The Spindlers by Lauren Oliver
Advance Reader’s
Copy, Pub date: 9/18/2012246 pgs.
Target Audience: Ages 8-12
Rating: Wizard
Younger brothers can
be annoying, messy, loud, candy-stealing pests and Liza’s Patrick is no
exception. The realization that he is also cute, amusing and entertaining comes
to late. It’s morning and the boy sitting opposite her at the kitchen table
quietly, slowly and methodically eating his bowl of cereal is most definitely
NOT her brother. Her worst fear has come true, the Spindlers, evil spider-like
creatures who live underground, have stolen her brother’s soul and left this
changeling, this not-Patrick in its place. Liza tries to convey this crisis to
her parents who brush it off as their daughter’s overactive imagination.
Determined not to give up on her brother, she sets off on a quest down below to retrieve his
soul. In this whimsical adventure Liza befriends a rat, battles tree snakes in
the Live Forest, travels the perilous River of Knowledge and discovers the
source of dreams. Author of Liesl and Po, Oliver delivers up a
fanciful, magical, and wondrous tale that will captivate young readers, boys
and girls alike. Recommend to fans of Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu or Thirteen Treasures by Michelle
Harrison.
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