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Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo (Leven Thumps #1)
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Obert Skye
WELCOME TO FOO.
Fourteen-year-old Leven Thumps (a.k.a. "Lev") lives a wretched life in Burnt Culvert, Oklahoma. But his life is about to change and his destiny be fulfilled as he learns about a secret gateway that bridges two worlds -- the real world and Foo, a place created at the beginning of time in the folds of the mind that makes it possible for ...more
Fourteen-year-old Leven Thumps (a.k.a. "Lev") lives a wretched life in Burnt Culvert, Oklahoma. But his life is about to change and his destiny be fulfilled as he learns about a secret gateway that bridges two worlds -- the real world and Foo, a place created at the beginning of time in the folds of the mind that makes it possible for ...more
Paperback, 368 pages
Published
July 11th 2006
by Aladdin
(first published April 1st 2005)
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Ordinary orphan Leven Thumps discovers a small furry sycophant who tells him that he is the only one who can save the dreamland named Foo. This boy from Oklahoma, can even manipulate the future. Also with the help of Winter, a nit, and Geth a talking toothpick, he must make it to the gateway to Foo before the evil Sabine does. Obert Skye tells an original story with humor and tells of why we can dream.
Almost like all books, this book does have some minor problems of it’s own. ...more
Almost like all books, this book does have some minor problems of it’s own. ...more
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I have mixed feelings about this book and the series in general. I'll start with the plot. This story line is so good. An alternate world that controls the dreams of man kind is in danger and it is up to the grandson of the creator of the gateway to this place to save it. That would be it in a really small nutshell. It is very good, full of great twists when you don't expect them, great humor, and very good for all ages. So now you thinking, if he likes it that much, why did he give it three sta...more
A very good, easy read. I loved the characters and the general silliness of the book. A sort of simple writing style by Skye, but I like simple sometimes (like in this case). Obviously meant for a younger crowd, the book should be enjoyable to anyone up until the early teens or any person who is still a kid at heart, like me (even though I'm only 16).
Have you ever had a really great dream? Do you ever wonder where those dreams come from?
They come from a place called Foo. Foo is the place that allows mankind to dream, hope and aspire. And if Foo were to collapse, than mankind would not be able to dream. Don't you think it would be just a little strange to not dream anything ever again?
It's up to fourteen-year-old Leven Thumps and thirteen-year-old Winter Frore to stop the mad Sabine from finding the gateway into reality, goi...more
They come from a place called Foo. Foo is the place that allows mankind to dream, hope and aspire. And if Foo were to collapse, than mankind would not be able to dream. Don't you think it would be just a little strange to not dream anything ever again?
It's up to fourteen-year-old Leven Thumps and thirteen-year-old Winter Frore to stop the mad Sabine from finding the gateway into reality, goi...more
Harry Potter envy. That about sums up this book to me. It felt too much like Obert Skye tried too hard to create something with the same witt and mass appeal that the Potter series has. It made me feel like he wrote the book, not because it came from him, but because he saw an opportunity to write in a genre that was enjoying successes.
His book felt too one dimensional. All adults where bumbling idiots that would have lead humanity to death thousands of years ago for example. I...more
His book felt too one dimensional. All adults where bumbling idiots that would have lead humanity to death thousands of years ago for example. I...more
This is another of a recent batch of young adult novels set in Oklahoma. It's about a boy who can access the gateway between the human world and the world of the human imagination - and who must close that gateway before the evil dude from Foo (world of imagination) gets through to reality and destroys everything.
The cast of characters is interesting (a sycophant, a girl who can freeze anything by thinking about it, a toothpick, shadows...) and the rules that govern foo are also interes...more
The cast of characters is interesting (a sycophant, a girl who can freeze anything by thinking about it, a toothpick, shadows...) and the rules that govern foo are also interes...more
I read this book because my son really liked it. Kudos to the author for an original and very inventive fantasy world. That can be difficult to achieve in the fantasy genre. The author's wacky sense of humor makes for a funny, fast-paced story. Include strange but positive characters who fight for the right against heavy odds, and you have a winner. I especially like the boy and girl main characters who are discovering their potentials and choosing who they want to be. I can see why middle...more
I have to admit that I liked it...but it reminds me of Harry potter way to much. Both have bad eye sight, orphans, dark hair, weird aunt/uncle that they live with, magical powers...a male and female helper (AKA Winter and clover/Ron and Hermione) then it all happens so fast...I mean, obert Skye actually came to my school to tell us about the book...it seemed amazing! I was almost eating for it to end. Well...it just seemed to drag a bit. I read it in one day in a car on the road thoug...more
The book is about an orphan with some special characteristic that makes him able to occasionally see and manipulate the future. He, of course, is the hero of the book, as any orphan with magical powers must inevitably be. So the premise of the book is immediately weak -- overused literary theme.
And the writing is frankly disappointing. It's rather awkward. Not quite as bad as Eragon, but bad enough that I decided not to finish the book. For me, that's pretty bad. The editing wa...more
And the writing is frankly disappointing. It's rather awkward. Not quite as bad as Eragon, but bad enough that I decided not to finish the book. For me, that's pretty bad. The editing wa...more
My kids really love this series. Foo is a place where our dreams are; without Foo, we wouldn't dream or hope. People on earth can get sucked into Foo at certain times and places, but only one had ever managed to get out. He created a secret gateway so that he could get back in to Foo, and now an evil guy in Foo is trying to find this gateway. If he does find it, he thinks he will be able to control both places, but what will really happen is that both worlds will be destroyed. Leven Thumps, bein...more
Leven Thumps thinks he is just an underprivileged orphan with no future and no hope. What he doesn't realize is that the magical world of Foo has been waiting for him since before his birth. Leven Thumps was born as the only person with the power to save both the real world and Foo. Leven slowly discovers his magical abilities and the friends that have been waiting to help him until the time he was ready.
I heard someone call this book the Harry Potter for a new generation, but I am n...more
I heard someone call this book the Harry Potter for a new generation, but I am n...more
I tried to like it, I did. I put off reading it because the title annoys me. Petty, I know. But, the kids got the set for Christmas from gma and gpa...so I decided to give it a try. The first chapter had me annoyed. The writing was...excessive. I don't know how else to put it. It seemed like the author simultaneously put too much thought and not enough thought onto the writing. It's full of cliches, misinformation (do some research, buddy!) and repetitive descriptions. I can't imagine what this ...more
This was our audio book last month in the car. I found it a couple years ago for a dollar at Waldenbooks, before that went out of business. I put it on the shelf to save for when we needed a book to listen to. No one wants to ever be without a book do they? I plan for this awful possibility so much that we could be snowed in for months and I would never run out of new books to read.
But back to the book, I had my doubts about it because it seemed like if was reduced to a dollar it...more
But back to the book, I had my doubts about it because it seemed like if was reduced to a dollar it...more
Leaven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo is an exciting and quirky read with fun and interesting characters.
All of the major characters, from Leven to Clover, real and unique with distinctive personalities that are fun to follow. The book is packed with cool ideas, like how people accidentally get into Foo and Fate as an active force in story events. It's a good book but it could have been so much better. Leven and Winter are both neglected children who long for a family to care about the...more
All of the major characters, from Leven to Clover, real and unique with distinctive personalities that are fun to follow. The book is packed with cool ideas, like how people accidentally get into Foo and Fate as an active force in story events. It's a good book but it could have been so much better. Leven and Winter are both neglected children who long for a family to care about the...more
I'm sure I would have liked this book better if I hadn't listened to the audio book read by E. B. Stevens. Sure, he's talented, and I'm very impressed by how many different voices he can do; the problem is, I just don't really love any of those 20+ variations of his voice. Also, since almost all of the characters in this book have the same voice as a character in the Fablehaven series, I feel like I have a warped idea of the Leven Thumps books and will forever after associate them with Fablehave...more
LOVE THIS!!!! True, it may seem a little childish, but it transports you to a world of pure fantasy, to a world of Foo. This series is so creative and inspirational, this is the series that inspired me to become a fantasy writer! I have read this series 3 times and it never gets old! My favorite character is Geth, and not jsut my favorite character of this book series, but my favorite book character of all time!!! When I first read this series, I wanted to BE a lithen, like Geth. Geth is just so...more
I recently read the book Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo and it was adventurous and very interesting. Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo by Obert Skye is placed in two different places called 'Reality' and 'Foo'. The main character, Leven, is your ordinary American except he has a white stripe in his dark hair and an Aunt who hates him. Leven starts to understand more about his past when Clover arrives. Clover is a sycophant, a creature that solely lives to help his master. I like Leven bec...more
Recommended to me by a former senior student who said these books were better than Harry Potter and his favorite books in the world, I had to get them. I listened to most of the book on C.D., then finished it in book form because I wanted to see "What happens next?!?"... I found it very engaging. Skye has an enjoyable wit, great ideas, and a very cool concept. The idea is that there is reality (the place in which we live) and Foo, the land of dreams which is also possible to be "...more
***I REALLY THRASHED THIS BOOK IN MY REVIEW, BUT I ABSOLUTELY ENJOYED THE STORY. IT DESERVES THE THREE STARS I GAVE.***
So, I read Leven Thumps (obviously). I enjoyed the story, hence the three stars. But I didn't LOVE this book. It wasn't gripping. It probably doesn't help that I read it right after Hunger Games - AMAZING!
This book was basic. It was a children's book, so I expected as much, but it was extremely basic. Looking back on the nearly 400-page book, the ev...more
So, I read Leven Thumps (obviously). I enjoyed the story, hence the three stars. But I didn't LOVE this book. It wasn't gripping. It probably doesn't help that I read it right after Hunger Games - AMAZING!
This book was basic. It was a children's book, so I expected as much, but it was extremely basic. Looking back on the nearly 400-page book, the ev...more
I'm really not sure how I feel about this, it felt slow and agonizing to read, every time I opened the book and read a few pages I fell asleep. Granted I was sick when I read this, it was really not very good.
I know it was written for younger audiences, but I really like stuff like this usually, but with Leven Thumps I just felt so over it all.
Although I must say that there were a few witty parts thanks solely to Clover, the furry sycophant.
In most stories of the young overc...more
I know it was written for younger audiences, but I really like stuff like this usually, but with Leven Thumps I just felt so over it all.
Although I must say that there were a few witty parts thanks solely to Clover, the furry sycophant.
In most stories of the young overc...more
This book was just okay for me. It took me a really long time to get into it. A book of this nature and length usually takes me 2-3 days to finish. This one took m a good 10+ days. For the 1st 2/3 of the book, I couldn't read more than 10 pages without falling asleep. That said, I can't really explain why. The story was pretty good (very original), and the book was very well written. The characters were well developed and there was a balanced mix of adventure, humor, and suspense. The la...more
Actually this was pretty weak. I shouldn't have been surprised considering the strange title and the author's rather odd pseudonym. I had avoided reading this for so long based solely on these blemishes. Eventually I got around to it but I must say, based on its level of popularity, I was expecting a little more from this book.
Aside from the cheesy chapter puns on oldies music songs or colloquial proverbs and idioms there were some really awkward parts in this book.
The pl...more
Aside from the cheesy chapter puns on oldies music songs or colloquial proverbs and idioms there were some really awkward parts in this book.
The pl...more
Leven Thumps by Obert Sky
Fourteen-year-old Leven Thumps lives a hard life in Burnt Culvert, Oklahoma. But his life changes and he will escape his misery as he learns about a secret gateway that bridges two worlds, the real world and Foo, a place created at the beginning of time in the folds of the mind that makes it possible for mankind to dream and hope, want and imagine.
But Foo is in chaos, and three transplants from that dream world have been sent to retrieve Leven. Their missi...more
Fourteen-year-old Leven Thumps lives a hard life in Burnt Culvert, Oklahoma. But his life changes and he will escape his misery as he learns about a secret gateway that bridges two worlds, the real world and Foo, a place created at the beginning of time in the folds of the mind that makes it possible for mankind to dream and hope, want and imagine.
But Foo is in chaos, and three transplants from that dream world have been sent to retrieve Leven. Their missi...more
Synopsis:
Fourteen-year-old Leven Thumps (a.k.a. "Lev") lives a wretched life in Burnt Culvert, Oklahoma. But his life is about to change and his destiny be fulfilled as he learns about a secret gateway that bridges two worlds -- the real world and Foo, a place created at the at the beginning of time in the folds of the mind that makes it possible for mankind to dream and hope, aspire and imagine. But Foo is in chaos, and three transplants from that dreamworld have been sent to re...more
Fourteen-year-old Leven Thumps (a.k.a. "Lev") lives a wretched life in Burnt Culvert, Oklahoma. But his life is about to change and his destiny be fulfilled as he learns about a secret gateway that bridges two worlds -- the real world and Foo, a place created at the at the beginning of time in the folds of the mind that makes it possible for mankind to dream and hope, aspire and imagine. But Foo is in chaos, and three transplants from that dreamworld have been sent to re...more
I found out that Obert Skye was coming to our school, Heckethorn Elementary, for an assembly. The kids were really enjoying his book and I wanted to see what all the hubbub was about. I decided that I would get the book on CD so I could listen to it on my long commute to school every morning and afternoon. Once I started listening to this novel, I wanted to drive constantly so I could hear more. I found reasons to be in the car just to keep hearing the story. I finished the book the da...more
I have to admit that I wasn't impressed by this book. The beginning of the book was set up just like Harry Potter with not one but two main characters growing up in two separate households comprised of the worst human adults imaginable. Leven had to sleep on the back porch, only allowed inside the actual house to clean it. Oh brother! I thought the plot was kinda weak. It was fine for the kids but I won't be bothering with the rest of the series.
I personally enjoy a more difficult read, though I would have loved it from 2nd to 5th grade. I'm afraid I'm growing our of my fantacy loving era without even noticing it. :(
This book has a ton of action (to much even) It refuses to have any romance whatsoever. I HATE romance books, but I love them if theres alot of other stuff going on. you have to find the happy medium between action and romance, its hard. This book's plot wasn't very well thought out. All the secrets are given away at ...more
This book has a ton of action (to much even) It refuses to have any romance whatsoever. I HATE romance books, but I love them if theres alot of other stuff going on. you have to find the happy medium between action and romance, its hard. This book's plot wasn't very well thought out. All the secrets are given away at ...more
Title: Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo
Author: Obert Skye
Summary:
This is the first book of many leading onto a thrilling adventure of unknown lands, unknown creatures, friendships and one possible, deadly future. Leven Thumps is 14 years old in the eight grade. He was born in reality later to recieve his destiny in Foo. He lives with his uncle and aunt, who absolutely treating like he's nothing. He's not popular at school at all. He gets bullied everyday, and even the teach...more
Author: Obert Skye
Summary:
This is the first book of many leading onto a thrilling adventure of unknown lands, unknown creatures, friendships and one possible, deadly future. Leven Thumps is 14 years old in the eight grade. He was born in reality later to recieve his destiny in Foo. He lives with his uncle and aunt, who absolutely treating like he's nothing. He's not popular at school at all. He gets bullied everyday, and even the teach...more
My favorite part of Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo was the part when Sabine (bad guy) and Winter (good guy) (which are both nits) had their fight, while Leven was trying to get in the water. I know I said the word nits it is people who have the ability to freeze, control fire, teleport, etc. Sabine and Winter have the ability to freeze objects. So they were all trying to see who was better than the other, then they got so caught up in it that they got carried away. The both of them froz...more
yes, this is a middle reader/teen book, but hey, Harry Potter is too!
Sadly, I didn't enjoy this nearly as much as I did Harry Potter.
If I had to describe this book in one word it would be ODD. There were certain times in the story when you really had to stretch your imagination and even then you had to say "what!?" I think one of the major problems is that the author bombards you with so many fictitious names and things that you've never heard of that you go into overload...more
Sadly, I didn't enjoy this nearly as much as I did Harry Potter.
If I had to describe this book in one word it would be ODD. There were certain times in the story when you really had to stretch your imagination and even then you had to say "what!?" I think one of the major problems is that the author bombards you with so many fictitious names and things that you've never heard of that you go into overload...more
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Obert Skye read his first book at age two. He wrote his first story at age four. And he was nearly trampled by a herd of water buffalo at age six. For a short time, he lived on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, where he spent time as a candy-taster. Several years ago, Obert Skye says, he discovered the existence of Foo. Publishing his story as a fictional series was not Obert’s first choice. Neverthel...more
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