Fun one to read to the kids

This was such a fun book, particularly for younger kids. Benjamin Ravenspell is anxious to prove that he is responsible enough to have a pet of his own, so he lizard-sits for a classmate's monitor lizard. When he buys a small mouse to feed the lizard, however, he is suddenly transformed into a mouse himself! Amber, the mouse, is wizard, and she enlists Ben's aid in a quest to free her fellow pet-shop inmates, never knowing that an evil bat-wizard is after her. Along the way, Farland gently teach...

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I really wanted to read this book when I was little, so i decided to fulfill a childhood dream by reading it. I'm pretty sure even my little kid self would have been disappointed by the way this book ended.

Ravenspell by David Farland is a series about a kid named Benjamin Ravenspell who magically gets turned into a mouse. Two books are currently published, "Of Mice and Magic" and "The Wizard of Ooze". Both were read by David Walker who did an amazing job with the voices and the singing (yes there is singing in the audio version).I was impressed by "Of Mice and Magic" where Amber turns Ben into a mouse together they save the world from an evil bat who may or may not be Edgar Allen Poe. The adventur...

This was a fun story and a very light read. It is more of a children's fantasy but I still found it quite enjoyable and especially refreshing in light of the other heavy reading material that I am currently reading. A word of warning the ending is very open ended because this is part of a series so a lot of questions are not answered and you will have to get the next book to find out what happens. Two things that I really liked about this book is that the author is a current resident of St. Geor...

This was my first journey into Ravenspell and I LOVED it!! I was pulled in from the very first page and I found that despite the fact I was reading on a cruise ship I could not put it down!! The characters are wonderfully thought out and brought to life. Ben’s journey through the book was captivating and he learnt so much. I am very much looking forward to reading more by David Farland and going deeper into the Ravenspell series!!!

Summary- first ben buys amber the mouse and takes her home and then realizes that he has to feed amber to a lizard. Then she changes him into a mouse and then they run away because ben’s parents try to kill them because they don’t know the mouse is ben. And they go to a burow full of voles and then amber promises if ben helps her save the pet shop mice . Meanwhile nightwing the bat finds out ben has loads of magical energy that he can use to do evil. Then ben and amber go to the pet shop and the...

Meh. Overall, it's not a bad read. The characters and storyline remained interesting enough throughout to keep my attention and finish the book in a day (rare for me), but there were several minor grievances that kept me from really enjoying it as I could have. First, each chapter begins with a quote from one of the characters, but in some cases it's very clear that these are simply restated quotes and sayings from common vernacular which kills immersion. Second, the book is littered with typos,...

Read aloud. Farland has a really confused message about the worth of animals, where the pet shop feeder mice are worth saving but the characters go off to have ham pizza directly after the big Rescue. Amber, if you think what the humans do to mice is bad, wait till you see what we do to the pigs.....This sort of mixed messaging played out through the whole book, where Farland's own dissonance kept creeping back in. There is no mention, for instance, of the mice in animal testing labs when Amber

Wow, I did NOT like this book. The tone was dark and the characters were repellent and I just can't figure out who the audience is supposed to be. The people are horrible but the animals aren't any better. Maybe a tween boy would enjoy all of the death and darkness, but it was not for me.

This book was a whole lot better than I expected, particularly the beginning, but not just that. True, much of the book may remind you of cartoon culture (mostly just that about mice being able to wield weapons in their hands and the way many of the enemy characters act), but it really does surpass that in many ways, and it does manage to be more intelligent than you might expect (although if you don't catch the spirit of what I mean here, you may be disappointed, as it's not a technical book at...

I read this in the 5th grade and couldn’t remember the name of it. So glad I found it! I adored this book. I need to reread it!:)

Of mice and magic by David Farland is about a boy who wants a pet. He gets a mice named amber and is turned into a mice. They had to use magic to find the path to get Benjamin back. They had to use magic to find the path to get Benjamin back. I liked this book because it had a lot of adventure in it and suspense. I find that the some off the adventure. I wasn’t able to connect with the book that much but I think the story makes up what was missing a part from the fact that Some of the Adventure

This book is awesome! Would you like to read a book that sucks you in from the get go and will keep you on the edge of your toes until the end? Seriously, this is one amazing ride as the book is fast, lovely, funny and furious. What is the book about?Ben Ravenspell has always wanted a pet and after proving to his parents he is responsible enough, he’s finally getting one. Or so he thought as the cute little mouse he just bought is set to be the next meal of his classmate's lizard. The mouse howe...

My 10 yr old dd says, "It's a good book but if you're scared of the dark, don't listen to the audio version. The second book is a little creepier, fyi. I liked the characters, especially Amber."

Love David Farland. Didn't realise that this was a childrens book but I read in anyway and it appealed to the hidden child in me!

Ah! This book is so cute! I've read it a couple of times already, and it still holds up! It's clever with excellent character building and storytelling.Ben has always wanted a pet. One day, his mom takes him to the pet shop where he buys himself a pretty little mouse. He names her Amber. What he doesn't know is that this little mouse will send him on the greatest adventure an 8-year-old could possibly imagine.Cats, bats, owls, and magic. Everything you could possibly hope for in an adventure nov...

Read aloud with my son. I remember my daughter really liking this series so I figured it would be a good one to share with her brother. Overall it was a pretty good middle-grade fiction. There was quite a bit of "she was the prettiest" and "he was the most handsome", which I find annoying and unnecessary for this audience, and my son found "gross". LOL Also there were several pop culture references that my son didn't get either because they were dated or because we don't do a lot of pop culture

This book was incredible. The characters were well built and the plot was amazing. The only issue is that it appeared to be completely unedited so it caused a bit of confusion and annoyance in my mother and I while reading it.Moving on, the characters were so incredible and the character arch of Ben and Amber was amazing, for both of them. The antagonist was awesome, and while my mom was readnig one of the first scenes introducing him, I didn't even realize he was the villain, but I really liked...