![]() ![]() ![]() 8-12)Ī magnificently creepy fantasy pits a bright, bored little girl against a soul-eating horror that inhabits the reality right next door.Ĭoraline’s parents are loving, but really too busy to play with her, so she amuses herself by exploring her family’s new flat. The book is a thrill ride-as the complications mount and a grittily determined Greg ingeniously responds to them, readers will come to admire him as much as James does. The character development is acute and believable: Greg learns to be less fearful, while his father finds that timidity does not imply a lack of courage. When his father is bitten by a rattlesnake during the trip, Greg hauls him and his half-brother, James, out of the wilderness-against overwhelming obstacles-in time to get him to a doctor. After surviving an earthquake, a holdup, and a shooting, he has become understandably timid Petersen (Liars, 1992, etc.) presents Greg's fears as warranted and sensible, as are his father's concerns that Greg is becoming too fearful. When his father, whom he usually only sees once a month, proposes a white-water rafting trip, Greg is not keen on the idea of danger as fun. Though similar in concept to Marion Dane Bauer's Face to Face (1991), this pulse-pounding adventure features characters who are considerably more likable. ![]()
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