Saturday, May 19, 2012

The Shadows by Jacqueline West

The Shadows by Jacqueline West is the first book in a new series, The Books of Elsewhere.  I really enjoyed this book.  The main character, Olive moves into a new home on Linden Street with her super smart, mathematician parents.  The McMartin's were the former owners of the home, and they've left behind all of their furniture and their three cats.  Olive soon finds out this is not a normal house and there is absolutely nothing normal about the strange paintings that hang on the walls and refuse to be removed.  And wait, did something just move inside that picture???  Follow Olive into a new world, Elsewhere... if you dare.

Reviewed by Mrs. Castro



The Books of Elsewhere first book is The Shadows.  It is a book that will have you at the edge of your seat biting off all your nails down to the nub just to find out what happens next. When Olive Dunwoody moves into a large, stone house on Linden Street, she finds out the house is keeping secrets. She also finds out about the three cats and the paintings that won’t come off the walls in the hallway! And what about everything else in this house? Or what about Elsewhere?  Like it says on the back of the book, “This house is keeping secrets . . . be careful where you look!”
Reviewed by parrotcarrots
 

7 comments:

  1. Good job I like your review. This book sounds interesting. Is there a movie to this book?

    hailstorm

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    1. hailstorm- I love your username and sadly no there is no movie to this but there is a series to this book. The first book is the shadows which is the one I reviewed. The second one is Spellbound. The third one is The Second Spy and the 4th one and 5th one I cant quite remember the names of but im looking forward to reading them. Do you think you will be reading this book soon?

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  2. i love your review!! it seems like a good book. i think i have to read it! Did you read the first book?
    pinkbows4ever

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    1. pinkbows4ever
      This book is the first one and there is 5 books to the series and I already read the first two books which were very entertaining and I recommend you should read the series. Do you have any books you would recommend for me?
      -parrotcarrots

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  3. this book sounds great i would love to read it and your reveiw is great by the way :) ~unicorn15

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  4. After this book review I want to read this book. I also had a nightmare about this. Do you know if this is in Warwick Public Library?

    - SpaZ Potato

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    1. SpaZ Potato yes the first book is in the library but i'm not sure about the others

      -parrotcarrots

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