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The Owl Keeper

Christine Brodien-Jones,

Maggie Kneen (Illustrator)

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Oct 02, 2012 mussolet rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-notmine-sff

Well, this is one misleading back blurb, if ever I've seen one.

Expecting a fairytale for children, I should have realized that something was amiss when I saw that people were shelving this as "Science Fiction -> Dystopia". Other genres include "Young Adult -> Fantasy", "Animals" and "Adventure", and if you're wondering how that goes together - well, it doesn't. Not in this book at least.

Apart from the fact that the author was throwing in way more stuff than she could handle (and really, what is ...more

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Aug 12, 2011 Liora rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-adult, fantasy, dystopia, childrens

I loved the whole concept of the silver owls in this book, and how Max loved them. I also liked the plot device of the legend poem that Max and Rose are fulfilling. The High Echelon government was weird...and creepy...and unsettling. This was definitely a book that makes you wonder if you can trust anything or anyone. It is a strange and sad world that this author has created. The ending does not have a whole lot of closure...what about Max and Rose's parents, what about the freezing weather and ...more

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