love it when my clients ask for more books! I'm hooked!

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Michelle Dorani Johns

Seems ideal for 5th graders not 8 year olds

Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2019

As a third grade teacher, I was excited about offering this book to my students for a book club. I ordered one to read for myself first and I’m glad I did because it seems very advanced for a third grader. There are comments on the back cover from 8 year olds talking about how great the book is. But I truly don’t see how an 8 year would get into this book unless their teacher or parent was reading it to them. I gave the book to my highest level reader- she is 8 and reads at a 5th grade level - and she found it to be “kinda boring and I don’t know what they’re really talking about.” So, I’d recommend reading several excerpts before purchasing for your 8/9 year olds.

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Michelle Dorani Johns

Seems ideal for 5th graders not 8 year olds

Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2019

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My Le

Bad print!

Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2018

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I like that it was coming in time as expecting for school project. Good packaging as well!

I don’t like its bad print. Each line thru 1/2 of the book was being cut off, none of us can figure out the meaning of missing words. I was so disappointed with the book but don’t return due to cost of return ing is more than the value of itself. Feel bad!

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B_stein8

Difficult dialect for pronunciation!

Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2018

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We love books! I buy so many books my husband tells me we don’t need more. That being said, this book is cute but hard to read to kiddos. It was difficult for me to read the dialect used in this book and for the kids to understand what I was saying and what I meant. We read every single day and have so many types of fiction and nonfiction and this one just does not work for us. I wish the author had used a more normal dialect when writing so it was easier to read... and I’m from the south!

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Mary Beth Bishop

Wonderful and Imaginative

Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2019

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Lorie

... this for my 8 year old grandson and he enjoyed it so much he read it in 2 days ...

Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2018

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I bought this for my 8 year old grandson and he enjoyed it so much he read it in 2 days and couldn't wait to tell me about it. Very happy I purchased it. Thank you!

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Michele Curran-Wells

Great book set

Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2019

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My 9 year old grandaughter loves it

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good read

Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2018

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I liked this book a little sad at the end but still a good ending wish there was more to it like what was in the chests in Emma's house and what happened in the future..will there be a second book that would be neat

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Soft Paws

Excellent book for boys

Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2013

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When I saw all the five-star reviews listed under this book, I wondered whether the author had done a good job of rounding up family members and friends to write reviews...nonetheless after reading the first free part available on Amazon and not seeing anything better around I decided to give the book a try. Initially I was a bit apprehensive that it might not have enough action for my two boys (aged 6 and 10). Well, all I can say is they absolutely loved this book! It was intriguing and mysterious and they hung onto every word of it. Those five-star reviews are all well deserved! And I am adding another one. A good, clean, adventurous, mysterious time travel story for young kids! Grammar is not my main concern but I certainly did not spot any errors anywhere either.

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A fun time-travelling mystery for kids

Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2020

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I've been reading this at night to my kids (aged 7-9) and they love it. It's a fun, innocent mystery that gets their little minds thinking. It is written with a pretty heavy English (British) diction, so if you are American / Canadian you might spend a lot of time trying to explain some of the slang and idiomatic expressions to your little readers. On the flip side, it's a great way to widen their understanding of their own language and push their reading horizons a bit!

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Makes the unbelievable believable.

Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2020

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The Secret Lake follows Stella and Tom on an amazing journey as they begin a new life after moving from Hong Kong to London. Living in a townhome community with a large garden the two overcome summer boredom and homesickness by following the comings and going of their neighbor's disappearing and reappearing dog, Harry. Little did they know their furry friend would lead them on a wild journey through time tunnels and across a secret lake to friendships unimagined, intrigues and heroic rescue missions. You get to know the characters in short order and by the end of the tale you care about every single one of them. As the story feels like its ending it lingers awhile before meandering to a very twisty ending. I can only hope there is a sequel hiding in Karen Inglis' brain being madly typed out on a keyboard as we speak and we can hear from Stella and Tom once more. My Children loved it. We laughed and cried all while guessing what would happen next.

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