Fablehaven



//**Fablehaven**// **written by: Brandon Mull**  book review by:Stephanie Creager

//Fablehaven//-by Brandon Mull Publisher: Simon &Schuster Children's Publishing Division (Aladdin Paperbacks) (April 2007) Softcover: $7.99 U.S./$9.50 Can. ISBN 978-1-4169-4720-2 Pages: 351 Age Range: 9-12 years Language: English Kendra and Seth are just two normal kids who happen to go and visit their grandparents who they barely know while their parents are on vacation. While they are at their grandparents house they become very curious about the strange things that happen on the land and why their grandpa has instituted so many rules. When their curiousity gets the better of them, Kendra and Seth explore and find out that their grandparents land is really a natural perserve for mythical and magical creatures such as fairies, trolls, and goblins. They also come to find out that their grandparents are the caretakers of this secret place. Kendra and Seth now must negotiate and find their way around in new world and interact with creatures that they never new existed before. Since Kendra and Seth don't yet know the rules about how to interact with each of Fablehavens creatures individually, they get into some trouble that has magical consequences. They must reverse curses, deal with self-centered fairies, re-capture an evil witch, and save their grandparents before a demon is released. Read this book to find out more! This book is awesome! I didn't know if I would like it since it was labeled as a children's book. However, I LOVED it. This book fits in with the Harry Potter series in that anyone can enjoy it no matter their age. This book mixes old world fantasy, legends, and lore with modern day people and society. This book would definately be great to have in the classroom because it it is age appropriate and it can lead into many different types of discussions and assignments not only in Language Arts. Science can be included in the fact that just like in the book their are endangered animals in our world (only less magical) and just like grandma and grandpa sorenson are doing with their perserve, how are we helping the endangered animals in our world. This book also includes a reading discussion guide at the end to help teachers to use it in the classroom. This book is so entertaining I could not put it down, every spare moment I had was spent reading it. I strongly suggest reading Fablehaven. Brandon Mull is the author of the //Fablehaven// series as well as the //Beyonders series.// He was born in 1974 and was originally from Clayton, California where he went to elementary school, middle school and highschool. He currently lives in Highland, Utah with his wife Mary and four children. He graduated from Bringham Young University in Utah. His greatest inspiration for his books are J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and J.K. Rowling. This book has the literary element of theme. The themes in this book can be used in the classroom because they include morality, heroicism, the effects of curiosity, and working together to solve a problem. These themes are all important to teach children the classroom because it teaches them about becoming a good person and uses entertainment instead of lecturing. However, this book also has the literary element to allow readers to explore connections both text-to-text (comparing this book to other fantasies) and text-to-world (as with the science discussion about endangered animals that I talked about in the book review section). These text-to-text connections can lead into a lesson about different mythologies around the world and throughout history. Teachers can help their students to explore history through langauge arts in the form of legends and myths.
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