Quick Facts
Title: The Forbidden Library
Author: Django Wexler
Genre: Fantasy
Age Range: If you can read books like the Percy Jackson series, this is appropriate
This book is the first in a five book series
Plot
Alice Creighton lived a perfectly normal life with her father until a fairy appeared in the kitchen, threatening her and her father. Four days later her father disappears on a business trip. Alice is sent off to live with her uncle Geryon, who she's never heard of, in his mysterious house with an even more mysterious library. When Alice runs into a talking cat named Ashes and a boy named Isaac, who dares her to read one of the books in the library, she finds out that she's a Reader: she can go inside books. Alice must now learn how to use her powers to save her and her friends from the evil in and out of the books.
My Opinion
I found the book very interesting, I've never read any books with characters entering books. I first thought this book was a retelling of Alice in Wonderland, due to the main character being named Alice and a talking cat, but I was very wrong. The characters had depth, the descriptions didn't drag but gave useful information, and the illustrations were cool. I give the book a 5/5. Can't wait to read the second one!
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