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3.5 stars

This was an interesting idea - based on a whole series of unusual photographs which the author had found, it seemed he weaved a strange story about a group of very peculiar children. The story hung together well, and didn't require too much of a suspension of disbelief, but I did find that at times it was shoehorned a little artificially into the photographs. The edition I read was really lovely to hold, and the photos were interesting to look at but, although this is obviously the first of the
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A must read for anyone who's curious about fantastic ideas, parallel worlds and childhood dreams in which everything is possible. It could be a teen book, though in my opinion it is more than that.
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I had been wanting to read this for a while but was disappointed that it didn't live up to the hype I had given it. Glad the pictures were included.
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