This eagerly awaited addition to Joan Aiken's award-winning Wolves series takes us on Dido's most imaginative adventure yet!
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Jan 05, 2010
Seth
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Joan Aiken is a talented writer and a good storyteller. One of her best skills is in creating interesting characters and unique adventures for them and the reader. Dido Twite is one such character, and she seems to encounter adventures in most of the books she is written into (Aiken has a habit of entwining characters from completely different novels together into a master-story network). Though I don't like the way this adventure turns out, I love the characters, the locales, and the fast-paced
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Apr 01, 2008
Robert
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Joan Aiken, Dangerous Games (Delacorte, 1999)
I somehow got it into my head that Dangerous Games was the fifth Dido book, instead of the eleventh (and also found out that the one I thought was #4, The Stolen Lake, is actually the seventh); now I'm all messed up. Oh, well, reading them out of order has taken nothing out of my enjoyment of them, anyway.
In this eleventh episode of the journeys of Dido Twite, she, Mr. Multiple, and recent passenger Dr. Talisman put in at Arat More...
I somehow got it into my head that Dangerous Games was the fifth Dido book, instead of the eleventh (and also found out that the one I thought was #4, The Stolen Lake, is actually the seventh); now I'm all messed up. Oh, well, reading them out of order has taken nothing out of my enjoyment of them, anyway.
In this eleventh episode of the journeys of Dido Twite, she, Mr. Multiple, and recent passenger Dr. Talisman put in at Arat More...
Jul 23, 2010
Abigail
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This tenth title in Aiken's Wolves Chronicles, which offers a welcome return to the adventures of the marvelous Dido Twite, backtracks somewhat in the chronology, and occurs shortly after the events related in The Stolen Lake and before Dido's return to England in The Cuckoo Tree.
When the ship on which she is sailing for home is diverted to the spice island of Aratu in search of the missing Lord Herodsfoot, Dido once again finds herself caught up in political intrigue. With the conf More...
When the ship on which she is sailing for home is diverted to the spice island of Aratu in search of the missing Lord Herodsfoot, Dido once again finds herself caught up in political intrigue. With the conf More...
Mar 20, 2009
whalesister
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More great stuff by Joan Aiken. The characters and plotting are fabulous, as always, but the magic bugged me a bit in this one, seemed slightly hokey, so I'm torn between three and four stars. I think kids would still love it because it's just so dang exciting, so I'll round up this time.
Oct 23, 2011
Abanob
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This book is about armies and animals that get choosen to be in a dangerous game. This is kind of a real life story because in basketball and football you start of in college and you get choosen by a team to play in the harder and better league. They get chooen by human coaches and the rest of the team.
Sep 21, 2011
Particle_Person
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This is the least of the Dido Twite novels. It's set after "The Stolen Lake" (which was an EXCELLENT book) but written much later as an insert. Unfortunately this one's a letdown from the start. Dido is almost cardboard in this novel, and it felt like Aiken had forgotten how to write her character. There are scenes that verge on racist. Just give this one a pass and remember Aiken for the first five of the Wolves Chronicles.
Dec 17, 2009
Christina
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This book explores the challenges of melding different backgrounds, the consequences of trying to change another group of people, and of people working together. I think it does a good job addressing some of these. It is a little intense at times, and I remember there being a few things I wasn't real excited for my 7 year old to read, but it was an enjoyable book.
May 22, 2008
Corinneecomly
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Adventure story on imaginary island. Continuous twists and turns in the plot. I felt that the character development was weak. At the end of the book I didn't feel connected to Dido Twite. However I read similar books when I was young and enjoyed them very much so I'm sure that younger readers will enjoy the book.
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