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Kaethe
Kaethe rated it 15 years ago
Grabbed of of the children's shelf for the kid who likes spooky stories, as well as for me.***Well, the Wolfchild is still working on it, but I've finished my read. A really strong collection of sudden fiction, some truly creepy, some funny as anything. I particularly like the addition of comic-st...
Allusion is not Illusion
Allusion is not Illusion rated it 15 years ago
This is an okay story, but don't be fooled by descriptors such as forbidden mystery and enchantment everywhere and the ghostly-looking cover into expecting that this story will have any ghosts or enchantments. You will be disappointed. Like me, you may then feel duped into having read a book about f...
afterwhat
afterwhat rated it 15 years ago
Kids will love this book--maybe boys in particular, but don't all kids love scary stories? And these are so short that there's not time to get really scared during the individual stories, so I think these might be mom-pleasers as well. Some of them are just weird, some have funny surprise endings,...
anniecresta
anniecresta rated it 16 years ago
How scared can I get in thirty seconds? Well, I decided to find out. I picked up this book upon seeing the words "half-minute". This greatly appealed to my fluctuating attention span, which that day was extremely short. Overall, the stories were good; some more than others. It was interesting to see...
Chrissie's Books
Chrissie's Books rated it 17 years ago
A good informative book for children curious about the Russian Revolution. I haven't given it more stars because the emotional relationship between Katya and Misha does not ring true. For this reason these two central characters seem flat, hollow, merely story book characters. Their feelings for eac...
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