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2023 Build Your Library Reading Challenge







Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Madcap Middle Grade Adventure a Fun, Zany Read
11:17 AM
(Image from Barnes & Noble)
As the ruler of the Kingdom of Camellia, the 22-year-old emperor has been so spoiled that he's become an insufferable egomaniac. Watching from the Great Beyond, his meddling ancestors decide it's high time their ungrateful descendant learns a lesson in humility. Using their otherworldly powers, they plop him in the countryside alone except for an 8-foot tall ostrich.


(Readalikes: This tale is supposed to be Berry's nod to Lloyd Alexander, an author whom I've never read. Presumably, it's similar to his novels?)
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To the FTC, with love: I received a finished copy of The Emperor's Ostrich from the generous folks at Macmillan. Thank you!
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This one sounds a little all over the place and I’m not sure if it’s for me but I do like Berry. I’ll probsbly skip this one though.
ReplyDeleteI really like Berry's writing. This one just happens to be a genre I don't love. It didn't capture me the way her other books have.
DeleteI didn't know Julie Berry was LDS. Too bad you didn't like this one that much, but you can't win them all, I guess.
ReplyDeleteYep, she is! I didn't love this one, but that doesn't diminish my Berry love. She's a great writer and I love that she tries different genres/styles -- she doesn't write the same book over and over and over again like some writers.
DeleteI enjoyed this one, and so did my boys. You've never read Lloyd Alexander?!
ReplyDeleteOh, good! I wondered how/if kids would relate to it.
DeleteIf I've ever read Alexander, it was so long ago that I don't remember it. I should probably at least read (re-read?) THE BLACK CAULDRON, right?
Start with The Book of Three, and The Black Cauldron will make more sense.
DeleteThis sounds like a good book. My niece and nephew aren't quite old enough for books like this yet, but I'm keeping a list of books to buy them when they're older.
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