A review by mldavisreads
Stealing the Sword: A Branches Book by Oriol Vidal, Wendy Mass
3.0
This book is part of the Scholastic branches line, which is aimed at children just starting to transition from easy readers to chapter books. It is the first in a series, and is fairly obviously inspired by the Magic Tree House series (brother and sister who travel back in time).
This book is very simplistic and does not have much depth. I know it is for younger children, but that was still the impression I got. I do like that it has illustrations throughout, as I know that is something that helps transitional readers feel more comfortable with the text.
This would be a good book to introduce time travel to younger readers, or to introduce King Arthur and that time period. Students may be inclined to do further research on their own. I would be curious to see the pacing of the next story as much of this first one was in the set-up-- getting the suitcase, figuring out what was going on.
This book is very simplistic and does not have much depth. I know it is for younger children, but that was still the impression I got. I do like that it has illustrations throughout, as I know that is something that helps transitional readers feel more comfortable with the text.
This would be a good book to introduce time travel to younger readers, or to introduce King Arthur and that time period. Students may be inclined to do further research on their own. I would be curious to see the pacing of the next story as much of this first one was in the set-up-- getting the suitcase, figuring out what was going on.