Falcon And The Carousel Of Time - Hardcover

Gray, Luli

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9780618448951: Falcon And The Carousel Of Time

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ISBN 10: 0618448950 ISBN 13: 9780618448951

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005

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When Falcon, her great-great-aunt Emily, and new friend Allie take an emergency trip to 1903, Blinda Cholmondely and other old friends try to help them return to the present.

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About the Author:

Luli Gray belongs to a family for whom, she says, "reading and writing are as necessary as breathing." Born in Argentina, and for years a resident of New York City, she now lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Falcon and the Charles Street Witch is the sequel to her first novel, Falcon’s Egg which received rave reviews and was an ALA Notable Children’s Book for 1995 and a School Library Journal Best Book of 1996.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 4-7 -Having dealt with dragons, wizards, and saints in previous series entries, the newly teenage Falcon has come to the conclusion that magic is immature and embarrassing. She's more interested in becoming popular in school and not remaining a nerd like odd Allie Cadwallader-Newton. But she soon changes her mind when she and Allie go to visit Falcon's beloved Great-Great-Aunt Emily. When the elderly woman becomes deathly ill, the girls must go back in time to 1903 with Emily (who is now firmly ensconced in the body of her 12-year-old self) and find a way to save her life. Joining up with a friendly witch, a vaudevillian saint, and a new gathering of dragons, they eventually make their way back to modern-day New York City where Emily must accept the inevitable. Where the prior books were about the problems that face the children of separated parents, this one focuses on the idea that growing up doesn't require leaving magic and wonder behind. Although Gray maintains the joyous whimsical feel of those novels, this one relies too heavily on the characters' charm and not enough on consistent plotting and a strong narrative. As a result, the author's handling of Aunt Emily's eventual death lacks an emotional punch. Purchase only where the previous volumes are popular.-Elizabeth Bird, New York Public Library
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