Diana Wynne Jones
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| Original Title: | Eight Days of Luke |
| ISBN: | 0064473570 (ISBN13: 9780064473576) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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There seemed nothing strange about Luke to begin with, except perhaps the snakes. If they were snakes - David wasn't sure. He was just grateful for a companion as agreeable as Luke, who seemed able to twist anyone round his finger, even David's odious relatives. "Just kindle a flame and I'll be with you," Luke said, and he always was - which turned out to be more awkward than useful in the end. For who were the people who seemed to be looking for Luke: the man with one eye; the massive, malevolent gardener, Mr.Chew; the offensively sprightly Frys; the man with ginger hair? Why were there ravens watching, one in front and one at the back gate? And then of course there was the fire...List Regarding Books Eight Days of Luke
| Title | : | Eight Days of Luke |
| Author | : | Diana Wynne Jones |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 226 pages |
| Published | : | February 18th 2003 by Greenwillow Books (first published 1975) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Fiction. Mythology. Childrens |
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Ratings: 3.89 From 2798 Users | 186 ReviewsWrite Up Regarding Books Eight Days of Luke
YA Fantasy. David is a Miserable Orphan forced to live with his neglectful, petty relatives. As far as Miserable Orphans go (see also: Harry Potter, the Baudelaires) he doesn't have it that bad, but it could be better. Like, when he comes home from boarding school for summer holiday, his guardians are surprised to see him. So he decides to curse them, as you do.Somehow, this goes wrong and he releases the god Loki from his underground prison instead. Luke, as he introduces himself, seems aboutWith unending cleverness, Diana Wynne Jones weaves a wonderful tale of loneliness and friendship, heroics and half-wit relatives, dreary dull English life and the full legendary pantheon of Norway, Eight Days of Luke is the slow-burn story of an accidental protagonist stumbling upon an earth-shaking mystery and adventure. Transforming the lives of disheartened David and everyone else around him, Luke tumbles into England and sets off an irreversible course of events destined to make David a new
This one was a lot of fun, but slightly fluffy, sort of like an Eva Ibbotson book but one of her better ones. There's a lightness to the story that is great for younger chapterbook readers despite being about the typical lonely, neglected British school boy. What I liked best was the focus on disguised mythological Norse gods, making this a sort of American Gods for kids book. This would be really great to read after doing a study unit on Norse mythology to see how fast the students can pick up
Diana Wynne Jones: I will write childrens literature. You will like it. Me, reading her books in one sitting:
============================================Original review, with very much needed original update:============================================UPDATE: Please note: Whilst writing this review, I felt, well, rather bonkers.Eight Days of Luke is just the sort of story that makes me feel quite jolly. As in, a normal setting, but you know including something not quite as common. Which is equivalent to " ABSOLUTELY WONDEFUL! " I feel wearied for reason of not writing a dignified comma-inclusive list
#readathon17 Ένα βιβλίο φανταστικούMy first Diana Wynne Jones and a delightful read!
Perhaps my favourite anecdote about this book is that Neil Gaiman said that he had to rewrite American Gods because he got to the end and realised that he'd just rewritten this.The real joy here is the slow-burning realisation of what is going on. The care with which Wynne Jones constructs the plot to ensure that the characters only appear on the appropriate "days" is only really apparent on a re-read, and the book is good enough to survive that without trouble.
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