This book is about a girl named olive who pretty much lives in the shadows. For fans of pseudonymous bosch, coraline, and septimus heap comes the first book in the awardwinning, new york times bestselling books of elsewhere series. The strangers is a great book about olive and the halloween carnival and coming back to see her parents lost but then you will find the answer in the book what had happened to olives parents. The shadows, written by jacqueline west and illustrated by argentinian born poly bernatene seems like something like something you might have already read. Two loose ends plague olive and companyaldous is running free somewhere and will inevitably return for revenge, and her good friend morton has yet to reunite with his parents. The shadows for fans of pseudonymous bosch, coraline, and septimus heap comes the first book in the awardwinning, new york times bestselling books of elsewhere series. The houses three guardian cats, horatio, harvey, and leopold, have been no help in this task.
Olive met annabelle and annabelle doesnt like the three cats. She is the eleven and three quartersyearold daughter of alice and alec dunwoody. Are you looking for a novel study for the book of elsewhere the shadows by jacqueline west. After breaking the mcmartins enchanted spectacles in the first book, the shadows, olive has no. Olive is an 11yearold girl with short dark hair decorated with a yellow headband. Response must be less that 100,000 characters thank you for your feedback.
I love the characters and it isnt at all predictable in the sense that most childrens fantasies turn out being. Authors background exposition the setting takes place on linden street in the big old house. Whats fun about reading multiple books about a single character or fictional world. The drawing is a perfect likeness to olive, the main character. When elevenyearold olive and her parents move into the crumbling mansion on linden street and find it filled with mysterious paintings, olive knows the place is creepybut it isnt until she. The book is filled with funny characters, including misfit protagonist olive, who once again finds incredible strength to save the people she loves, and three loyal and likable talking cats. Olive dunwoody is the main protagonist of the book series the books of elsewhere by jacqueline west. For fans of pseudonymous bosch, coraline, and septimus heap comes the first book in the awardwinning, new york times bestselling books. For fans of pseudonymous bosch, coraline, and septimus heap comes the first book in the awardwinning, new york times be. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. The shadows the books of elsewhere series plugged in.
Olive dunwoody is an eleven year old outsider, both in her home and at school. I am looking forward to read book five still life its so exciting and the best book i have ever read since i was born. She discovers mysterious things and tries to solve problems. It was good fantasy aimed at older elementary school kids. The concept of the shadows, the first book in the books of elsewhere series, reminds me a bit of the old nickelodeon cartoon chalk zone. The house is as much a character as are olive, morton, and her family, and a. Rarely do i, as a male, identify with female characters. West does a remarkable job of building on the suspense of the previous books. The shadows is creative, exciting, hilarious, spooky, mysterious, adventurous, and heaps of fun, all wrapped between two covers. Beginning with the shadows, the series follows the adventures of elevenyearold olive dunwoody as she travels to elsewhere. I wasnt sure if id be able to deal with fridells voice, but it all worked out just fine. The book of elsewhere the shadows flashcards quizlet. Olive and morton running from the shadows right, and olive in the attic with the spectacles on left. The idea was well executed and the paintings came alive in my imagination.
Beginning with new york times best seller the shadows, follow the. An 11yearold misfit, olive, is in peril after her own family moves into the house. The books of elsewhere is a fantasy series for young readers written by jacqueline west. The fifth and final book in the books of elsewhere, the awardwinning, new york times bestselling, fanfavorite. For fans of pseudonymous bosch, coraline, and septimus heap comes the first book in the awardwinning, new york times bestselling books of elsewhere. The shadows is a middlegrade series starter that features a creepy house and dead witches who return to take back ownership of their family property. The books of elsewhere the shadows novel study quickie by. Its been awhile since ive read a book that made me question the wisdom of reading just before i fell asleep. Volume 1 by jacqueline west available from rakuten kobo. And lastly, there is the problem with morton, with whom her difficult relationship. Welcome to the books of elsewhere wiki this wiki is about the mysterious books of elsewhere series by jacqueline west the shadows is the first volume in the books of elsewhere series. If you see it in person, the cover actually reflects light and looks like its glowing.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the shadows. In this sequel spellbound, it is magics overwhelming appeal. In the final installment of the books of elsewhere series, olive goes head to head with aldous mcmartin one last time, with the highest stakes yet. They go on and read the next two books in the series. The series is published by dial books for young readers a division of penguin random house in the usa and will also. Ive moved on to other things, but im also going to be on the lookout for the next one in the series. In her new house she realizes that by putting on a pare of special glasses she could go into the paintings. This character was a twentysixyearold fireman married to his childhood sweetheart when he was killed of asphyxiation during a fire. The fast moving plot aided by talking cats and excellent black and white drawings will grab the attention of even the most reluctant middle school reader. Olives attraction to adventure marks the first volume in the books of elsewhere.
After breaking the mcmartins enchanted spectacles in the first book, the shadows, olive has no way to get her friend morton out of elsewhere, the world in the mcmartins enchanted paintings. I did enjoy the shadows, the first book in the books of elsewhere series. This is book 4 in the elsewhere series and i cant believe i havent read any of them before. Coraline, and septimus heap comes the first book in the awardwinning, new york times bestselling books of elsewhere series. It turns out bethanys half fictional and has been searching every book she can find for her missing father, a fictional character.
Jacqueline west is the author of the awardwinning middle grade series the books of elsewhere. Her parents are a pair of more than slightly dippy mathematicians west has her characters make some very funny math jokes. The drawings, though cartoonish, are dark and often from odd perspectives. If you dont have time for questions after every chapter, this the perfect product for you. Setting 11 year old olive dunwoody moved in with her parents at linden street in an old stone house, that once belonged to the deceased ms. So i think she would recommend it to other kids her age. This volume by jacqueline west, the shadows, is first in the series of elsewhere. I was worried that my boys would not be as interested in the story due to its female main character. About jacqueline west, author of the books of elsewhere. In the shadows, olive dunwoody moves into a new house.
Chapter 111 quizchapter 1224 quizplot diagram character. The shadows is the first book in the books of elsewhere series. Beginning with the shadows, the series follows the adventures of. A featurelength drama first broadcast in the bbcs saturday playhouse slot in october 1995 costarring the great english character actor maurice denham 19092002, perhaps best known to.
It is the first book in the books of elsewhere series. Ive learned that a true friend will always be honest with you. Intrigued by the cover and caught up in the uniqueness that the book promised to bring, i bought it. There will be other lives for nervous boys with sweaty palms, for bittersweet fumblings in the backseats of cars, for caps and gowns in royal blue and crimson, for mothers clasping pretty pearl necklaces around daughters unlined necks, for your full name read aloud in an auditorium, for brandnew suitcases transporting you to strange new people in strange new lands. My 9 year old daughter gives this book 5 stars and requested the rest of the books in the series. The books of elsewhere has a similar title comic series that i ordered by accident. The books of elsewhere, though quite middle grade appropriate, plays off of several of my personal fears and is the creepiest kids book ive read since i was a kid myself. I love a mystery, and i couldnt put this book down. Shes got that highish lisa simpson voice, and that works for these books since our main character is an 11 year old girl.
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