Title: The Magician's Nephew (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 1) Subtitle: Book Review Author: C. S. Lewis, et al Average number of words per page: more than 100 STORY: 30 readers have rated this story. Average story rating: 7.72/10.0 ILLUSTRATIONS: 30 readers have rated the illustrations. Average illustration rating: 7.23/10.0

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Story Rating 9.0 out of a possible 10.0

Book review by: Billy Bob age: 11 Review submitted on 06/02/2005 at 21:00:30 list all 30 reviews for this book

Illustrations Rating 8.0 out of a possible 10.0

Billy Bob writes the following about The Magician's Nephew (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 1) :

It is hard for me to find the words to describe this novel. All I can say is that I would have to give it at least a nine on ten rating. This novel is appropriate for all ages. As an easy read and an amazing fantasy this book could be loved by little children. The speaking animals, wacky magician and evil queen would catch their attention and capture their imagination. For older children and adults this is a book of meaning. The main character Digory, has a mother that is sick and dying. I believe that C. S. Lewis got this idea from his own personnel experience of his mother dying of cancer when he was a young boy. He must have imagined himself as a brave boy who traveled from world to world to save his mother. He let nothing get in his way. Not the evil queen, not a deranged magician and most of all not the destruction of the earth itself. With his enthusiastic imagination he managed to create a book beyond compare, The Magicians Nephew. A book created from his heart and soul themselves.

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