Pages & Co.: Tilly and the Bookwanderers: Book 1

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This is quite different to what I usually read, because it's a) middle grade and b) fantasy, but I'm SO glad I decided to give the audiobook a go! It was a delightful bookish romp from start to finish and had so many lovely details that will make any literary heart long to visit the world of this book and the books within it - is that too meta? Catrina narrates the story of her mixed-race (Latino/white) family’s move from Southern California to Bahía de la Luna on the Northern California coast.

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but perhaps predictably there are very high numbers of booksellers or librarians, as bookwanderers almost always have a very special or particular relationship with books and reading. Not only was it incredibly clean, but there was such a winsome style of writing with the “book magic”. Imagine being able to walk within the pages of your favorite stories, or get to know your favorite characters. Not only can they visit her, but she can visit them by entering their books and traversing their worlds. There's nothing wrong with a few contradictions, and I think you might have to embrace them, as it would already seem that there are going to be some unpredictable side effects caused by your dad being fictional.Milo lives on board the Sesquipedalian, or “Quip” – a magical train that uses the power of imagination to travel through both Story and the real world.

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It also allows readers to join their favourite fictional characters in the world portrayed in the book in which they feature. Books can change minds and change worlds, open doors and open minds, plant seeds that can grow into magical or even terrifying things. While I'm well aware that the actual target audience for this book is middle school aged children, I think it has the potential to appeal for bibliophiles of all ages. One day, Tilly finds a box of her mothers old books and suddenly she starts to see characters from books.There are a lot of family and friendship themes in this story and the grandparents may not be the most generous with giving details about their missing daughter (they are in a lot of pain themselves over it), but they are loving and supportive and doing their absolute best for Tilly. The books we love when we’re growing up shape us in a special way… The characters in the books we read help up decide who we want to be.

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Also, I knew the ending was one possibility but this is a series so I wasn’t sure how much would get resolved in this first book until very near to the end of the book.

Tilly also is quite lonely and doesn't understand why her mother left her at a young age and what happened to her, her grandparents won't give many details and they don't seem to know what happened to her either. It brings to life every child's fantasy of meeting their favorite book characters and being able to step into the fictional world of their favorite books. I wanted to see if there's a comprehensive list anywhere of the books mentioned, A Little Princess and Alice in Wonderland are obvious, Treasure Island and Pride and Prejudice as well, but there were at least a dozen others. Tilly Pages is abookwanderer; she can travel inside books, and even talk to the characters she meets there. The borrowed characters of Alice and Anne felt very genuine, so Anna James really got this characters right.