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The Bronze Pen Zilpha Keatley Snyder 9781416942016 Books Reviews

This was a great book.
This story has a great beginning that totally makes the reader want to keep reading. It has great descriptions and a lot of exciting suspenseful moments. It is a book that I can finish very quickly, but still keep me in suspense while I'm reading
One minor bad thing about it I think it mentions “ her prizewinning eyes" too often, and it starts to get annoying
Another thing is that the ending wasn't well written. It made me think, “ what?! That's the end?"
But over fifty percent of this story is still great
I am an adult who peruses books for grandchildren - for suitability of age and a "funness" of adventure. This book is so well written in fantasy but down-to-earth for kids. It is full of regular experiences for children to understand but also possible fantasy. How many kids would love a bronze pen that writes adventure and in the end provides a happy ending? It is a very short read - only 200 pages, but enough to keep them reading and enjoying. Forget those horrible Lemony Snicket books that belong in the trash and buy some real literature for the little ones. A good buy.
I have to admit, I glanced at this one and almost put it back down again, but then I caught the words, "Loathed by Lemony Snicket" on the cover. Well, that did it.

I was hoping the hook that drew me in meant that this was going to be a nice, sarcastic, dark, little volume along Snicket's lines. It was not.

However, what it turned out to be was good in its own right, if not the perfect book for the grown-up kid's book reader.

Audrey Abbott is an only child -- very smart, very imaginative, and a little lonely. She wants to be a writer, but it is a dream she keeps from everyone, even her father. Maybe especially her father. Ever since he had the heart attack and had to quit work, she doesn't want to do anything that might worry him. Announcing plans to be something as unusual as a writer might make his heart hurt again.

She's grown away from her friends, she has to stay home with her father in any case, and instead she spends most of her time reading and writing. This fact is not changed the day she follows an intelligent duck who leads her to a cave where she is given the bronze pen.

She loves writing with this pen, but notices pretty soon that strange things happen when she uses it. Could it have some sort of power?

She works on the mystery when she meets her new best friend, a transfer student whose drawing compliments Audrey's writing. Can they figure it out? Or is using the bronze pen, "wisely and well," as she was instructed, impossible?

This was a charming little story, and perfect for its target audience, if a little predictable. It is hard not to feel like Audrey is being a bit dim on more than one occasion, but I should probably give small children a bit of a break!

Very sweet, magical, and clean without being lame. Perfect for girls around 10 or 11
This book is outright terrible, terrible in virtually ever facet style, language, plot, etc. This is frustrating b/c if you want your kids to learn to write well, they should read books that are written well. This book is not one of those. It's the opposite.

This author wrote "Black and Blue Magic" many years ago, I read it as a kid. It was a fun book, memorable even 30+ years later; so I was pleased to get this to read to my son. But it's been painful.

First, it's 2-3 times longer than it needs to be. Snyder was obviously getting paid to write a book of a certain length, and the story she's telling doesn't cut it. She uses "very" like a 3rd grader trying to complete a 250 word report. She skips pronouns throughout, b/c writing a full name is longer than "he" "she" or "it." Meaningless paragraphs permeate the book, I have finally got to the point where I see those and just skip them. Finally, she repeats herself incessantly, so various parts of the story are told 2, 3 and 4 times. (Audrey's dog is an irish wolfhound. Did you get that, an irish wolfhound. Irish wolfhounds are big dogs. Wery big dogs. Audrey has a very big irish wolfhound for her dog.)

After getting through this tedium, the story itself isn't particularly good. Oh, I think it could be, but the character choices and plot drivers are strange, unrealistic, and tell a rather dull story. At least on the surface. There is a creepy subtext to this story, but I'm not sure if that's Snyder's issue, or mine.

Anyway, don't waste your time on this. You'll lose brain cells slogging through the tripe, and that's before you finally decide you need a drink.
This was a good book and I rated it a 5 star book. It was a great book to read.
my 7 year old loved this book.
Great book for children! Well worth the price!
Great book, really interesting.