No Castles Here was A.C.E. Bauer's first novel, and I liked it even better than Come Fall. No Castles Here features 11-year-old Augie Boretski, a boy who is small for his age and not much of a reader. He lives with his mother in a run-down neighborhood of Camden, New Jersey, and seems to spend quite a bit of his time dodging Dwaine, who delights in bullying him. One day Augie takes refuge in a shop, only to discover that it is a bookstore. He finds a book that has a changing picture on the front cover. The stories in the book are the source of magic in this otherwise realistic tale, and I love how they interweave themselves into Augie's world.
own dress shop. However, her aunt has a different idea: she wants Creel to be rescued from the clutches of a hungry dragon by a noble (or at least rich) young man, so that the family will be saved from poverty. This plan, unfortunately for Creel's aunt, is foiled by the fact that the first dragon Creel meets is actually quite friendly. Creel goes on to befriend other dragons before she makes her way into the King's Seat to seek her fortune, and here she has many more adventures involving magic shoes and royal friends.
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Regina said...
I peeked at your book blog and was saddened to see there are no new entries. How am I supposed to keep up with my reader's advisory when the master reader fails to post? ay yi yi!
Best Regards,
Regina
August 27, 2014 at 3:14 PM