warning: the following review will be spoiler-ridden and probably not coherent. lots of y'all's and keyboard smashes will be used. proceed with caution. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children". [18] It was one of the "Top 100 Picture Books" of all time in a 2012 poll by School Library Journal. [19] a b Cannon, Janell (2007). "Stellaluna by Janell Cannon". Diverse Families . Retrieved 17 January 2019. I might be willing to believe you,” Elwin told him, “if you weren’t gritting your teeth every time you move.”

Grady closed his eyes, and his lips formed a few different words before he asked, “You trust me, don’t you?” Side note on that: He was pretty sure he didn’t want to know why the whole place reeked like rotting toenails. Or why Alvar had felt the need to cover every surface with mirrors.

Both of you need to take it easy,” Elwin warned, “or I’m bringing Keefe to my house and putting Bullhorn on guard duty.” I have a couple theories on this. One, Shannon based Fitz off of her ex husband. I remember reading somewhere that she got divorced around the time she was writing Legacy, so she projected her feelings about her ex onto Fitz and changed his character completely from the way it had been the last 5 books and made him unlikeable so Sophie would have a reason to not like him. Sounds a little far fetched but how can you explain Fitz’s complete change in character.

Just about all the characters have survived a whole lot of physical, mental, and emotional battering over the previous 8.5 volumes, which has helped define their characters and shape their mental conflicts. Violent death, abduction, imprisonment, torture, biological warfare, and weapons are part of the landscape, and and Sophie contemplates the fact that there's a villain she has to kill. As her bodyguard says, "In a battle, it's the only thing that's true. If you don't take them down, they will take you down." Two protagonists have been genetically engineered and enhanced by their creators with special powers as part of conflicting plans for world domination. Various groups who may or may not have good on their side are struggling to possess a cosmic power source that will put them in charge of the universe, and in various ways will stop at nothing to achieve it. Mind control -- and having your memories wiped when you or some authority figure, villain, etc. thinks they're too dangerous -- is a big part of elf culture. A character suggests that one elf faction wants to remove humans from their current homes and put them in a "sanctuary" because they're causing trouble, environmental and otherwise. Well, all I’m saying is: If you’re looking to earn her forgiveness, ‘Here, Sophie, have this creepy thing from my mom’ isn’t going to do it. Especially if you parade in there like you just saved the day. She doesn’t need a hero. She needs a friend. So if you want to say you’re sorry, get her a real present.” Okay, fine. Sometimes your friendship with Keefe… makes me a little nervous,” Grady admitted, dragging the toe of his boot through the flowers woven into her carpet. “He has a gift for getting in trouble—and you do that more than enough on your own. But he wasn’t his usual overconfident self today. He looked tired. And terrified—”

that being said he is still such a fabulous addition to the story and i love how he brightens up everything in the series. he meant what he said in his letter—and he meant it exactly the way you thought he did before you tried to talk yourself out of it.” Everything in this book is force fed down the readers throat and it's just not effective and I've been choking from it since book 7. Just stop. Just stop for the love of everything holy and for the books that are inevitably coming.

You’re not,” Elwin agreed. “And by the way, neither of us are leaving until you take a sedative—and I want to see you down the whole dose.” update: i simply cannot get over this book, i've been rereading all the chapters with sokeefe in them over and over and over seriously send help 😩In fact, he’d been ready to throw them across the room. But now that he knew the noise annoyed Ro . . . Grady grabbed her hand as she turned for the door, and as his fingers pressed against her skin, she realized she wasn’t wearing her gloves. He glanced out her windows, where the clouds were slowly turning pink with the sunset. “At least an hour ago, so it’s too late to stop him—but it’ll be okay. I think he actually has a solid plan this time.” Then she wouldn’t have to wonder if she could’ve talked Keefe into staying if she’d been home when he came by, instead of spending so long at Solreef answering Mr. Forkle’s questions about her unexpected inferno. I didn't think it was even possible, but my hatred towards him has ACTUALLY MULTIPLIED WHAT IS THIS?

Ro snorted. “Wow, you really have it bad, don’t you? Nope, no need to deny it. It’s so obvious it’s actually adorable. Especially since she’s totally clueless about it. You know that, right?” Sophie wished she could sink down next to him—lean on each other as they tried to prepare for whatever came next. But she forced herself to stay standing. “I’m done making decisions based on fear. It gives the Neverseen more power.” first things first... i am loving sophie's attitude shift. as in, this is the first book where i have truly ENJOYED sophie foster as the protagonist. she is done waiting, done playing nice, and finally standing up for herself.a few of the characters had some really great growth in this book, i think. sophie's becoming more confident in herself and stepping into her role as leader, and fitz (i believe?) is working on his anger issues. keefe is still very broken and hurting (who wouldn't be?) but i think i'm seeing some healing happening. a b Park, Shelley M. (2013). Mothering Queerly, Queering Motherhood: Resisting Monomaternalism in Adoptive, Lesbian, Blended, and Polygamous Families. SUNY Press. ISBN 9781438447186. Keefe glared at both of them, wishing he still had some of his favorite elixirs handy. He’d managed to slip some Hush Slush into Ro’s dinner the night before and wiped out her voice for eight glorious hours. But somehow she’d managed to find all of his stashes—even the extra well-hidden ones. The next morning, Ro dyes her hair and Iggy's color to twilight ombre. Edaline introduces Ro and Sophie to a new dessert called sweetberry swirls. Because Edaline is a Conjurer, Ro asks Edaline to practice acting like Lady Gisela, to try to figure out if being a Conjurer gave Lady Gisela any unseen advantages. Sophie goes outside to find all of her friends waiting for her. Sophie informs them about Keefe running away, and they seem confident that Keefe will do well in the Forbidden Cities. They are upset that Sophie has burned down the Neverseen Storehouse, full of valuable information, and also that Sophie is starting to be a leader. They blame Glimmer for Sophie's actions and get into an argument about whether Glimmer is trustworthy.