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Goblins, Elves and Diplomacy

The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge by MT Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

January 24, 2019 by ElCicco 2 Comments

How to describe The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge? According to writer MT Anderson it’s “…a tragic meditation on how societies that have been trained to hate each other for generations can actually come to see eye to eye.” But is it?  According to illustrator Eugene Yelchin, “A crazy story about two fools blinded by propaganda is not a tragedy. It’s a comedy.” Who’s correct? Well, both are. This National Book Award Finalist for Young People’s Literature is a story of political intrigue and espionage, and […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr11, ElCicco, Eugene Yelchin, Fiction, mt anderson, The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge, Young Adult

ElCicco's CBR11 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: cbr11, ElCicco, Eugene Yelchin, Fiction, mt anderson, The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge, Young Adult ·
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To Be Quiet or Not to Be Quiet That is the Question!

May 8, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

  This is actually a 4.5 due to the heavy subject matter. The lovely illustrations do help push it closer to a 5. The younger child probably will not get the meaning of the story, but it still is a funny story about a rooster crowing and giving someone a bit of grief because of it. The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet! by Carmen Agra Deedy and Eugene Yelchin is a story about a town where everyone has a song to sing. And usually, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: Carmen Agra Deedy, Eugene Yelchin, social issues

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:121 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: Carmen Agra Deedy, Eugene Yelchin, social issues ·
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