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Publisher:
Joanna Cotler / HarperCollins |
Release
Date: September 21, 2004 |
ISBN:
0-06-024170-2 |
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Format
Reviewed: Hardcover |
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Genre:
Teen – Young Adult / Fiction / Fantasy |
Reviewed:
2004 |
Reviewer:
Jo Rogers |
Reviewer
Notes: Contains violence |
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Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War
Book
Two in the seriessubtitle
By Clive Barker
Candy
Quackenbush returns in the second volume of the Abarat series. She
is still being hunted by Christopher Carrion. Otto Houlihan, the
Criss Cross Man, is still pursuing her through the islands of the
Abarat.
The Abarat islands are far different
from anything we have seen. They are called “The Hours,”
and each one stands at one position on the clock. However, it is
a clock face with twenty-four hours on it. Christopher Carrion,
along with his grandmother, Mater Motley, rules the Midnight Hour.
Together, they are planning to take over all twenty-four hours and
bring them under the rule of darkness. When they are through, if
they succeed there will be no more daylight—no light of any
kind. However, there is one thorn in their plans: Candy Quackenbush.
Candy does not know why they are pursuing
her. All she knows is that Houlihan wants to take her to Carrion.
She is not aware of the power she possesses. She thinks she is just
a simple, ordinary, almost-fifteen year old girl from Chickentown,
Minnesota. However, this time, she will find out just what happened
to her the night she was born. She will also find out that she is
much more than “just plain Candy Quackenbush.”
Though I had not read the first
volume, I had little trouble picking up the threads of the story.
It contains morals that are sometimes questionable, as well as a
different slant on the Bible. I can't say that I agree with his
views here. However, the main thing to remember is that it's a work
of fiction. It is quite entertaining; it moves quickly with Candy
going through adventure after adventure with her friend Malingo,
the geshrat. She escapes time after time, but there's always a new
threat. If your teenager reads this book, supervise the reading.
Both of you enjoy.
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