false 332854 5 Something extraordinary is about to happen to Charlotte Mielswetzski.<P><P>It's not the very cute kitten that appears out of nowhere. It's not the arrival of her cousin Zee, who believes he's the cause of a mysterious sickness that has struck his friends back in England. And it's not the white-faced, yellow-eyed men in tuxedos who follow Charlotte everywhere. What's so extraordinary is not any one of these things. It's <I>all</i> of them. <P><P>When Charlotte's friends start to get sick, Charlotte and Zee set out to find a cure. Their quest leads them to a not-so-mythical Underworld, where they face Harpies that love to rhyme, gods with personnel problems, and ghosts with a thirst for blood.<P><P>Charlotte and Zee learn that in a world overrun by Nightmares, Pain, and Death, the really dangerous character is a guy named Phil. And then they discover that the fate of every person -- living <I>and</i> dead -- is in their hands.<P><P> 323387 book 2006 The Shadow Thieves (Cronus Chronicles, Book 1) total:552|5:192|4:209|3:113|2:32|1:6| 552 2205 773 124 5 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Mar 28 11:22:50 -0700 2007 Wed Mar 28 11:25:22 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jan 11 02:41:03 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 15:09:39 -0800 2009
The story begins in the middle, with Charlotte Mielswetzski's discovery of a kitten on her way home from school. S...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Mar 28 07:08:38 -0700 2007 Fri Mar 30 10:36:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Jun 22 11:42:06 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 22 11:44:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 true false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 16:46:19 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 16:57:09 -0800 2008 once more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 19:30:21 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 02:00:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 03 14:28:14 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 14:32:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 19:14:14 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 19:14:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jan 30 03:33:29 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 03:55:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 01 09:16:41 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 09:19:14 -0800 2009
The writer is quite witty so the humo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 13:22:35 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 15:07:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 18:14:08 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 22:02:09 -0700 2008
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Cute story. The writing was very informal (in addition to being smarmy), but I think it works well considering its target audience is probably fifth-graders. It gives a nice modern/cutesy interpretation of greek my...more...]]> 3 0 true false Tue Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 10 07:06:35 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 02:08:14 -0700 2008 Just finished reading this book today. As usual, it took me weeks to finish a book, what with reading it a couple of paragraph a day.

In general, I like this book. Storytelling is not too fast not to slow, and still fast enough to get you going and engage you. And I like the idea of...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 03 14:03:02 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 14 20:41:31 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 08 16:27:17 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 10:14:47 -0700 2007
Seriously. It's the book I never knew I was dying to read. I mean, I...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 06:39:26 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 09:06:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 08:09:23 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 10:44:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Jul 08 17:30:26 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 17:34:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 28 12:38:39 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 27 15:00:40 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 14 21:42:23 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 14 22:19:48 -0700 2007 more...]]>