The Book of Stolen Dreams (The Stolen Dreams Adventures): 1

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When I started reading this wonderful, fast-paced, action-packed adventure, I was strapped in for magic, adventure, mystery-solving. I started my career directing theatre, and ran three theatres in the UK, including The Lyric Theatre Hammersmith in London. Under the rule of Charles Malstain life is dreary, and anyone who does not do as he requests is made to disappear. A heart-stopping adventure of the kind that should appeal to fans of Eva Ibbotson and Philip Pullman. This is a lovely book, so well written it draws you into the adventures, pain, suspense, love that the characters experience.

Les personnages étaient attachants et à partir de la deuxième moitié, les actions se sont enchaînés. What’s more, along the way we encounter dreamers, schemers, those with inner compasses and one with a shining moral compass.Although it's not outright said, the names and places in this story gave me strong Russian vibes, so I presume it's set somewhere around there, but placing a date is a little harder. The adventure is well thought out, set within a dark and oppressive land ruled by a dark dictator who hates children. The story follows Rachel and Robert’s quest to keep the book from Charles Malstain’s wicked grasp while trying to locate the crucial missing pages. He was initially involved in more scheming and so I enjoyed learning about the plans for Malstain's demise from him.

Hating children, he banned them from all fun child-centred activities, transforming these areas into. I felt such powerful emotions reading about Robert and Rachel in the last chapter, it just overwhelmed me, which I didn't expect, but there you go. David is known for his work on Spooks and his 2016 BBC adaptation of The Night Manager, starring Hugh Laurie and Tom Hiddleston. Quero agradecer também à leya, por me ter permitido conhecer o mundo de Krasnia e estas duas crianças especiais. it will, at least for the time you are reading this book, make you step out of your adult state-of-mind and make you wonder if you still have that moral compass that they talk about.Talvez as crianças interpretem a mensagem do livro de uma forma mais ligeira, sem se focar propriamente nestes temas que são mais pesados, mas sim na coragem dos irmãos e na magia que existe neste mundo. Auch tauchten plötzlich Figuren auf, die meiner Meinung nach unlogisch gehandelt haben oder ich habe ihre Gründe nicht verstanden, und die waren dann auch genauso schnell wieder verschwunden.

I have even talked the head into a little revamp of the library so that we can display them properly! Bronnie is so lovely with the boys and we also felt that having a man enthusing about the books set a great example.But when she meets Josef Centurion, who seems to want to help, she’s careful not to tell him her real name, why she’s looking for her brother and, most especially, what is hidden in her sock. Finally, Bookwagon suggests that this title is a rite of passage for readers, a book destined for ‘classic’ status.