What Came from the Stars
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780547868684 (0547868685)
ASIN: B008LQ1SOC
Publish date: September 4th 2012
Publisher: Clarion Books
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
(1.5)This was . . . a difficult book for me to get through, to say the least. I've heard good things about Gary D. Schmidt, and this happened to be the first book I came across in the library. I wish I'd chosen one of his other books instead!The chapters set on the other world--and the book opens wi...
I won this from a Goodreads First Reads giveaway.It was cute and interesting. Very creative. I think I would have liked it when I was younger and within the age range that it is intended for. It reminded me of A Wrinkle in Time and Narnia, both of which I loved.
This novel is quite a departure for Gary Schmidt and one I wish he'd not taken. The story is an odd mix of realism and fantasy with chapters alternating between the life of sixth-grader Tommy Pepper and a civil war on a distant planet written in epic-like fashion. Especially peculiar is the use of r...