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Chicken House Ltd (2004), Hardcover, 384 pages
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Felix must return to the Divide, a magical otherworld full of fantastical creatures, so that he can find the countercharm that will cure his parents frozen by the evil Snakeweed.
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LibraryThing member Heather19
A VERY good book, a sequal to "The Divide"... the villian from the first book, Snakeweed, ends up in Felix's world wrecking havoc everywhere, including freezing his own parents! Felix must go back to try to fix everything.
LibraryThing member DragonFreak
Snakeweed is back after failing miserably to sell magic to humans. Now he took Felix's spell to go back to The Divide and froze Felix's parents in marble, which everything it touches turn to marble too. Now Felix has to get the countercharm before someone finds out about the spell and use it as a
But it gets worse. While Felix was away, a new Japegrin took over Andria and kidnapped the king and queen. Also, Thornbeak and Betony are trapped in a library and they accidently release the most sinister sinistorm ever. And everything snowballs and turns into one huge mess.
I liked this book slightly better than the previous one. It's still has the same pace and the style, but nevertheless it is still a good read for younger people.
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weopon of mass destruction.But it gets worse. While Felix was away, a new Japegrin took over Andria and kidnapped the king and queen. Also, Thornbeak and Betony are trapped in a library and they accidently release the most sinister sinistorm ever. And everything snowballs and turns into one huge mess.
I liked this book slightly better than the previous one. It's still has the same pace and the style, but nevertheless it is still a good read for younger people.
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LibraryThing member Merryann
The unique design, vivid picture, and split opening of this cover make perfect sense when one is already familiar with the book. It's a shame I mistakenly thought this was a horror book and so have avoided reading it for years.
[Back to the Divide] is a sequel, and one of the things I liked best
There wasn't as much angst and depth to this book as, say, Garth Nix' [Mister Monday]. But I, personally, get worn out sometimes by that kind of continual tension. I really liked that [Back to the Divide] zipped right along. There weren't huge stressful tense scenes that went on for pages. Problems popped up frequently and got dealt with rapidly. This would make an excellent read-aloud to 4th through 6th graders because enough happened, and got resolved, in each scene that listeners' attention wouldn't wander while the reader waded though pages and pages of set-up.
The only real downside to the book is that I didn't really bond with any of the main characters. I did go head over heels though for Nimby, the flying carpet, a delightfully quirky character, who made the last half of the book quite enjoyable to read.
[Back to the Divide] is a sequel, and one of the things I liked best
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was that from the first page the story made sense to me even though I'd never heard of the first book. Occasionally, I could see where I might have gotten and extra 'umph' out of a scene if I'd known the relationships between characters already, but it never held me back in this current story.There wasn't as much angst and depth to this book as, say, Garth Nix' [Mister Monday]. But I, personally, get worn out sometimes by that kind of continual tension. I really liked that [Back to the Divide] zipped right along. There weren't huge stressful tense scenes that went on for pages. Problems popped up frequently and got dealt with rapidly. This would make an excellent read-aloud to 4th through 6th graders because enough happened, and got resolved, in each scene that listeners' attention wouldn't wander while the reader waded though pages and pages of set-up.
The only real downside to the book is that I didn't really bond with any of the main characters. I did go head over heels though for Nimby, the flying carpet, a delightfully quirky character, who made the last half of the book quite enjoyable to read.
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LibraryThing member RobertaLea
this second book in the series was just fun and entertaining as the first.
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2004
Physical description
384 p.; 7.72 inches
ISBN
1904442277 / 9781904442271
Local notes
Snakeweed - the villainous japegrin who followed Felix home - is at large in the real world. He has failed to set up his spell-potions business and is ready to go home. All he needs is the enchanted formula hidden in Felix's notebook. Unfortunately, Snakeweed's visit to Felix ends in disaster with a spell that turns Felix's parents to stone - and then starts spreading. To find the countercharm, Felix must return to the back-to-front world he discovered last summer. But when he gets there, he discovers it horribly changed and his extraordinary friends in a terrible fix.