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Dandelion Fire (The 100 Cupboards #2)
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N.D. Wilson (Goodreads Author)
Henry York never dreamed his time in Kansas would open a door to adventure—much less a hundred doors. But a visit to his aunt and uncle’s farm took an amazing turn when cupboard doors, hidden behind Henry’s bedroom wall, revealed themselves to be portals to other worlds. Now, with his time at the farm drawing to a close, Henry makes a bold decision—he must go through the c...more
Hardcover, 480 pages
Published
February 24th 2009
by Random House Books for Young Readers
(first published December 8th 2008)
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First, I am a completely unobjective super-fan of both ND Wilson and this book. I did marry the boy (whose words I loved) and he did dedicate the book to me (so, in a way, he bought these five stars). But he's not on goodreads, so I can say whatever I want (right?). I enjoyed it immensely, especially everything to do with the faeren. I'm most curious how it will strike fans of 100Cs since I really am too close to the story to see it in its own right.
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A great action packed sequel to 100 Cupboards. I hope there will be additional books to tell us where the other cupboards go! (Later) There IS another book due out this year! Yeah! Called Chestnut King.
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Henry was a very special boy who lived with his parents until one day they were kidnapped and he was sent to live with her Uncle Frank, Aunt Dolly, and three cousins in Kansas. During his stay in Kansas Henry discovered 99 cupboards hidden behind the plaster in the wall behind his bed. With the help of his cousin Henrietta, Henry found one more cupboard in a secret room behind a secret door that was only opened with a magical key. Using dials located upstairs in the attic Henry and Henrietta exp...more
Dandelion Fire is the second installment in the 100 Cupboards series, taking Henry out of Kansas and back into the cupboards in search of his identity. As far as action goes, this book does not disappoint. We find out quite a bit more about Henry’s past, his family, and why he was ever adopted in the first place. There is also an evil kidnapping wizard that is after Henry because of some newfound powers Henry has discovered. I am left definitely wanting to pick up and read the last bo...more
I couldn't wait to burn through this book! I read it in just one day! ...amazing for a Mom with her 3 kids home on a summer day!! When I was at the book store and stumbled across this the second book in the 100 Cupboards series, I was so excited! I had read the first book years ago and somehow missed the sequel and was thrilled to find out that it was not the last book either and in fact N.D. Wilson had turned this exciting book into a Trilogy!! I was sold! I bought all three! And I am very gla...more
This book started a little slow for me. Henrietta was infuriating, Henry was being rather thick, and the plot lines began to get rather complicated without anything really happening.
However, I was rewarded for my perseverance, as the different events begin to point towards each other and the characters began to really make progress, both internally and externally. Despite my earlier misgivings, I became attached to almost all of the characters, and it greatly simplified things to r...more
However, I was rewarded for my perseverance, as the different events begin to point towards each other and the characters began to really make progress, both internally and externally. Despite my earlier misgivings, I became attached to almost all of the characters, and it greatly simplified things to r...more
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This review is for the entire trilogy.
I am not sure if I can put into words how much I LOVE this trilogy. And I am forever grateful to my sister for suggesting it to me and then buying me all three books. THIS is what a fantasy story should be. I can't even believe some people on Amazon gave it less than a 4 or 5. They couldn't have been reading the same books! OK-I will give you some concrete reasons now.
The character development...more
This review is for the entire trilogy.
I am not sure if I can put into words how much I LOVE this trilogy. And I am forever grateful to my sister for suggesting it to me and then buying me all three books. THIS is what a fantasy story should be. I can't even believe some people on Amazon gave it less than a 4 or 5. They couldn't have been reading the same books! OK-I will give you some concrete reasons now.
The character development...more
Mundie Moms & Mundie Kids
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Dandelion Fire picks up right where 100 Cupboards ended. Henry continues his journey into finding out who he is, but along the way meets some people who either want to claim him as his own or want to show him who he really is.
After a freak accident during a storm out by the barn with Henrietta, Henry is left blind and now he wears the mark of the Dandelion, who's fire burns through him. Henry returns to the cupboards he's forbidden to go in to, to find out what's happening to him and ...more
After a freak accident during a storm out by the barn with Henrietta, Henry is left blind and now he wears the mark of the Dandelion, who's fire burns through him. Henry returns to the cupboards he's forbidden to go in to, to find out what's happening to him and ...more
Really enjoyed this book. It's a great second-of-three book in that it feels like a complete story in and of itself, rather than being an extension of book one or purely prologue to book three.
I suppose it's inevitable when it comes to books containing wizards and faeren and the like, but to me this book is reminiscent of Hobbit / LOTR -- in an entirely good way, I'm inclined to say.
It's really such a different book than 100 Cupboards. I like it when story-lines unfold li...more
I suppose it's inevitable when it comes to books containing wizards and faeren and the like, but to me this book is reminiscent of Hobbit / LOTR -- in an entirely good way, I'm inclined to say.
It's really such a different book than 100 Cupboards. I like it when story-lines unfold li...more
N.D. Wilson's writing obviously matures and deepends in this book - it also gets "older." 100 Cupboards bordered on a young adult book for me (the witch at the end is downrigh scary), and Dandelion Fire pushes that even further. On one hand, evil should be hideous and terrifying. Yet, individuals like Tolkien and Lewis were able to 'check' their villians, either through mixing the nefarious with the petty, or just limiting description.
Darius and Nimiane are both very dark,...more
Darius and Nimiane are both very dark,...more
I almost never post reviews of subsequent titles in a series but this one was so much worse than the 1st, I have to post my review.
In the second installment of 100 Cupboards, Henry discovers that he is a 7th son with magical abilities, which forms a dandelion mark on his hand. Henry’s cousin Henrietta decides to adventure through the cupboards and her family follows her. A battle of good verses evil ensues. Though the idea of cupboards with hidden worlds is appealing as is the cute fl...more
In the second installment of 100 Cupboards, Henry discovers that he is a 7th son with magical abilities, which forms a dandelion mark on his hand. Henry’s cousin Henrietta decides to adventure through the cupboards and her family follows her. A battle of good verses evil ensues. Though the idea of cupboards with hidden worlds is appealing as is the cute fl...more
On StaticMultimedia.com I gave this 4 stars, our highest rating. Below are some highlights from that review. To read my full review go to: http://www.staticmultimedia.com/print/re...
In Dandelion Fire, N. D. Wilson hits another one out of the ballpark from his fictional town of Henry, Kansas. Henry York, the boy from Boston who found magical doorways to other worlds, is back in this sequel to 100 Cupboards and this time around he might find the answers about where he’s really from.
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In Dandelion Fire, N. D. Wilson hits another one out of the ballpark from his fictional town of Henry, Kansas. Henry York, the boy from Boston who found magical doorways to other worlds, is back in this sequel to 100 Cupboards and this time around he might find the answers about where he’s really from.
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~ by N.D. Wilson
Sequel to 100 Cupboards
Ages: 8+
Henry York sleeps in the attic of his aunt and uncle's house. It's small and sparse, but it's home. It also has 100 cupboards on the wall, each leading to a different land.
But his parents have returned from their trip and are planning on collecting him soon. This event spurs Henry into slipping into a cupboard so that he can find his real parents. Unbeknownst to him, an ancient evil is stirring and the power...more
Sequel to 100 Cupboards
Ages: 8+
Henry York sleeps in the attic of his aunt and uncle's house. It's small and sparse, but it's home. It also has 100 cupboards on the wall, each leading to a different land.
But his parents have returned from their trip and are planning on collecting him soon. This event spurs Henry into slipping into a cupboard so that he can find his real parents. Unbeknownst to him, an ancient evil is stirring and the power...more
Reviewed by Allison Fraclose for TeensReadToo.com
Only a couple of weeks have passed since Henry York and his cousin, Henrietta, had their adventure in the mysterious cupboards adorning the wall of Henry's attic room.
Since he'd come to live with his aunt, uncle, and cousins in Kansas, Henry discovered the hidden wall of cupboards accidentally, and learned that each one leads to a different time and place. Built by their grandfather, who listed the combinations to the diffe...more
Only a couple of weeks have passed since Henry York and his cousin, Henrietta, had their adventure in the mysterious cupboards adorning the wall of Henry's attic room.
Since he'd come to live with his aunt, uncle, and cousins in Kansas, Henry discovered the hidden wall of cupboards accidentally, and learned that each one leads to a different time and place. Built by their grandfather, who listed the combinations to the diffe...more
The systematic destruction of sappiness as regards fairy tales continues. I could have kissed the front cover several times. I didn't.
It was strange, I'll grant that. Not just strange like any fantasy is bound to be, but strange in his usual Scottish way. I could swear he was grave-digging Lilith every other sentence. But that's good. He's also shocking us out of thinking of the world like, as he says, a machine. There's definitely Chesterton coming out there.
It was strange, I'll grant that. Not just strange like any fantasy is bound to be, but strange in his usual Scottish way. I could swear he was grave-digging Lilith every other sentence. But that's good. He's also shocking us out of thinking of the world like, as he says, a machine. There's definitely Chesterton coming out there.
Henry York spends his nights in an attic room bristling with cupboards of all shapes and sizes. These are cupboards, though, that hold a good deal more than moth-eaten overcoats and yellowing stamp collections. Cupboards that lead into myriad worlds, some familiar, some vastly less so, but all of which take rather less than a cube of Turkish delight to tempt the young and curious. But while the worlds that exist behind some of these cupboards are no doubt places of wonder and adventure, it is th...more
The first book in this series, 100 Cupboards, which was a prosaic story of a boy, Henry, who discovers a collection of cupboards in his bedroom that lead to different worlds, as well as so much more about himself and the origins of his own family. This book, Dandelion Fire, the second in the series, is just the opposite: its is quite poetic...well about 3/4 of the book is poetic, then the last part is all action sprinkled with bits of poetic descriptions. Volume two in the series is a continuati...more
Awesome. Absolutely fantastic. There's a reason N.D. Wilson is being called the next C.S. Lewis.
I loved several things about this book:
1. The story gets more intense and better and better and bigger and bigger as you keep reading. It starts in a small town in Kansas, and ends in a battle to save another world--a battle that reminds me a lot of the battle for Minas Tirith in The Return of the King.
2. It's full of all kinds of action and suspense. The suspense...more
I loved several things about this book:
1. The story gets more intense and better and better and bigger and bigger as you keep reading. It starts in a small town in Kansas, and ends in a battle to save another world--a battle that reminds me a lot of the battle for Minas Tirith in The Return of the King.
2. It's full of all kinds of action and suspense. The suspense...more
A better book then the first book in the series. I think this has to do with the fact that there are events and stuff happening instead of being described everything.
I do not like any of the cousin girls in this story. I think they are frustrating, rude and a little annoying but that could be a good thing if I feel that strongly about them.
I love the imagination that goes into this novel. It's very complex but not so complex you can't understand what is going on. I stil...more
I do not like any of the cousin girls in this story. I think they are frustrating, rude and a little annoying but that could be a good thing if I feel that strongly about them.
I love the imagination that goes into this novel. It's very complex but not so complex you can't understand what is going on. I stil...more
The second book in the 100 Cupboards trilogy. Here we get much more involvement in the worlds that lie behind Henry York’s cupboards. As in the first book, Wilson takes an ordinary thing—in this case a dandelion—and gives us back our childlike wonderment over the thing. He also gives us this lazy scene where the cat approaches Henry along with the raggant (a weird creature from another world). By putting the extraordinary beside the ordinary, Wilson teaches us to look at everything in this world...more
This sequel to 100 Cupboards is where the plot starts getting furry. The prequel feels more like a prologue since this book is longer and more complicated. We do a lot of jumping back and forth via you-know-what (if I stumped you, refer to the prequel's title). The author is good at creating new and stunning vistas around every corner, glimpses of strange people and places that could probably support stories of their own -- but aren't so wildly alien that the reader cannot relate to them.
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so, i loved the first book (100 Cupboards) because the concept of there being hidden cupboard doors in an attic behind which different worlds existed was completely fascinating and a great hook. in the sequel, the author splits the main family up into three different lines (two characters each go into a world and everyone else tries to follow them and they all end up in different places) and i was left feeling VERY confused with no clear sense of which world I was in from chapter-to-chapter, WA...more
Reviewed this sequel to 100 Cupboards for SLJ (will appear in December 2008 or Jan. 2009 issue, probably) so will only say that I liked it quite a bit and can't wait to read the third in the trilogy. N.D. Wilson is one fine writer.
Henry York discovered a set of magical cupboards in his attic bedroom. After destroying the evil witch Nimiane, his uncle planned to board up the cupboards and forbade Henry from ever using them again. But when a wizard from the other side of the cupboards comes looking for Henry, he may have no choice.
This second book in the 100 Cupboards series picks up pretty much where the first one left off. It's still an exciting read, but I feel like the plot might get a bit complex for young...more
This second book in the 100 Cupboards series picks up pretty much where the first one left off. It's still an exciting read, but I feel like the plot might get a bit complex for young...more
Katieb (MundieMoms)
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Dandelion Fire picks up right where 100 Cupboards ended. Henry continues his journey into finding out who he is, but along the way meets some people who either want to claim him as his own or want to show him who he really is.
After a freak accident during a storm out by the barn with Henrietta, Henry is left blind and now he wears the mark of the Dandelion, who's fire burns through him. Henry returns to the cupboards he's forbidden to go in to, to find out what's happening to him an...more
After a freak accident during a storm out by the barn with Henrietta, Henry is left blind and now he wears the mark of the Dandelion, who's fire burns through him. Henry returns to the cupboards he's forbidden to go in to, to find out what's happening to him an...more
Dandelion Fire almost didn't catch fire with me until the middle of the book. The author's writing style seemed all over the place and I had trouble following the plot, let alone the characters. Henry York has two weeks to remain in Kansas before being returned to his parents in Boston. He doesn't want to return and decides that he has to go through the cupboards to find the world he feels is his home. His adventures at the beginning just didn't make sense to me and I kept trying to figure o...more
Second book of a series. I don't know if there are supposed to be more or not, but this one definitely feels self contained just like the first one did. I prefer that feel in a book, even if it is part of a series. So often is the second book in a trilogy nothing but a bridge between the first (mostly self contained) book and the third one where all the lose ends get tied. It nicely fit my plain states slot in the geography challenge. One thing about the series, for some reason the young girls t...more
I loved Dandelion Fire (as well as 100 Cupboards), but there are a few things I didn't like.
Pros:
-It continues the story in 100 Cupboards without explaining the background of what happened in 100 Cupboards.
-Great storyline!
Cons:
-Henry didn't really think about how unique he was, and there was little narrative. Most of the book was people doing things (which is good, but I like lots of narrative).
-In the middle of the book, the magic system got a l...more
Pros:
-It continues the story in 100 Cupboards without explaining the background of what happened in 100 Cupboards.
-Great storyline!
Cons:
-Henry didn't really think about how unique he was, and there was little narrative. Most of the book was people doing things (which is good, but I like lots of narrative).
-In the middle of the book, the magic system got a l...more
Hardcore fantasy fans will appreciate the densely rich world that Wilson has created in Dandelion Fire, the second book in The 100 Cupboards trilogy. The story picks up a few weeks after The 100 Cupboards ended; Henry is awaiting his parents' arrival back in the US and his eventual trip home to the east coast. The witch Nimiane has other plans for Henry, however. Using an unskilled wizard named Darius, she kidnaps Henry and pulls his Kansas relatives and friends into the worlds of the cupboar...more
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