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P.W. Catanese
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One of my favorite books of recent years is "The Shadow of the Wind", which was written in Spanish and translated to English. It was beautifully written, and obviously there are two people who deserve credit for that: the original writer, and the translator. While I was reading that story, I thought about the special challenge involved in working on a foreign language translation. Above all, yo...
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Happenstance Found (The Books of Umber, #1)
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Dragon Games (The Books of Umber, #2)
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The End of Time (The Books of Umber, #3)
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2011
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The Thief and the Beanstalk
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2005
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The Mirror's Tale
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The Eye of the Warlock
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2005
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The Riddle of the Gnome
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2007
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The Brave Apprentice
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The End Of Time
by P.W. Catanese (Goodreads Author), Richard Poe 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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A Further Tales Adventure
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by P.W. Catanese (Goodreads Author)
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by P.W. Catanese (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 396 ratings
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" What Readers want to know... SS: What do you regret most? PC: Giving up guitar lessons when I was a kid. SS: If you could acquire any talent, what would it be? PC: Either speaking lots of languages or playing lots of instruments. SS: What is your grea..." ...More
" What Readers want to know... SS: What do you regret most? PC: Giving up guitar lessons when I was a kid. SS: If you could acquire any talent, what would it be? PC: Either speaking lots of languages or playing lots of instruments. SS: What is your grea..." ...More
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A terrific ending to a very good trilogy.
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It was a surprisingly good read. At first I was a bit skeptical, but then the story grew and became more enjoyable. I especially like how they combined the reality and science form our world with the fantasy of the world within. It kind of portray...
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An exciting and creative series. Love the characters and adventures. Can't wait to find out how Umber escaped the modern world with his laptop and what the fate will be of this future/old world.
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An exciting new series with fascinating characters: Umber is from our modern world and is slowly introducing innovations to this future/old world, Oates is cursed to always speak the truth, and Hap has glittery eyes and mysterious powers but knows...
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“The worm hissed. "You said it couldn't see!" shouted Oates, forgetting Umber's instruction to be silent. He shook a fist. "We all heard it, Umber! You specifically said, it couldn't see!"
"I know-isn't it wonderful to learn something new?" Umber laughed.”
― P.W. Catanese, Happenstance Found
"I know-isn't it wonderful to learn something new?" Umber laughed.”
― P.W. Catanese, Happenstance Found
“Enjoy yourselves. And Hap: Don't let Umber near the arrows and bows; he's liable to shoot himself in the nose." Dodd grinned and snapped the reins, and the carriage rolled away.
Umber sniffed. "One of his lesser poems. Come, Hap.”
― P.W. Catanese, Dragon Games
Umber sniffed. "One of his lesser poems. Come, Hap.”
― P.W. Catanese, Dragon Games
“Once an idea is out and about, it can't be called back, silenced or erased. You can't contain it, any more than you could put the head of a dandelion back together after the wind has scattered its seeds.”
― P.W. Catanese, Happenstance Found
― P.W. Catanese, Happenstance Found
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What book shall we read in July?
I have chosen books that are getting a lot of attention, or the authors have other Newbery honors, and were published in January and February. My hope is that a lot of libraries might have them in their shelves by now.
If you get the chance, check and see what your library has before you vote.
I have chosen books that are getting a lot of attention, or the authors have other Newbery honors, and were published in January and February. My hope is that a lot of libraries might have them in their shelves by now.
If you get the chance, check and see what your library has before you vote.
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Mimi wrote: "Thank you for liking my review of the dragon gamesand adding me as a friend! I'm a huge fan of yours and can't wait to read the third book in the books on umber."You're welcome Mimi, nice to have you among my friends! Enjoy the big finish to the story of Umber and Happenstance.
Thank you for liking my review of the dragon gamesand adding me as a friend! I'm a huge fan of yours and can't wait to read the third book in the books on umber.
☺Meredith *Yupadoo!* ☺ wrote: "Hi P.W. Catanese! I didn't know your name was Paul! Does your middle name start with a W?"Yes Meredith... it is William. I use my initials because paulcatanese.com was taken but pwcatanese.com was available for my author web site.
Thank you for letting me be your friend on goodreads. It's exremely meaningful to me to know that I was accepted as a friend by an author. I really appreciate it.God Bless!
CB
