Armistice Day: A Collection of Remembrance - Spark Interest and Educate Children about Historical Moments Will appeal to: Lovers of '80 cinema (especially if it involves puppets). People who have never seen an '80 movie, but can get behind the idea of love moving mountains - or better, conjuring up worlds.

The Shadow Glass by Josh Winning | Goodreads The Shadow Glass by Josh Winning | Goodreads

Did you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Sex, Romance & Nudity in your kid's entertainment guide. Get started Close The Shadow Glass is ultimately a fantastic adventure with ‘family’ at its heart (not in the Fast and Furious kind of way) - forgiving your parents for their mistakes, growing to know them for all the good your juvenility could never understand, and forging new families with those who stumble onto our paths. Set in the nineteenth century, you know things are going to be pretty dire for women in general, but the teenagers who work at Granborough House also live with the constant threat of danger inside the house. I empathised with all of the housemaids but never connected with Eleanor. I didn’t like her, which made it difficult to become invested in the potential the wishes had to improve her circumstances. Wonderful. A bold and heartfelt adventure from another world, another time—and our own.”– Max Gladstone, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning writer The story feels familiar, because it is a tongue and cheek nod to The Dark Crystal. Or the fantasy / aspect of the story.Upon the death of her parents, Eleanor Rose Hartley became the ward of Mr. and Mrs. Pembroke of Granborough House. Mrs. Pembroke treated Eleanor like a daughter. "For a few shining years, she had been "Miss Eleanor", dressing in silks and satins...Eleanor was going to be a lady." Mrs. Pembroke filled Eleanor's head with the promise of a European tour once she was old enough to enter society. "It was hard to believe in fairy tales...[after Mrs. Pembroke died] Nothing felt magical in her little garret." "She'd been relegated from "Miss Eleanor" to plain old Ella...fourteen, and she'd watched her future crumble". Did you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. Get started Close The Bone Witch, The Heart Forger, and now The Shadow Glass have been some of my favorite books of all time. I am in love with Tea, her journey, and the rich world Rin Chupeco has created. Summary Buy from our bookstore and 25% of the cover price will be given to a school of your choice to buy more books. *15% of eBooks. Home > Did you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Language in your kid's entertainment guide. Get started Close

The Shadow Glass by Josh Winning | Waterstones The Shadow Glass by Josh Winning | Waterstones

I related to Bobson as he navigated his complicated family legacy, while figuring out who he is and what he stands for. I was fangirling alongside Toby as his passion for Iri made him practically glow from within. Occasionally I empathised with Cutter, as his pain distorted something that was once pure. This immediately felt like a love letter to every great fantasy movie from the 1980s and 90s. We get mentions of Labyrinth, Gremlins, Dark Crystal and Willow among others, in a plot that is rife with common tropes associated with these movies, from a chosen one to a quest for a magical item. It plays heavily into the nostalgia for an 80s child like myself, and I think people of a similar age who grew up with similar cultural references will love this. Its fast paced, with punchy dialogue and ultimately really captivating. You can almost imagine that The Shadow Glass really was a film we all watched growing up, and I kind of wish I had a VHS tape of it to watch.My life takes a dramatic twist when Mrs Pembrokes dies and with Charles away for many years, I am now relegated to the ranks of faceless housemaids. No more worthy of notice than the umbrella stand in the hall. That is until I am faced with the “… dark-eyed woman”, my mystical godmother. Although offering me the stuff of dreams, I was to be lured by this dark, unnerving, and chilling woman into making an agreement that would cost me my soul. There’s a stirring sense of adventure, excitement, and terror running throughout…a treat for fans of the movies that inspired it.”– Publishers Weekly The Shadow in the Glass follows Ella, the protagonist, as she works as a housemaid in the Pembroke's manor home where she used to grow up as a cherished ward. But then Mrs. Pembroke died, and everything changed. Mr. Pembroke's money dwindled and Ella transformed from reluctant ward to hired help. Talk about Likh's transformation. What did Agnarr see in her heartsglass? What's her first reaction? How does she talk to Tea about it? How is Tea supportive of her choice?

The Shadowglass: The Bone Witch, Book 3 - Common Sense Media

I want to thank Edelweiss and Harper Collins for a chance at reading this... depressing? yes, depressing book. I'm going to spoiler cut this because I talk about some triggering stuff right out of the park (tw: rape, abortion/miscarriage, abuse): Bob Corman is referred to by their fans and by various media outlets simply as ‘Bob’. I realise this is a stupid thing to get caught up on, but I struggle to suspend my disbelief to the point where any Bob could possibly be famous enough to just be ‘Bob’. There’s a reason Bill Gates, probably one of the most famous people on the planet, is not referred to simply as ‘Bill’. In specific subcultures maybe, but in general media? It’s just not going to happen. Sorry Bobs. Tea is a bone witch with the dark magic needed to raise the dead. She has used this magic to breathe life into those she has loved and lost…and those who would join her army against the deceitful royals. But Tea’s quest to conjure a shadowglass—to achieve immortality for the one person she loves most in the world—threatens to consume her heart. A somewhat rote fantasy adventure that will live or die on the strength of its nostalgia appeal. Filled with familiar-feeling characters, plot beats and ideas, The Shadow Glass is certainly not pushing anything new or exciting. The result may be either comfortingly familiar or tediously unoriginal, possibly depending somewhat on your relationship to the 80s fantasy movies that we’re playing with here- The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, The Neverending Story etc. Now I’ve seen all these movies and many more of that era and genre, many when I was younger. And I enjoyed them, and I remember enjoying them and specific parts of them that gave me specific emotional responses, and specific parts of them that were interesting; cool world-building elements or lovable/hateable characters. The issue with the particular flavour of nostalgia found in The Shadow Glass is that it does nothing more than remind you of all of these other works, works that stand on their own merits. It never adds anything fresh to the conversation, never builds on or extends the original works in any way. Ultimately, we end up with Ready Player One, but with 80s films instead of 80s games.The Shadow Glass is also extremely affectionate and loving in its portrayal of fan culture...its clearly written by someone who had a good experience in fandom, and is one of the more loving fictional depictions of what it means to be a fan AND creator. Wishful stars for a sinister Cinderella / Aladin story where the delight of granting personal wishes comes with one of life’s most important lessons. ‘be careful what you ask for, you might just get it’

THE SHADOWGLASS | Kirkus Reviews

Okay, like many people, the summary is going to hook you. The Labyrinth / Dark Crystal / Muppet / Henson fangirl in me says, 'A homage to all of these things, and a fantasy/adventure story in itself. Sign me up I'm in. History will show that I was orphaned by the sweet age of 9 and became a ward of the Pembroke family at Granborough House. Mrs Pembroke was a wonderful second mother, who bestowed on me the love and privileges of any caring and wealthy family. Charles her son became my soulmate, but I did not know what that meant then. The Shadow Glass is surprising, playful, and wholly its own. I’ve never read anything like it – it was a daring, refreshing read: a weird banger. I can’t stop thinking about it: because it is a love song to a very particular kind of nostalgia, it feels both deeply familiar while also being entirely unique. I loved it. — Sara Maria Griffin, award-winning author of Other Words for SmokeWhen one night a strange woman emerges from one of the books offering Ella 7 wishes in exchange for her soul. Ella soon accepts, but she doesn’t realise how much these wishes truly cost her.