into the land of the unicorns by bruce coville

Though it was hard to imagine any harm coming to them in this time of good cheer and fellowship, her grandmother’s fear was unmistakable - unmistakable, and catching. A light snow had started to fall a little while ago, and it had had just enough time to cover the bright holiday decorations, making everything look crisp and white.

“Hush, child! I don’t have breath to waste on talking.”Ĭlutching her new library books, Cara bumped against bundles and packages as they scurried through the crowds of last-minute shoppers. “I’m not sure,” muttered Grandmother Morris.Ĭara’s stomach grew even tighter. Stretching her legs to keep up, Cara asked, “Where are we going?” She tried not to whine. She certainly hadn’t expected her to act as if she took that fear seriously. She had expected Grandmother Morris to say, “Don’t be silly, child!” - as she usually did when Cara expressed some unlikely fear. Tightening her grip on the girl’s hand, the old woman began to walk faster.Ĭara felt a sudden knot in her stomach. When she turned back, her face was twisted in a look that Cara had never seen before. This book was originally published in hardcover by Scholastic Press in 1994.Ĭara’s grandmother glanced over her shoulder, toward the library.

And, of course, I had to catch the dogs which FYI really takes your concentration away.Īlso, this book does border on cheesy, as almost everything works out for the heroine and cast of characters, but I guess 7 year olds or fourth graders don’t care much about that.All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. Then, of course, a person walked by the front yard, so the pups ran away. Me, being me, thought oh hey I can totes let the German shepherds run loose in the backyard AND read my book. You see, I was dog sitting during the readathon. Unfortunately, I never fully engaged with Coville’s story of unicorns, but there’s a good reason. Oh, and there are unicorn hunters, but they hunt because they are douches, not because the unicorns are of the Peterfreund variety. Essential to these adventures are getting to the unicorn queen in time before the unicorns are destroyed. She then becomes BFF with a unicorn named Lightfoot, and what I consider to be a yeti-type thing named Dimblethum.Īdventures ARE had. SO she runs into a church, wearing a magical amulet, and jumps out of said church at the 12th chime and INTO THE LAND OF UNICORNS aka Luster. Into The Land Of Unicorns starts off with action.You see, Cara is on the run from a scary dangerous dude. I read this middle grade novel back in April 2010 for the Dewey 24 Hour Readathon, so forgive me if I am a bit sketchy with details and such.

What kind of a fan would I be if I didn’t read what is out there about unicorns? So, of course when I had the chance to obtain Into The Land of Unicorns by Bruce Coville, I took it. If you know me at all as a person/blogger you know that I am firmly rooted in the Team Unicorn camp.

Into the land of the unicorns by bruce coville