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    <body><![CDATA[This book sort of sounds like a kid book. But then its gory, and sort of hard to understand, or follow well. It has weird suprises. anyways the book is about a kid named samuel(of course)and his sister. Who were on there way to birthday party for his sister, and there was a log truck whose logs fell...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42999979">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was intrigued by this book because it is set in Norway and uses Norse folklore about trolls and huldre folk instead of the more standard YA fantasy Celtic or British mythology. However, the writing was nothing to excite and the characters, especially the main character Samuel, were unlikable. I'm ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64892413">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[NO for our library (unless I am convinced otherwise).<br/><br/>Okay. Okay... I *know* kids like books that are a little scary. A little creepy. A little suspenseful. I'm not sure though that this is the best pick for *elementary* kids. <br/><br/>The story is enthrawling. The writing is entrancin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46510131">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm no real judge of children's books because I don't read all that many, but I found this one pretty enjoyable. Nothing too groundbreaking here, but is keeps you engaged and there's magic, wierd creatures, and a sometimes intrusive narrator (ala lemony snicket).]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I am always on the lookout for new books for my grandchildren.  They love fantasy.  This one fits the bill, although I wouldn't recommend it for a child under the age of 10.  It is sad, scary, funny, exciting, and has a great ending.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Samuel and Marthas new life with their aunt Eda in Norway is filled with rules, but most important is rule number nine: NEVERUNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES GO INTO THE FOREST. Sure, their uncle Henrik disappeared in the forest ten years ago, but it cant be the forests faultcan it? Samuel is skeptical until he finds an unusual book, The Creatures of Shadow Forest, which describes the fantastic and sinister creatures supposedly living there. Could Aunt Eda be right? Samuel discovers the truth about the forests dangerous secrets when Martha becomes lost in the forest, and its up to him to save her.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[good plot but too graphically violent for the recommended age group!]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Aunt Eda’s Rule #9: NEVER—UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES—  GO INTO THE FOREST.<p>  Samuel and Martha have just moved to Norway to live with their aunt  Eda, and she’s taking some getting used to. She has too many rules, no TV,  and insists that they eat local delicacies like brown cheese and reindeer  soup. And then there’s the most peculiar thing about her—her irrational  fear of her own backyard. Sure, Uncle Henrik hasn’t been heard from  since he disappeared into it ten years ago, but that can’t be the forest’s  fault . . . can it?<p>  Samuel is skeptical, until he disobeys Rule #1—Never go up to the  attic—and finds an unusual book: The Creatures of Shadow Forest, which  gives scary descriptions of the fantastic creatures supposedly living in the  forest. So when Sam starts seeing strange things venture past the treeline  after dark, he can’t help wondering . . . could Aunt Eda be right, and what  really happened to Uncle Henrik?<p>  This highly inventive fantasy is full of amazing characters and unexpected  twists that will elicit both laughter and chills.</p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Had to read for school. BEST BOOK EVER!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Similar in humor and authorial asides to &quot;Alcatraz versus the evil librarians&quot;, but set in Norway w/ Scandinavian fantasy creatures.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is very similar to the Fairy Tale Detectives in overarching plot and character types, but I enjoyed this so much more.  I believed it so much more, and the disobedience of the kids, while equally grievous in both cases, seems so much more reasonable here.  A believable and highly entertain...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23094584">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Enjoyed this one.  Would be great for those mourning the end of the Harry Potter series.  Samuel and his sister get caught up in an Enchanted Forest.  Lots of good vs. evil, magic, strange creatures and a very satisfying ending]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The beginning is great, kind of unexpected.  But the rest of the story is just too pat.  I liked the characters in the forest and the action does really move along, but I finished it and promptly forgot it.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A good young adult book.  Two orphans go to live with their aunt in Norway.  The house is on the edge of the forbidden forest!.  Trolls, witches and all.  I wonder if there will be a sequel?]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a <em>GREAT</em> book, and I loved it! Matt Haig has such great imagination, and he is a great author. I would gladly read this book again.]]></body>
    
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