Welcome to Fantasy Fiction Reviews!

                 Fantasy fiction has been finding a broader audience among readers who enjoy 

              suspending their disbelief and exploring the mystery and intrigue of new worlds.

              Often included under the category of Science Fiction, Fantasy is really

              its own genre. While Science Fiction examines worlds based on technology

              and invention that might be possible in the future, Fantasy relies on

              the supernatural and non-rational phenomena falling outside the natural

              laws of our present world. 

 The Fantasy genre consists of Horror, as well as the realms of High and Low

Fantasy. Low Fantasy features our real world as the primary place of action

where odd occurrences remain unexplained and magical and supernatural beings exist.  

 

  The plots and characters of High Fantasy--those books where action takes place in an imaginary, secondary world peopled by the supernatural (a hierarchy of deities concocted by the author) or the magical powers of faerie and wizards--challenge us to examine the values of our own world as we compare and contrast their make-believe existence with our real one.  

 

  In High Fantasy, the main hero in character mirrors the conflicts, flaws, and virtues that are universally shared by all of us in our everyday search for happiness and accomplishment. Readers who found wonder and solace in the works of J.R.R. Tolkein as a young adult find kindred spirits in some of today's current authors.

 

 

Our Reviews:

 

 

 

Review by Jake, 6th Grader

 

    Here Be Monsters! by Alan Snow is one of the best books I have ever read!  This book was

    humorous, adventurous, and extremely good.  My favorite characters were the cheeses and the

    box trolls.  I liked the cheeses because they reminded me of a cartoon character on a TV show.

    I liked the box trolls because I think it's funny that they live in boxes and their obsession of technology!

    The story is about a boy named Arthur who lives underground with his grandfather.  One day he is sent

    up above ground to fetch some food and discovers an evil plot planned by the evil Snatcher to destroy

    Ratbridge.  Then when Arthur meets new friends on his journey they help him to try and put an end to Snatcher's

    evil plan.  In my opinion, I think this would be a great book to put in our school library.

 

 

 

     Review by Victor

 

Dragon Keeper  by Carol Wilkinson.

     I just finished a fantastic book!  It is called Dragon Keeper.  The book is about a girl that is a hard working slave in the town of Haungling.  The young girl has a chore where she has to feed the dragons in the den.  Later on in the book, the girl's owner has her go to the Haungling's montain where the King's machine is, but noone is supposed to go there.  Guards try to capture her, but she runs away with a dragon.  On the trip she learns that she is the only one that can talk to the dragon.  She also learns what her name is which you will have to find out on your own.  The she gives the dragon a name.  The dragon reveals many secret truths to her such as, the ocean water is magic.  I really enjoyed this book and so will you.  I would also recommend this book to anyone who likes fantasy and adventure.