The books of elsewhere - The shadows

 

The books of elsewhere - The Shadows
Author: Jacqueline West
ISBN: 978-0-14-214872-7
Pages: 241

Olive moves house to a old house on Linden Street that feels strange and weird.  When Olive discovers an old pair of glasses and puts them on she finds she can climb inside the paintings to Elsewhere, a sinsiter world with strange secrets which Olive soon finds herself trying to escape from. 

 

This book is full of suspense.  For a childrens book I found it very well written, giving full credit and praise to the author for imagination and plot.  It was unlike any other childrens story I have read and I found I struggled to put it down in places.  The Shadows is the first book in the series and I think I will read the others.  My daughter wanted me to read this as it is one of her favourite series and now authors too.  I can what has caught her attention.  There are talking cats, adventure, suspense and a battle between good and evil.  All the things a young reader wants in a novel today.

This was available from: Fishpond, Book depository and Amazon

http://www.fishpond.co.nz/Books/Shadows-Jacqueline-West-Poly-Bernatene/9780142418727

http://www.bookdepository.com/Shadows-Jacqueline-West/9780142418727

 http://www.amazon.com/The-Shadows-Books-Elsewhere-Vol/dp/0142418722/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1411001391&sr=8-5&keywords=jacqueline+west