Comments on: 4. When You Reach Me & The Lightning Thief

By: dretexgal

dretexgal — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:54:37 +0000

I think most children/young adult books can stand alone as one book. Many of them are better written than some of the “adult” books I have read. IMHO

Matt Kirkland — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:13:21 +0000

Here’s my antirecommendation for Bendedict Society; I just gave it a oneline review above. Basically: starts out charming, then turns dull quickly.

Then again, I quit Percy Jackson halfway through, so maybe we have different tastes!

Rachel Fox — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:41:58 +0000

I also really enjoyed the Lightning Thief series and can’t wait for the movie in a couple weeks.

Other recent children books I’ve enjoyed:

Cornelia Funke (especially the Ink series and Thief Lord)
Jeanne Birdsall
Book Thief and I am Messenger (more young adult than children)