Waifs and Strays
by Charles de Lint
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Author: Charles de LintEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-06-17
ISBN: 0142401587
Number of pages: 416
Publisher: Firebird
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Book Review: A remarkably superb collection of short stories.
Summary: 5 Stars
Wonderfully enjoyable entertainment, and extremely well-written, this book's short stories delve into a world each of their own. Magic, deception, and good versus evil all collide to form a well blended book of short stories. Each story has its own individuality and strength, with its own set of unique characters.
Two sample stories:
---- The first story is called Merlin Dreams in the Mondream Wood. It is about a girl who, when she has terrible nightmares, goes into her uncle's garden (whom she lives with) and upon dropping off to sleep on the garden's bench under a large tree, encounters a tree boy. He makes the dreams go away. Soon after the dreams ended, she stopped going to the garden at night. And so, years later when she is looking out of her bedroom window, sees the tree, and decides that night to go and search for the tree boy. A story of trust of memories.
---- The second story is about two sisters. Appoline and Cassandra. This story is written in chapters, alternating with each sisters point of view. Appoline is tweleve, and has a congentital birth defect. One leg is shorter then the other. She doesn't care so much about that, she really wants to find out what her sister is hiding from her.
Her sister, Cassandra is sixteen or seventeen, and has...a secret. She is a vampire. And plans to turn her sister, whom she has watched suffer too long, on HER sixteenth birthday.
Also a story of trust and magic.
Great book. Hope this review helped you learn more about the book.
Enjoy!
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