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The School for Good and Evil
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July 1, 2016
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July 31, 2016
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Magenta  Cooly

I can't find anything I didn't like about this book.
The contrast between Agatha and Sophie seem to be the main source of the entertainment, but there is plenty of fun fascination that kept me busy while reading. Magical classes and fairy tale related school activities give this book a very Hogwarts vibe. But it's not just for the sake of being a fantastical school; a lot more is at stake for all of the characters, and the sense of urgency intensifies as you near the end of the book.

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s e n t i m e n t a l i t i e s olittlebear
The illustrations are lovely.The story is decent. The characters are all over the place.

Chapter 1 was a good opening. Chapter 2 had a lovely paragraph about bears. Then fast forward to chapter 29 where things finally get interesting to the end (only one chapter remaining).

Don't expect characters to actually stick to any one mind though. If their name is mentioned a few times they're going to have multiple personalities and make the opposite decisions of their previous ones every few paragraphs.
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Apr 02, 2013 marked it as to-read
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May 12, 2013 rated it liked it
Shelves: young-adult, magic
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