Diana Peterfreund
Autor(a) de For Darkness Shows the Stars
About the Author
Séries
Obras de Diana Peterfreund
One & Only (Canton, #1) 1 exemplar(es)
Poe in D.C. (Secret Society Girl, #1.1) 1 exemplar(es)
Powerless (Secret Society Girl, #3.2) 1 exemplar(es)
Poe at the Gates (Secret Society Girl, #2.3) 1 exemplar(es)
Darkness Shows the Stars, Book 2: Across a Star-Swept Sea 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned From Judy Blume (2007) — Contribuinte — 332 cópias
Mind-Rain: Your Favorite Authors on Scott Westerfeld's Uglies Series (2009) — Contribuinte — 106 cópias
Through the Wardrobe: Your Favorite Authors on C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia (2008) — Contribuinte — 59 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1979-01-20
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Tampa, Florida, USA
- Educação
- Yale University
- Ocupação
- novelist
young adult writer
children's book author
Membros
Resenhas
This was a fast, exciting read, as many supernatural books of late have been. Nice butt-kicking main character, great setting (Rome), great monsters to fight (unicorns), and original in many ways. The reason it's a 3 and not a 4 is simply that there were some confusing parts, parts that I think many young people would get tripped up on. Some of the characters loyalties were never clear, and there were some actions with shaky motivation. BUT, a great read nonetheless.
Fun murder mystery, cozy mystery story.
Listas
Austenland (1)
2010s (1)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 27
- Also by
- 16
- Membros
- 3,720
- Popularidade
- #6,809
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Resenhas
- 334
- ISBNs
- 80
- Idiomas
- 2
- Favorito
- 12
Blackbrook Academy, Maine, Contemporary (p.2019)
1 Prestigious Science Academy
1 Winter Storm Surge, leaving
11 Students and Staff taking refuge in
1 Former Mansion Turned Reform School Turned Girls' Dorm
6 Characters inspired by the Original Clue (7 if you count Headmaster Boddy)
Several References to the Classic Clue Weapons
2 Secret Passages (with at least 1 very clever entrance)
Rotating PoV
1 Broken Stained Glass Window
1 Dead Bod(d)y
Terribly Done Mopping
2 Secret Identities
2 Potentially Career-Ending Secrets
The Short Version:
A fun middle-grade/YA mystery inspired by the board game (and the 1985 movie) with clever backstories tying characters to their game counterparts and some of the more outrageous names being tied to more believable last names. Colonel Mustard thus become Sam "Mustard" Maestor - a new arrival fresh from military school. Beth Picach is a tennis star who dyes the ends of her hair blue. Professor Plum becomes a research-obsessed science genius who barely looks beyond his test tubes. Mr. Green becomes townie and scholarship student Vaughn Green - who helps with maintenance and janitorial work in addition to classes. Mrs. White is the dorm proctor.
I liked this, and I enjoyed how all of the secrets flying around leaves plot for the sequels. It's fairly lightweight, but makes full use of the secret passages and familiar lay-out of the mansion. I will happily read the next.… (mais)