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by Daniel

The first novel in this amazing set of 3 series… is “The Forests of Silence.” Emily Rodda is an amazing artist of fictional literature. She has created a whole world in which the reader can immerse his or her self.

I have immersed myself in the Deltoran culture a multitude of times. My favourite part of the series was the Pirran Pipe. Although unrealistic and unearthly in certain contexts, Rodda still manages a great novel. The main character of the book, Lief, heir to the throne, is quite like the little bit of adventure inside all of us, trying anything.

Overall, I rate this series an 9/10. This is because I found out that there was only going to be a third series…

Marc McBride, the illustrator of the novel covers and the illustrator of books such as “The Deltora book of Monsters’, was kind enough to autograph my copy of “The Forests of Silence” when I met him in year 5. A very kind, free-spirited person he was, spraying a great picture in minutes.

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The Midnight Library series of books, is written by multiple different authors. The series is all written under one alias of “Nick Shadow.” Each book is one different author, which makes sure that the book is never boring, because all of the authors have different ideas.

The 8 books in this series so far are: “Voices”, “Blood and Sand”, “End Game”, “The Cat Lady”, “Liar”, “Shut Your Mouth”, “I Can See You” and “The Catch.”

Although I have not read all books in the series yet, I thoroughly enjoyed the novels “I Can See You” and “Liar.” There are 3 stories in each novel, meant to be scary. They are…unless you are brave enough.
So have a thrill, your heart beating a mile a minute…If you dare!

You can visit Fantastic Fiction to learn some more about this series.
 

Fan fiction is a term that describes authors’ creative writing that uses pre-existing characters from television, movies or other fiction. Usually composed of short stories, fan fiction used to be published in ‘zines and mailed to a small number of subscribers. Today, the Internet allows authors to publish their work to a much wider audience. From Chilling Effects Clearinghouse

The biggest fan fiction site around is FanFiction - unleash your imagination and here is what Daniel thinks of this site:

Everyone who can read has the choice to like or dislike reading. Whatever your feelings are towards reading, I know a website for you. Fanfiction.net has a multitude of stories including stories based on games, movies, cartoons, books and much much more… All the stories are written by different authors and are fantastically edited into masterpieces. Hope you like it! Daniel

We would love to hear what you think of FanFiction.net - some specific examples would be good. Click on COMMENTS below.

Some authors and publishers object to fan fiction being published on the web for copyright reasons. This is a tricky issue. For more information read this page at Chilling Effects Clearinghouse. J. K. Rowling has given her blessing to fan fiction writers, with a couple of provisos, and Mary Hoffman encourages it by publishing fan fiction on her Stravaganza web site.

Illustration: Fancy Hippogriff - Arizona Turquois Rump by Babbletrish.