Top 6 best in other lands
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Best in other lands
1. In Other Lands
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The Borderlands arent like anywhere else. Dont try to smuggle a phone or any other piece of technology over the wall that marks the Border unless you enjoy a fireworks display in your backpack. (Ballpoint pens are okay.) There are elves, harpies, and best of all as far as Elliot is concerned mermaids.
"Whats your name?"
"Serene."
"Serena?" Elliot asked.
"Serene," said Serene. "My full name is Serene-Heart-in-the-Chaos-of-Battle."
Elliots mouth fell open. "That is badass."
Elliot? Whos Elliot? Elliot is thirteen years old. Hes smart and just a tiny bit obnoxious. Sometimes more than a tiny bit. When his class goes on a field trip and he can see a wall that no one else can see, he is given the chance to go to school in the Borderlands.
It turns out that on the other side of the wall, classes involve a lot more weaponry and fitness training and fewer mermaids than he expected. On the other hand, theres Serene-Heart-in-the-Chaos-of-Battle, an elven warrior who is more beautiful than anyone Elliot has ever seen, and then theres her human friend Luke: sunny, blond, and annoyingly likeable. There are lots of interesting books. Theres even the chance Elliot might be able to change the world.
In Other Lands is the exhilarating new book from beloved and bestselling author Sarah Rees Brennan. Its a novel about surviving four years in the most unusual of schools, about friendship, falling in love, diplomacy, and finding your own place in the world even if it means giving up your phone.
Early Reader Reaction
"Four years in the life of an unloved English schoolboy whos invited to a secret magical school and learns that even in fantasyland, real life is messier than books. . . . But over the course of four years training among child soldiers, Elliot, unsurprisingly, grows up. His slow development into a genuinely kind person is entirely satisfying, as is his awakening to his own bisexuality and to the colonialism, sexism, and racism of Borderlands society. . . . A stellar . . . wholly rewarding journey."
Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Elliot Schafer is a small-for-his-age 13-year-old who is prone to being bulliedlargely due to his personality, which slots somewhere between insufferable know-it-all and sarcastic jackass. When Elliots class travels to a 'random field in Devon, England' for a supposed scholarship test, he instead winds up in a strange world known as the Borderlands, which are filled with elves, mermaids, and other creatures. So begins Brennans hilarious, irreverent, and multilayered coming-of-age fantasy, set over several years. Elliot quickly befriends (and falls for) Serene, a fierce elven warrior, and arranges a reluctant truce with Luke Sunborn, the son of one of the Borderlands founding families. All threealong with every young person thereare training in war or as councilors, charged with protecting the fragile barrier with the human world. Amid shifting relationships, the threat of war, and substantial growth among the characters, Elliots razor-edged wit and general inability to keep his mouth shut make for blissfully entertaining reading. Smart explorations of gender stereotypes, fluid sexuality, and awkward romance only add to the depth and delight of this glittering contemporary fantasy."
Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"I have rewritten the first paragraph of this review a half-dozen times, trying to find some way to make clear that Sarah Rees Brennan has created a nearly perfect YA fantasy without gushing. I cant do it. In Other Lands is brilliantly subversive, assuredly smart, and often laugh-out-loud funny. It combines a magic-world school setting with heaps of snark about everything from teen romance to gender roles, educational systems and serious world diplomacy."
Colleen Mondor, Locus
"Brennan brilliantly turns the very genre she occupies on its head with this YA fantasy. In her latest, the human who falls into a magic world isnt a strong, beautiful, charismatic hero. It is Elliot, a hero who might annoy, but who is also the most intensely relatable character to emerge from fantasy lately. For anyone who has ever wondered how they would fare in the fantasy worlds they enjoy reading about, In Other Lands is a novel that might answer that question. Even though Elliot is never painted as a prodigy at any of the new things he encounters, Brennan allows him to be heroic, and in the end, all the happiness he may receive feels earned."
RT Book Reviews (4 stars)
Brennan delivers witty, nervy, romantic adventure that fizzes with feeling and giddy imagination.
Leigh Bardugo, bestselling author of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom
"A subversive, sneaky, glorious tale of magic, longing, and growing into your wings."
Holly Black, author of The Darkest Part of the Forest
"In Other Lands is a stunning example of Sarah Rees Brennan's style; her characters are hysterically funny with complex and nuanced inner lives that could break a reader's heart. Elliot, cranky and obnoxious teen that he is, desperately longs to be loved best by someone, but covers with immense sarcasm and general unkindness. Luke and Serene, both exceptionally talented and good-looking, also struggle with feeling displaced. The depiction of misandry in Elf culture is one of the funniest concepts that Rees Brennan has come up, and even that she turns into a deeper lesson for Serene, Elliot, and Luke. In Other Lands can come off as a parody of fantasy, but it delves deep into issues of race, gender, sexuality, and war, and absolutely nails the struggles and triumphs of growing up."
Sami Thomason, Square Books
Praise for Sarah Rees Brennan's books:
Breathtakinga compulsive, rocketing read.
Tamora Pierce, New York Times bestselling author
Writing with fine control and wit, Sarah Rees Brennan pits an underworld society against privileged overlords. The young golden-haired heroine sparring with her rich boyfriend and his dark-souled shadow-twin lends wry and sexy human interest to the depiction of political struggle. I suspect that word of this magical thriller will pass through the populace with the energy of wind, of fire.
Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked and Egg and Spoon
From the pitch-perfect opening paragraph, to the heartbreaking final pages . . . delicious.
Kirkus (starred review)
A sparkling fantasy that will make you laugh and break your heart.
Cassandra Clare, New York Times bestselling author
A darkly funny, deliciously thrilling Gothic.
Kelley Armstrong, New York Times bestselling author
Readers will laugh, shiver, and maybe even swoon over this modern Gothic novel.
Melissa Marr, New York Times bestselling author
Brennan takes the genres of young adult, fantasy, and romance, and through her own writerly, alchemical process converts them into something new and strange and lovely.
Kelly Link, author of Get in Trouble
A laugh-out-loud delight.
Publishers Weekly
. . . a charming protagonist full of vinegar and spice. Fans of romantic fantasy will devour it.
VOYA
Punctuated throughout with keen humor and heartbreaking emotional resonance, its a stunner.
Bulletin of the Center for Childrens Books (starred review)
This dark-fantasy-meets-romance will have readers hooked.
The Horn Book
Cover and interior illustrations by Carolyn Nowak.
2. Adventures in Other Lands Speed and Comprehension Reader (A Beka Book Reading Program)
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Help boost your child's reading speed and comprehension with Adventures in Other Lands. This book includes exciting reading exercises about children living in foreign countries such as Japan, Peru, Bolivia, and more. Each story lists the number of words in the selection and includes a removable quiz to test your child's understanding of the passage. Complete with an Answer Key and a Reading Record Sheet, this reader allows you to evaluate and track your child's progress as he advances in reading speed and comprehension.3. Visits in Other Lands (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Visits in Other LandsBunga is a boy who is older than you would think from his size. He was ten his last birth day; but he is only about as tall as you were at seven or eight. The reason he is so small is that he is a Negrito boy, and all the Negritos are small. If Bunga measures five feet when he grows up, he will be taller than most of the Negrito men.
The Negritos are among the peoples of the world who are called pygmies. Pygmies are little people, smaller than the rest of us. They all have dark skin, and they live in far-away lands. Bunga's people are one group of the Negrito pygmies.
Although Bunga's people are small, their muscles are strong from plenty of exercise. Their skin is chocolate-brown color, and their hair is black and very curly.
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4. In the Land of Time: And Other Fantasy Tales (Penguin Classics)
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Penguin BooksDescription
A new edition of the Fantasy Tales that inspired J.R.R. Tolkien and H.P. LovecraftA pioneer in the realm of imaginative literature, Lord Dunsany has gained a cult following for his influence on modern fantasy literature, including such authors as J.R.R. Tolkien and H. P. Lovecraft. This unique collection of short stories ranges over five decades of work. Liberal selections of earlier talesincluding the entire Gods of Pegana as well as such notable works as "Idle Days of the Yann" and "The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth"are followed by memorable later tales, including several about the garrulous traveler Joseph Jorkens and the outrageous murder tale "The Two Bottles of Relish." Throughout, the stories are united by Dunsany's cosmic vision, his impeccable and mellifluous prose, and his distinctively Irish sense of whimsy.
Here published for the first time by Penguin Classics, this edition is the only annotated version of Dunsany's short stories.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators.
5. Tell the Wind and Fire
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HMHDescription
In a city divided between opulent luxury in the Light and fierce privations in the Dark, a determined young woman survives by guarding her secrets.
Lucie Manette was born in the Dark half of the city, but careful manipulations won her a home in the Light, celebrity status, and a rich, loving boyfriend. Now she just wants to keep her head down, but her boyfriend has a dark secret of his ownone involving an apparent stranger who is destitute and despised. Lucie alone knows the young mens deadly connection, and even as the knowledge leads her to make a grave mistake, she can trust no one with the truth.
Blood and secrets alike spill out when revolution erupts. With both halves of the city burning, and mercy nowhere to be found, can Lucie save either boyor herself?
Celebrated author Sarah Rees Brennan weaves a magical tale of romance and revolution, love and loss.
6. Dr. Seuss's Beginner Book Collection (Cat in the Hat, One Fish Two Fish, Green Eggs and Ham, Hop on Pop, Fox in Socks)
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5 beloved beginner books by Dr. Seuss will be cherished by young & old alike.Ideal for reading aloud or reading alone.
Includes: The Cat in the Hat, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, Green Eggs and Ham, Hop on Pop and Fox in Socks.
Perfect gift for new parents, birthday celebrations & happy occasions of all kinds.
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