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| Original Title: | The Familiars |
| ISBN: | 0061961086 (ISBN13: 9780061961083) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.thefamiliars.com/ |
| Series: | The Familiars #1 |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award Nominee (2010) |
Adam Jay Epstein
Hardcover | Pages: 360 pages Rating: 4.08 | 7789 Users | 737 Reviews
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Is the kingdom's fate in the hands of an orphan cat? Running fast to save his life, Aldwyn ducks into an unusual pet store. Moments later Jack, a young wizard in training, comes in to choose a magical animal to be his familiar. Jack thinks his birthday pet is magical, and Aldwyn plays along. He just has to convince the other familiars -- know-it-all blue jay Skylar and unsure tree frog Gilbert that he's as powerful as he claims. Then the unthinkable happens. Jack and two other young wizards are captured by the evil queen of Vastia. The familiars face dangerous foes, unearth a shocking centuries-old secret, and discover a destiny that will change Vastia forever.
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| Title | : | The Familiars (The Familiars #1) |
| Author | : | Adam Jay Epstein |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 360 pages |
| Published | : | September 7th 2010 by HarperCollins |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Animals. Childrens. Middle Grade. Magic. Adventure. Young Adult |
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Ratings: 4.08 From 7789 Users | 737 ReviewsAppraise Out Of Books The Familiars (The Familiars #1)
I have to review this for our meeting next week...The back flap of the book says it all: "The Familiars combines the magic of Harry Potter and the adventure of the Warriors into an enchanting story young readers will love." --Michael Buckley, author of The Sisters Grimm and NERDS series. I think that young readers will love it, but not children above 5th grade. The book will become an animated movie in 2012, and consequently parts of the book read like a movie script. I know the movie willI don't really like fantasy. Fourth quarter of fourth grade each year I am suppose to teach this genre that I don't really like or understand. I decided to try and read a fantasy middle reader book this year on spring break as I prepared for my unit on fantasy. Since the authors of this book said that they would be kind enough to talk with my class about writing fantasy I felt that I should give their fantasy novel a try...I really liked it. It was different. The book didn't focus on wizards and
http://www.thefamiliars.com/"The future has already been written. My people just get a glimpse of it" p 167.Fun. "Schlap!" p 324 action. Surprises are some sharp shocks, some guessable. Good guys can die. (view spoiler)[Kalstaff dies. I didn't guess Vista was named for "vast" size until told. Ancient cave drawings show animals creating history, not humans. Aldwyn comes into his kinetic power at the life-threatening end. "You [familiars] are the prophesized [sic] three" p 360, not the humans.
This one kind of reminded me of the Warriors series, in a passing way. Usually I don't do fantasy novels like these, with the exception of like Harry Potter, but I'm kinda glad I did pick this one up. It certainly has its good parts. For a novel meant for younger people than I, I actually enjoyed it.
i don't have anything constructive to say about this book i read it when i was 9 and i'm only adding it so that goodreads will stop recommending it to me
What is a Familiar? The animal companion of a witch or wizard a companion with which the witch or wizard can speak with, a companion that will learn with you, fight with you, and protect you. But, in this tale, the book is not from the perspective of the witch or wizard, but instead the perspective of the familiars, and one familiar in particular, a jovial alley cat named Aldwyn.I absolutely loved the early chapters of this book, especially the part where Aldwyn receives his first ever contact
Aldwyn has always been a typical, if rather clever, alley cat trying to survive the streets of Vastia's capitol city. When he is forced to hide in a pet shop while fleeing from the most dreaded animal bounty hunter in the land, a young wizard named Jack selects him to be his new familiar. Since only magical animals can serve as familiars, everyone including Jack and the familiars of Jack's two classmates all assume that Aldwyn is a magical cat too. Only Aldwyn knows the truth -- that he's an
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