Barrowman, John and Carole E. Hollow Earth 400 pgs. Aladdin, 2012. $10.98 (Rating: G)
Matt and Emily are twins who are learning that they have some strange gifts –like bringing their artwork to life. They start to learn about them when the whole family moves in with their grandfather in Scotland. Different factions want to control the power the twins possess and they are thrown into the midst of some chaotic drama. When their grandfather is injured and their mom is missing, the twins and their new friend Zach, must use their powers to figure out what’s going on.
This was a fun read, despite my growing distain forextra special extra magical kids. (I prefer luck and ingenuity!!) This was actually a sort of complex story with plenty of interesting facets –maybe too political for younger students. I liked the idea that the twins could draw things to life, and were quite ingenious in coming up with ways to accomplish this in dire situations. I was close to putting this as optional but the author did such a good job with the characters that I really do want to read the next book, should there be a second.
ELEMENTARY, MS–ADVISABLE Reviewer: Stephanie School Librarian & Author.
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