Shadows on the School Grounds: A Science Fiction Fantasy Adventure

A Charmers' World #1

by B.C. Roger

If you’d ask Miona what she really thinks of her new school, most likely she’d tell you she isn’t too pleased with it. Her reasons might go like this:
1. Not only there isn’t any car-flying class like some kids in her old school had told her, but
2. Most subjects are tough and no fun at all,
3. Discipline is even tougher than in her old school. The Dean, for one, is this big human woman with a quick switch and no sense of humor, who seems to have taken a strong dislike in her since the first day of school,
4. Another lie that went around in her old school: most chores are done by school personnel. NOT--TRUE. She has to do them, just like at her old school or at home,
5. Worse still: she can’t make friends in her own class, because the class bully has taken a special interest in picking on her and scaring her classmates away from her. He’s also very good at getting her punished. Since the start of the school year--for nearly two months now--she has only been able to go home once, all thanks to him....
But soon she finds another issue to add to her list: this school is DANGEROUS. There are shadows roaming the grounds. And the spy game Miona is forced to play might do much more than get her expelled and make her master angry at her. In fact she might need more than her quick wits and strong sword fighting skills to check out of that game alive. More than the help from her new friends. What she may need is a strange, powerful gift she never knew she had....

Genres: Fiction

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First published March 10, 2012

Reviews

[Myra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Drew me in quickly, I liked the world, and the main character had lots of character, though she got a bit annoying. The intense focus on the bullies bullying her got old really quickly, however, I could never remember which 'alien' was what kind of creature, and lots and lots of questions were never answered by the end. Other than that, though, it was quite fun, I think young readers would really enjoy this book. (Although the image of human-meat pastries is a little disturbing, it's an interesting sci-fi-world concern.)

[Amy · Rating 2 out of 5]

I won this book on Library Thing. It sounded like a good story. And the story itself was good. However, there is not a lot of background given and the story starts in a confusing way. I didn't completely understand everything that was going on. There were words used incorrectly and misspelled.

I enjoyed the story and the suspense, but this book needs some recrafting.

[Deborah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a good book. An interesting set of characters. It had an intriguing plot with really good descriptions of the characters and their surroundings. I think my biggest complaint was not enough of a background story. Also some illustrations would have helped define the characters appearance a bit more. But still a good book.

[Colette · Rating 3 out of 5]

I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. In the end I enjoyed the unique qualities and setting of this middle-grade novel. However, the beginning was a bit confusing and it took a while to get a full picture of the time and setting of the book.