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The Edge Chronicles: Deepwoods
and Stormchaser Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell Random House © 2004 |
These two books were about a boy named Twig whose has been separated from his father and was raised by wood trolls. He goes off in search of his father through this big forest known as the Deepwoods. On his way to a city called Undertown he runs into a sky ship and its crew who have fallen from the sky. It ends up that the captain of the ship is his real father named Cloud Wolf. Then Twig begins to travel with his father who is after a very rare and precious substance known as stormphrax. But the only way to get his stormphrax is to enter the heart of a storm at the very same moment it releases its most intense power possible. These books will keep you on the edge of your seat the whole way through.
I thought that this book was very well written and I would recommend to my family and friends. This book was very descriptive. While I read it, I was easily able to create mental pictures. The map in the front of the book was also very helpful since the story takes place over hundreds of miles of land. The illustrations by Chris Riddell were also very well drawn and helped with the characters image because some of the stuff they wore was very intricate or I had never heard of them before. There are quite a few characters, but not all of them were used all the way through the story. This story was very well written and enjoyable.
Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell worked well together to form this novel by combining Paul Stewart’s story writing talent and Chris Riddell’s art skills. Paul Stewart has won a pick of the year award for another book he has written. He has written many books like football stories, fantasy, and even horror. Chris Riddell has illustrated many other children’s books like Something Else and The Swan’s Stories. Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell create wonderful novels with very detailed artwork.
~ Whit Graff, grade 7, Canfield Village Middle School