Owl Light

by Maggie Pearson

Genres: Fantasy, Childrens, Animals

249 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Lyndal Russell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Can I just say, what kind of name is Rutger? Just putting it out there, what a weird name. I liked this book because I think saw myself in Ellie, a bit of a heroine-badass-can't-control-me type of girl and the fact she was risking her life to save animals just proves my point further. I also like the moral (one of them anyway) of the story. On the front cover it says ''A werewolf is nothing to be afraid of...'' and in the book there are these men who are cruel to animals. My point is animals, even scary ones aren't the enemy, humans are because clearly they cause the most harm and interrupt The Circle of Life by being the dominant species.

The Stittles are also actually a pretty cool family, each one of them has a different personality or outlook on life. I like how they work and stick together through everything.

P.S Grandma is a badass too and I love it.

[Amy Nielsen · Rating 3 out of 5]

When I say tha this is totally out on my genre I am not lying. Not only was it about a group of children helping to save a family of badgers it also only had like twenty papges to do with the fantasy part of the whole story. So I was really surprised when I actually did like it. My favorite characetrs would have to be the Stitles. All up it had te drama, the laughs and moments when I had no idea what was going on.

[Andrea Hickman Walker · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great book. Fairly standard in terms of the children getting mixed up in things they're not supposed to, misunderstanding the adults and their motives, the bad and the stupid characters turning out to be their friends and so on. And yet, this is somehow better than all those similar books. It's both more realistic (despite the fantastic elements) and more enchanting (probably because of the fantastic elements).

[Lark · Rating 4 out of 5]

Owl Light is a magical story that's really different from lmost every other book I've read. It's such fun, with memorable characters, setting, and lovely intelligent writing style. If there is fault, it's that I couldn't quite get a handle on character ages.

[Petra Be · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was not what I thought it would be (the shape-shifting was just a marginal thing), but it is a very good story about (and for) kids who like animals and wilderness. Enjoyable even for adults.