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The Somebodies

#3 in series

by N. E. Bode
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There is a city beneath New York City, one made by and for Anybodies. There you can find Bing Chubb's Ballpark, Willy Fattler's ever–changing Underground Hotel, and a castle whose spire sticks up into the dirt–filled sky...dangerously close to the rear ends of unsuspecting picnic–goers in Central Park. It's an extraordinary place, but it is in danger of becoming ordinary because of the nefarious Blue Queen. Somebody has to stop her, and if anybody is going to, nobody is better than everybody's favorite Anybody. In her third quirky adventure, Fern takes on the biggest, baddest, bluest opponent ever. Yikes!

  • Creators

  • Series

    The Anybodies

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    May 5, 2009

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780061906022

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9780061906022
      • File size: 3285 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 4.9
    • Lexile® Measure: 770
    • Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
    • Text Difficulty: 3-4

  • Reviews

    • School Library Journal

      September 1, 2006
      Gr 5-8 -This final book in the trilogy barrels along at breakneck pace. Young Fern is a royal Anybody, possessed of transformative powers. Her fellow Anybodies inhabit a city under Manhattan, but Fern lives aboveground with her aging grandmother, the Great Realdo, and her ineffectual Anybody father in a house made entirely of books and also inhabited by hobbits and Borrowers. Although Fern -s grandmother defeated the evil Blue Queen in an earlier book, she is losing her powers and it is now up to Fern to save the Anybodies and the world from the resurgent queen and her henchmen, the Somebodies. There is quite a bit of catch-up involved to get readers up to speed here, and a liberal amount of Victorian-like cozy asides from author to reader. Narrow escapes, evil villains, and captured souls from books will keep kids turning pages through an imaginative kaleidoscope of transformations definitely reminiscent of our friends at Hogwarts. Fern -s best friend, Howard, is a robotlike wimp who serves as an effective foil to the brave and take-charge Fern, and the Blue Queen is truly terrifying as she gobbles souls from books with the ultimate goal of stealing human ones. Puzzles, anagrams, and references to other children -s books will please young sleuths. Old-fashioned-looking black-and-white sketches contribute to the feel of a classic children -s book. Lessons about being true to oneself are preachy but fit the genre. Lemony Snicket -s fans will welcome this fantasy." -Quinby Frank, formerly at Green Hedges School, Vienna, VA"

      Copyright 2006 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • The Horn Book

      January 1, 2007
      When Fern, an Anybody capable of shape-changing, enlists the aid of her ordinary friend Howard, she doesn't tell him it's to do battle with the once-defeated evil Blue Queen who wants to rise again. The intrusion of authorial comments is often irritating and distracting, but the story, rushing from one wildly bizarre adventure to another, is humorous.

      (Copyright 2007 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

Formats

  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:4.9
  • Lexile® Measure:770
  • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
  • Text Difficulty:3-4

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