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FWIW, Scholastic's February Arrow ( Book Club flyer) is offering the hardcover book plus the 3 CD audiobook for $14.95... I've already placed MY order! Suzanne On Feb 6, 2007, at 11:12 PM, Ronda Y. Foust wrote: > Many, many years ago, I read Susan Cooper's <i>Dark is Rising</i>. > The series enthralled me, and I found myself anxiously waiting for > each book in the series to come back in to our school library (the > series was popular). So how is this relevant to Jenny Nimmo's > <i>The Magician Trilogy</i>? Reading <u>The Snow Spider</u> put me > in the same frame of mind that Cooper's series put me into so very > many years ago, so much so, that I (1) can't wait to read the 2nd > book in Nimmo's series and (2) am itching to re-read Cooper's > series. Set in Wales, Nimmo's new series (she is author of the > <i>Charlie Bone</i> books), introduces us to Gwyn and his family on > the day of Gwyn's ninth birthday. Gwyn's grandmother gives him > five very puzzling gifts--a piece of seaweed, a scarf, a whistle, a > twisted brooch and a broken toy horse--and tells hiim that now is > the time to find out if he, Gwyn, is a magician. Gwyn and his > mother and father, still grieving from the mysterious disappearance > of his sister Bethan almost five years previous, pretty well think > that Gwyn's gran is nuts. But is she? Full of the richness of > Welsh names <u>The Snow Spider</u> is an intriguing tale of > darkness, mystery, and the light of hope. I'm looking forward to > reading the next one. > > Reading level as listed on Amazon.com: Ages 9-12 > > > > Ronda Y. Foust > School Media Specialist in Training, UTK > rstansb2@utk.edu > Oak Ridge, TN > http://thebookdragon.blogspot.com/ > > ********************************************************* Suzanne Ng, Librarian South Mountain Elem. School South Orange, NJ 07079 email: sng@somsd.k12.nj.us http://www.southmountain.somsd.k12.nj.us ********************************************************* -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/sub/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------