Victoria Grace Howell

A Book Review of Queen’s Rising by Rebecca Ross

  Buy from Amazon! Brienna desires only two things: to master her passion and to be chosen by a patron. Growing up in Valenia at the renowned Magnalia House should have prepared her. While some are born with a talent for one of the five passions—art, music, dramatics, wit, and knowledge—Brienna struggled to find hers …

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Writing Lessons from Movies: Split

    With Glass coming out last month, I finally decided to watch M. Night Shyamalan’s superhero flicks Unbreakable and Split (I resisted watching them earlier because I’m still mad at him about ruining The Last Airbender). They’re both excellent films with great twists, characters, and writing. I was particularly impressed with Split and not just because of James McAvoy’s fantastic acting, but the excellent writing. …

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A Book Review of the House with the Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs

Buy from Amazon! When Lewis Barnavelt, an orphan. comes to stay with his uncle Jonathan, he expects to meet an ordinary person. But he is wrong. Uncle Jonathan and his next-door neighbor, Mrs. Zimmermann, are both magicians! Lewis is thrilled. At first, watching magic is enough. Then Lewis experiments with magic himself and unknowingly resurrects …

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