[CASL-L] Rush Revere

[Williams, Linda]

Good reviews you say? Not in any LIBRARY journal! I was able to find three reviews – 1 Booklist and 2 Kirkus (no SLJ…). None of them had anything that would make me think these were good purchases:

ON Rush Revere and the brave pilgrims
Booklist March 1, 2014
"There are a lot of things wrong with... This takeoff on the Magic School Bus and Magic Tree House series has none of their charm. The text is wordy... Despite the book’s numerous shortcomings—as history, as fiction, as comedy—it will generate demand in some libraries, thanks to the author’s celebrity. Order only as that demand dictates"
Kirkus April 15, 2014
"The storytelling that carries history, adventure and politics is breathtakingly inept... interactions with historical figures are thoroughly wooden...The prose never rises above amateurish and often reads as though written by the middle school students... Exceptionally bad."

ON Rush Revere and the first patriots
Kirkus April 15, 2014
" blithe disregard for the basic conventions of time-travel fantasy and leaden, amateurish prose... inveterate tendency to tell, not show... Characterizations are particularly weak...”

None of the rest of them have been reviewed.

That said… “as demand dictates” is a consideration.

My two cents!

Linda Williams


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From: CASL-L [mailto:casl-l-bounces at mylist.net] On Behalf Of Kathleen Smith
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2016 12:35 PM
To: casl-l at mylist.net
Subject: [CASL-L] Rush Revere


​​Hi!   Does anyone have the Rush Revere books in their library?  A parent recommended that I buy them.   I see great reviews on Amazon but wondering how kids like them and if any parents complain about them.



THANK YOU!!!


Kathleen Smith
Library-Media Specialist
Ledyard Center School
Gallup Hill School
Ledyard, CT 06339
LCS & GHS Library Home Page <https://sites.google.com/site/ghslcslibrary/>
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