A rollicking adventure, sure to delight young readers - especially those with a sweet tooth

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	• The Candy Shop War Brandon Mull Shadow Mountain, 2007 - 358 pages average customer review:based on 20 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Great read for a young audience!

I love reading children to young adult books that I can then share with my neices and nephews. This book would keep them interested. It prooves that an adventure based on fantasy can be placed in modern times and seem beleiveable. I really like Brandon Mull's style of writing.

A rollicking adventure, sure to delight young readers - especially those with a sweet tooth

The Candy Shop War is an exemplary fantasy novel for young adults. When two competing candy shop owners engage in a "war" that is actually a race to find a legendary hidden treasure, a group of friends are unexpectedly caught in the middle. The treasure's value is far greater than mere money; it contains incalculable power, and is far too dangerous to let fall in the wrong hands. But with some aid from magical candy, young Nate and his friends just might be able to save the day! A rollicking adventure, sure to delight young readers - especially those with a sweet tooth.

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Definitely Different

The Candy Shop War is definitely a departure from Brandon Mull's highly successful Fablehaven series. A stand-alone book, though as full of magic as the Fablehaven series is, that is where the similarity ends. The magic here is darker, and more violent, and could be frightening to younger children. The main characters are believable as children, but the narrative is often stilted to the point of feeling almost contrived. The vocabulary level is extremely rich, but the author seems to go out of his way to use the most difficult word choice possible, which at times distracts, and is sometimes annoying. After enjoying the Fablehaven books, I was disappointed in this book. I had to make myself keep reading to the end.

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Another author drags some magic out of the simplicty of candy.

It has been decades since a book about candy (Here I refer to the great Roald Dahl) has entertained me so much! True to the form and tradition of intense imagination comes this little gem of a novel, a story of not only candy, but friendship, bravery, maniacally wild fantasy, and plenty of self-discovery.

The children of this book are all very distinct as characters, though the adults also can hold their own (you really don't see such a thing all that much anymore, tragically). What begins as innocently as going to a new shop turns into a brilliant fantasy that exceeds the imagination.

Mull writes with devotion to his characters--these are people he truly loves, and the characters spring to life as few characters do. The writing is crisp, but enchanting while being very much in the real world--save that darn enchanted candy shop.

It is amazing that someone can make such an intense fantasy out of as something as simple as a candy shop.

But hey, here it is done.

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A Book with a moral:

I could not put this book down. When I first started to read this book I thought this was going to be another Charlie and the Chocolat factory story. Boy was I wrong. When I got to the middle of the book, I had to stop and find something chocolat to eat before I could continue, the plot was that mouth watering. It was a great adventure to read I recommend parents to read this one out loud to thier kids to explain the moral about candy and strangers. I can see this book becoming a movie in the near future.

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What if there were a place where you could get magical candy? Moon rocks that made you feel weightless. Jawbreakers that made you unbreakable. Or candy that gave animals temporary human intelligence and communication skills. (Imagine what your pet would say!) Four young friends, Nate, Summer, Trevor, and Pigeon, are befriended by Belinda White, the owner of a new candy shop on Main Street. However, the gray-haired, grandmotherly Mrs. White is not an ordinary candy maker. Her confections have magical side effects. Purposefully, she invites the kids on a special mission to retrieve a hidden talisman under Mt. Diablo Elementary School. However, Mrs. White is not the only magician in town in search of the ancient artifact rumored to be a fountain of youth. She is aware that Mr. Stott, the not-so-ordinary ice cream truck driver, has a few tricks of his own.

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