Language: G (0 swears); Mature
Content: G; Violence: G.
BUYING
ADVISORY: EL
AUDIENCE
APPEAL: AVERAGE
Ishmael has a boring life helping
his mother and siblings try to survive on their colorless farm. Things were
better when his older brother Luc was around and his father was alive. Ishmael
decides to find his brother and bring him back to help out. So he enters the
commons, a wall/building (?) that no one is permitted to approach. There he
discovers that he is a Color Keeper, like his brother Luc, who is there. He can
now train to help color little mini worlds, which delights him. Now he must
decide to stay and learn or try to get Luc to come home with him. In the
meantime a rift forms between he and Luc and Ishmael must try to fix it.
I thought the idea behind this book
was intriguing. Colorless worlds with a few people who could see color to fill
them. But it really just ended up being long, confusing, and strange. I felt
like there would come a time where everything would be explained but that time
never came. From an adult perspective I thought it was horrible of him to just
assume his mother would be ok. I didn’t buy into Ishmael’s evolution from a
small farm boy to a leader that pulls everyone together. On top of everything
else, this book was SO SO Long. No way an elementary student would stick with
this and the characters are too babyish for a middle school student to keep
interest.
Reviewer: Stephanie MLS &
Author.
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