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Half Brother Kenneth Oppel Daniel diTomasso Books

Dear Mr. Oppel: Thank you for writing a book for young people that is not only informative; but funny, true to life and just down right good. I purchased this book for my 12 year old grandson for Valentines Day and I know he is going to love it. Joseph loves fiction based on fact and his teacher always enjoys his bookreports. I am also going to purchase a copy for his teacher to share with other students in the class. The author did a great job of getting back to solid educational topics and away from fairyland. Hurrah!!!!


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Half Brother Kenneth Oppel Daniel diTomasso Books Reviews

I have yet to read this tome (682 pages!). However, having seen the brilliant television mini-series several times (it's addictive), I know of whence I write. The story and the characters are equally engrossing. The film has a documentary feel about it, as if these characters really lived. Perhaps they did? If you like surprise endings, this is one of the best I have ever seen... totally unexpected. I doubt even Agatha Christie could have dreamt it up, or see it coming. It is clear why the vivid imagination of Lars Saabye Christensen makes him on of Norway's most popular, award-winning authors.

The mini-series was filmed in Norway, with a superb cast that has no "weakest link". You will believe, and fall in love with, this family.
Good read!
Like new condition! Great book!
Well written and an enjoyable read. I am sure that I have not yet gotten the author's message, if there is one, beyond life in a family. It is interesting to note that one of the narrator's complaints as an author is the liberties film makers take with a story when adapting the story to film, yet the movie of the book makes a number of significant changes, not the least of which is the ending.
Awesome book!!!!!!
Book club choice for 11 + 12 year old girls. Slightly advanced reading level, but a great story. My daughter loved it.
I just recommended Kenneth Oppel's new children's book, Half Brother, to my 86 year-old grandmother. It is that good.

I knew it must be good when I heard that Violet got in trouble at school for reading too much. At home I was envious of her complete absorption in the book, but also excited because I knew I would get to read it next. I asked her, "Is it `Hunger-Games-Good'?" She just grunted and waved me off. "Violet if you don't answer me I'm going to take the book away." She looked up at me and said, "Oh yeah, it's good. Can I just please read to the end of this chapter?"

Later she told me she loved it because it made her feel like she was the main character, thirteen year-old Ben. When I got my turn, I felt the same way. Now I'm curious if my grandmother will feel likewise. Any book that can make a ten-year old girl, a forty-year old mother, and an eighty-six-year old great-grandmother feel like a thirteen year-old boy is impressive.

There are stories that are compelling, and there are books that are insightful and complex. Half Brother is a masterpiece that combines the best of both. A page-turner for sure, we are dropped into a world of being new in junior high school while having a stormy relationship with a driven father. Just the thought of it makes most grown-ups cringe. Add on top of that the complexity of developing a close bond with a species so near to our own, but still clearly animal - and you have one of the best children's books I have ever read.

I would not recommend this book to children younger than ten years old. The complexity of relationships might be harder for younger children to grasp, and there are some sexual references. The sexual references are not explicit, and they are appropriate to what a modest thirteen year-old boy would say and experience but some parents might be uncomfortable with younger children reading them. This is one of those books that would be a pleasure to read so you can judge for yourself.
- Jessica
Dear Mr. Oppel Thank you for writing a book for young people that is not only informative; but funny, true to life and just down right good. I purchased this book for my 12 year old grandson for Valentines Day and I know he is going to love it. Joseph loves fiction based on fact and his teacher always enjoys his bookreports. I am also going to purchase a copy for his teacher to share with other students in the class. The author did a great job of getting back to solid educational topics and away from fairyland. Hurrah!!!!