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| Original Title: | The Dragonfly Pool |
| ISBN: | 0230704581 (ISBN13: 9780230704589) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Talitha Hamilton |
| Setting: | Delderton Hall, Devon, England,1939(United Kingdom) |
| Literary Awards: | Manchester Book Award Nominee for Shortlist (2009), Carnegie Medal Nominee (2009), Hea Lasteraamat (2010) |
Eva Ibbotson
Hardcover | Pages: 416 pages Rating: 4.02 | 4145 Users | 440 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Dragonfly Pool |
| Author | : | Eva Ibbotson |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 416 pages |
| Published | : | May 2nd 2008 by MacMillan Children's Books (first published April 23rd 2008) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Childrens. Fiction. Fantasy. Middle Grade |
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Tally Hamilton is furious to hear she is being sent from London to a horrid, stuffy boarding school in the countryside. And all because of the stupid war. But Delderton Hall is a far more" "unusual and " interesting" place than Tally ever imagined, and she soon falls in love with its eccentric staff and pupils. Now she's even organizing an exciting school trip to the kingdom of Bergania . . . although Tally never expected to meet the "prince." Prince Karil hates his life at the palace and he is only truly happy when he escapes to the dragonfly pool, a remote spot in the forests of Bergania. Then Karil meets a feisty English girl who brings the promise of adventure. But his country is under threat, and the prince soon looks to his new friend Tally for survival as well as friendship . . .Rating Of Books The Dragonfly Pool
Ratings: 4.02 From 4145 Users | 440 ReviewsCrit Of Books The Dragonfly Pool
This is a romantic adventure set against the backdrop of WW2. The main character of the story is Tally Hamilton who is furious when she is sent from London to Delderton Hall, a horrible, stuffy boarding school in the countryside because of the war. When she gets there, it is a more interesting place than she had ever imagined. An exciting school trip to the beautiful kingdom of Bergania takes Tally on an unexpected adventure with a normal little boy who happens to be the Prince of Bergania. TheEva Ibbotson always writes the most beautiful, heartbreaking tributes to Europe before the Nazis that I have ever seen. This one is just lovely. Idealistic, and very black and white, but it is a children's book, and it is lovely.
Tally is a young girl who doesn't want to go off to boarding school at Delterton. But once she arrives, she sees that this boarding school is nothing like she imagined. She makes great friends. Then she meets Karil, the Prince of Bergania (spelling? I listened to this.) She and other children want him to come to their boarding school and he wants to...but many obstacles stand in his way.It also weaves in a little bit of WWII...but with few of the horrors.I liked this and would almost give it a
I absolutely loved this book. It's on my list of "books that make me feel like the Harry Potter books do" despite it's setting in a more-or-less real World War II era Europe with no magic. For one thing, Tally and her classmates go to the most wonderful boarding school ever - picture Hogwarts with no Snape, Filch, or Mrs. Norris to spoil things. For another, their heartfelt fight against the forces of evil is every bit as high-stakes and heartwrenching as Harry and his friends'. Ibbotson is a
Found this book quite enjoyable. It's interesting to read about ww2 through the eyes of a young girl. I enjoyed the author's note and that many characters and some settings are from her childhood experiences,
Review originally posted on my blog, Creativity's Corner [creativityscorner.blogspot.com]First let me just say that this book was not at all what I expected. I picked it up because I have been hearing many good things about Eva Ibbotson for a while now but I had not yet run into one of her books in a library. Though I had never heard of this title specifically, I read the book jacket and thought I might like it - after all between Tally being shipped off during the air raids of WWII and the made
The dragonfly pool by Eva Ibbotson is imaginative and vividly descriptive, set just before WW2.Best suited for 10-14 year olds, it's about Tally and her friends as they embark on a trip to Bergania. Here they meet Prince Karil and suddernly, a innocent trip to a dance festival, becomes a daunting trip straight into the tight grip of Nazi power. But, as time goes by, as Tally learns more about Karil, something else is to be discovered- secrets!
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