Student Recommendations for

Clive Barker


Abarat

Candy Quackenbush appears to be an everyday girl living in Chickentown, USA.  However, she departs from everything she knows when she enters the "Abarat."  This great book is filled with colorful oil paintings, which just add to its already magical ambience.  Annie M.
Rating: ****

This book has one of the most interesting, complex worlds I've ever read about.  The characters are very mysterious, and the story line is easy to follow when paying attention to it.  Catherine W.
Rating:***


Abarat 2: Days of Magic, Nights of War

Possibly the best book of all time, Abarat 2 is the sequel to Abarat.  It continues the adventures of a girl named Candy Quackenbush is a world called Abarat.  She faces dark magic, mystery, hate, and even a bit of romance.  If you have read Abarat 1, you will know that there are many mysteries.  The answers to these and more are in Abarat 2.  Jessica K.
Rating:*****

 

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