The Dyerville Tales (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780061998713)

"If you enjoyed the travels and adventure in The Hobbit, you'll love the action-packed pages of The Dyerville Tales" (Brightly.com).

The Dyerville Tales is a powerfully imaginative middle grade novel that blurs the line between fairy tale and reality.

Vince Elgin is an orphan, having lost his mother and father in a fire when he was young. With only a senile grandfather he barely knows to call family, Vince was interned in a group home, dreaming that his father, whose body was never found, might one day return for him.

When a letter arrives, telling Vince his grandfather has passed away, he is convinced that if his father is still alive, he'll find him at the funeral. He strikes out for the small town of Dyerville, carrying only one thing with him: his grandfather's journal.

The journal tells a fantastical story of witches and giants and magic, one that can't be true. But as Vince reads on, he finds that his very real adventure may have more in common with his grandfather's than he ever could have known.

Author: M. P. Kozlowsky
ISBN-10: 0061998710
ISBN-13: 9780061998713
Publisher: Walden Pond Press
Language: English
Published: 04/22/2014
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.50h x 6.20w x 1.30d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.9
Point Value: 11
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 166289 / Dyerville Tales


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2014
School Library Journal 03/01/2014 pg. 142
Booklist 05/15/2014 pg. 67
Publishers Weekly 05/19/2014
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2014 pg. 526 - Book Of Special Distinction
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2014 pg. 81 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw