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The Questory of Root Karbunkulus: Item One: Miist
by
Kamilla Reid
"Should Root Karbunkulus compete in the coolest scavenger race ever, even if her two teammates are sooooo annoying, her magic totally sucks and there are hundreds of other kids rivaling for the mysterious prizes? If she wants to live she will."
Paperback, 316 pages
Published
May 31st 2007
by BookSurge Publishing
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The Questory of Root Karbunkulus review for readersfavorite.com
This is the most charming tale I have read in a while. A master author writes it beautifully. The story moves flawlessly from beginning to end.
Two old sisters, both uneducated and lazy, live together in a place far away from others. The sisters like it that way; no one meddles in their affairs. One day when they are coming back from the market, where they sell all their vegetables, which they steal from others, they have the scare o...more
This is the most charming tale I have read in a while. A master author writes it beautifully. The story moves flawlessly from beginning to end.
Two old sisters, both uneducated and lazy, live together in a place far away from others. The sisters like it that way; no one meddles in their affairs. One day when they are coming back from the market, where they sell all their vegetables, which they steal from others, they have the scare o...more
A child who does not feel loved, who does not feel like she fits in learns that there is a bigger destiny for her. She finds herself on a journey of self discovery, she tries to find out who she is, where she came from and what her future holds. She faces many challenges that come with growing up, about learning to be who you are and being alright with that, about making hard choices and learning that life is not always fair, about learning what true family means. Root learns about working with...more
The Questory of Root Karbunkulus, Reid’s first novel, is a delightful YA fantasy book (with an awesome website). Anyways, we first meet Root, our hero, living in a halfhouse (a house split in half) with two horrid aunts that definitely bare a resemblance to the horrid aunts of James and the Giant Peach fame. As the book opens, fourteen-year-old Root finds that she is not related to the aunts (whew!) and is actually an orphaned citizen of DreAmm, a magical land. She, along with hundreds of other...more
May 11, 2008
Jennifer Wardrip
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Reviewed by Marta Morrison for TeensReadToo.com
When I received this book in the mail I was immediately drawn to it. It looked like a fun book to read. Well, my intuition was right and I loved this book!
This is the story about a young girl named Root. She was brought to our world by someone from another and had to live with two grotesque women named Carblotta and Octavia. They reminded me of the aunts in JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH by Roald Dahl. Well, these aunts wanted Root to be their servant g...more
When I received this book in the mail I was immediately drawn to it. It looked like a fun book to read. Well, my intuition was right and I loved this book!
This is the story about a young girl named Root. She was brought to our world by someone from another and had to live with two grotesque women named Carblotta and Octavia. They reminded me of the aunts in JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH by Roald Dahl. Well, these aunts wanted Root to be their servant g...more
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