Teens Science Fiction

The set of books by Philip Pullman arrived in excellent condition in their own display box. Thank you Amazon.com for your wonderful work.
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I purchased this box set after seeing the movie and out of curiousity (to see what the Christian Coalition was up in arms about). Books 1 and 2 were fine but when I got to the 3rd I could not finish it. I am a Protestant and perhaps this will...
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I thought just as a read it was great fun, mostly the first one, I didn't love the second two nearly as much as the golden compass. But they were still a fun read. But as an older reader I love the ideas of man, heaven, and god. When people say...
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I was amazed at the author's ideas in this book. Interesting details that really fit in the book not like some other books that have boring details that don't matter and don't mean anything. I am at a loss of how to express how great this book...
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Riordan should keep his ideas about the inferiority of women out of his books. The formula of fantasy derring-do can be done excellently without dumbing it done or treating woman as inferiors, humiliating people in general or belittling women. The...
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What initially attracted me to this book was the whole concept of the ancient Greek gods living in modern day NYC...sorta reminded me of a YA version of Neil Gaiman's American Gods.

But what ultimately turned me off was the fact that...
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I first became interested in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy after seeing the film based on it (The Golden Compass (New Line Platinum Series Two-Disc Widescreen Edition)). I found the screenplay to be disjointed and lacking, so I...
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Now I know why I never bothered to read this book before. It doesn't at all live up to the hype. The only reason I am giving it 2 stars as opposed to 1 is because I think the animal daemon's as an outward manifestation of the soul is a cool idea....
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I have studied greek philosophy so I immediately noticed that the word "Daemon" did not mean what everyone (or anyone who was christian) thought it would mean.
The scientifical aspects in his world were well thought out and easy to follow,...
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This book sets the stage for a utopian society, and it's very believable. Who's to say that this couldn't really happen sometime in the future? However, what I really liked about this book, is that once Jonas found himself, he wasn't afraid to...
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I am not a prude or a conservative in my outlook on life. By most standards I would be considered fairly radical. That being said, I absolutely cannot understand how this book has won the prizes it has as a "Book for Children." While it is well...
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The reviews of The Giver are absolutely hilarious. People, this is a book marketed to young adults; don't let it kick you around. The author, Lois Lowry, expects the reader to make inferences at certain points throughout the novel. You are going...
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Rick Riordan does a wonderful job of continuing the story of Pereus Jackson and his friends from Camp Half-Blood. Kids will be intrigued by both the continuing storyline and by the well done connections to monsters and heroes of Greek mythology....
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I'm sorry I ever bought these books for my son. This second Percy Jackson book is even worse than the first one. The story was so uninteresting it couldn't hold my interest or my son's.

My other "complaint" is that the characters were...
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This was an excellent book and topped The Lightning Theif the sequel before before this book you must read to understand the sea of monsters that one.The y both include action adventure and is educational because most the information is true and...
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Well, I found Rebel Angels to be a slightly better book than A Great and Terrible Beauty. It added to the characters and explained them more, which was very good. Personally, I liked Simon much more than Kartik. I don't...
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I know that I will get slammed for 'slamming' this popular novel. But I can't help it. This book was frustrating, banal, and predictable. Why do I think this?

First of all, the characters, ALL of the characters, are unlikeable....
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The sequel to A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels continues the story of Gemma and her friends. Also set in Victorian England, this time over a school holiday, it is another gothic story of magic, otherworlds, and a battle of good against...
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The first book in this series was a little slow, and for the first third of this book I feared it was going to have the same problem. However, over the course of the book, the series really heats up. The plot thickens, and the pace picks up. If...
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This is actually a 2 1/2 star review, but since you can't do half stars...

I consumed this sequel in just under four hours. Which would be impressive, although it should be noted that these books are not densely written and about a...
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A sequel cheated by the fact it's so much like the first book. Don't get me wrong, if you loved the first one you're going to like this one. However it's plot formulation is so much like the first book, it gets a little stale.

Bliss...
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What an incredible and amazing book. I almost passed it by, it being a YA book and all, but decided on a whim that it sounded too good to leave for teens.

The author is as light with her fingers, with her prose, as are the many kinds...
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Melissa Marr's Wicked Lovely is a modern faery tale incorporating a lot of clearly well researched myths about the Sidhe courts, but a Holly Black (Tithe, Valiant, Ironside) she is not. Her heroine, Aislinn, is a young girl with the ability to...
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I've been spoiled by the amount of fantasy regarding fairies! This is another one of the bunch, but strikingly different in some aspects.

Our heroine is tough. Rather than being swayed and enamored of the fairies following her, she's...
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