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This was a cute enough sequel but I just didn't find it as engrossing as the first one. For one thing I thought the plot was a little bit too similar - I mean she JUST went on a quest to find the mirror and now it's lost and she has to go do the exact same thing again? The new characters were interesting enough and I think it's good to see her meeting and interacting with more mortal children, but I'm not wild about the school setting and I was kind of sad that none of the characters from book o...
Genre: FantasyI enjoyed this book far more then the previous one, Changeling. Neef has been declared the Official Changeling of Central Park, but it isn't until she starts attending Miss Van Loon's School for Mortal Changelings that she has any idea what that really means. Once she starts school, the book has a very Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone feel to it, with descriptions of classes and Neef's interactions with her classmates interspersed with her quest to find the magic mirror of the...
I was kind of surprised that Changeling was not in this book at all. But I enjoy the random references to all kinds of things, like "It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood." It's kind of like the author was sharing private jokes with the reader that the characters didn't know about.
Neef, the Central Park changeling from Sherman's book CHANGELING (see how nice that worked out?), is back, and sentenced to Van Loon's, the school for changelings. The courses might be strange--Talismans, Diplomacy, Questing, Mortal History and Customs--but some things are all too familiar, like the glossy, beautiful, perfectly clothed bully girls from the Upper East Side. And then there are the Rules--all one thousand of them. In a big, fat book that everyone must carry with them.Some of the ru...
a c tale, though just short of book #1 with respect to just about everything... maybe Neef was too grown up in this one... most of the elements were there, they just lacked a certain cuteness or childishness or simplicity... still, a rather funny and fun book, albeit a tad more YA (or a tad less Children's Lit) than i was hoping...
Sherman follows up her enjoyable Changeling (2008) with a sequel that is just as exciting and fun to read. Neef, the human changeling living in New York Between is back; after successfully tricking the Mermaid Queen of New York Harbor out of her magic mirror in the last book, Neef has earned the right to attend Miss Van Loon's School for Mortal Changelings. Like its predecessor, Magic Mirror combines elements of folklore, popular culture, and classic New York icons to create a fair world that is...
I havent read this book yet. But IO know that it is dedicated to me and my brothers!
The second New York Between novel is a school story. Uh-oh! But, no, there's little here of J.K. Rowling, other than the general structure common to all school stories (the outsider, the cliques, forming alliances, dealing with authority). And it takes us outside the walls as well, to the entrancing City that shares the same space, but not entirely the same reality, as New York City. There are a couple of mistakes in continuity with the first novel (keep your eye on the jade frog!), but nothing
In the second Changeling novel Neef of Central Park must undo her quest from the previous volume and return the Mirror of the Mermaid Queen to its rightful owner - all while attending Miss Van Loon's school for changelings. Sherman adds better characterization and more thematic complexity to her rpetoire in this novel, rather than simply focusing on plot and action, so I found this book to be a much more enjoyable read than the first. Neef has to learn to make human/changleling friends, and whil...
A fun sequel to Changeling. I loved the portrayal of New York cultures through mortal changeling kids' various neighborhoods.
Not her, too! Everyone gets trapped into going to school, don't they?
I really missed Changeling, from the first book, almost as much as Neef did, but this one manages to stand on its own, and is just as good as the first one. Neef gets to go to a school for changelings. She has to learn diplomacy, since none of the Geniuses of the various territories of New York Between can manage to communicate with each other without a conflict developing. That's why they need changelings. And since Neef is the first changeling from Central Park to survive to a reasonable age,
Lexile 690LIL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9.0
This wonderful sequel to Changeling is the best kind of YA book out there. With focus on a sharp, fun story, a likable protagonist and nothing overtly scary/cruel/vulgar, author Delia Sherman really writes for any and all ages.I initially picked up Changeling on a whim at my local library after running across it on Amazon. I have no prejudice against YA books and will read them for enjoyment on occasion. Many are a let-down though, and I feel often that such books "talk down" to their youth audi...
Book #2, but it's easy to read having skipped the first. A magical New York, with only fairies of various kinds, just a few human changelings, who have to go to school. And obey (and break) the rules, and make friends, and frenemies. A fun, quick read with an engaging, brash, heroine. YANote that I really like NY without the people.
Neef is thrilled when her fairy godparents tell her she's going to Miss Van Loon's School for Mortal Changelings. For less than a day. Then she's tossed into a new place with new rules and other mortals and classes. On the very first day she makes some friends--and an enemy. Little does she know, she'll need everything she has to complete a quest to protect Central Park.
more girly than Percy Jackson...but this series (starting with Changeling) would be a good read a like for that series...or for Anne Ursu's Chronus Chronicles. Not Greek mythology, but somewhat similar feel...and sense of humor about itself.
Sherman returns to her delightful alternate New York City in her second book about Neef, the official changeling of New York Between's Central Park. After surviving her first quest (in Changeling), Neef figures that going to school won't be too difficult, but Miss Van Loon's School for Mortal Changelings turns out to be tougher than she thought. The snobbish East Side girls look down on Neef and her friends, and there are way too many rules to follow. As if that weren't enough, the magic mirror
Very cute YA novel, the sequel to the earlier Changeling, involving the adventures of Neef, a fairy changeling.
This sequel to Changeling returns to Neef, who is growing bored with her home in Central Park. Lucky for her, she is being sent to school for changeling children. Too bad there are Rules there, too. Also for younger YAs.