Tuesdays at the Castle
Format: kindle
ASIN: B009IROWYG
Publish date: March 14th 2013
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Pages no: 241
Edition language: English
Series: Castle Glower (#1)
Meet the castle that can build itself... and the children who will do anything to defend it. -from the back cover Whenever Castle Glower became bored, it would grow a new room or two. - first sentence Castle Glower picked kings based on some other criteria all its own... Legend had it that the C...
This was going to be a high three stars for me, but the ending really sold me. It was edge-of-your-seat exciting, and also sweet, and also made me choke up just a little bit. And it was enough to tip me into four-star territory.I LOVE the idea of a sentient castle, which is what drew me to this book...
This is a charming book, and I enjoyed it very much. I loved everything about it: its cute cover, its fast-moving plotline, and its enchanting, inventive protagonist, eleven-year-old Princess Celie. I regret that I don’t belong to the book’s target audience – middle grade school children – any longe...
This is one of those books that makes me wish I had a teleport to deliver it to younger Maureen. I would have LOVED it at a certain age. As an adult reader, I found it a bit unsatisfying, although I appreciated the sibling relationships and loved the way the castle was a character in its own right.
Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George proves that middle-grade doesn’t mean dumbed-down adult stories. Tuesdays at the Castle is a marvelously enjoyable read for adults as well, with a fun new take on the living castle and four excellent royal children to save the day. I had such a fun time r...
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