Paint by Magic

By Kathryn Reiss

Book Overview

Something is terribly wrong with Connor's mom--she keeps slipping into bizarre trances. Connor suspects that the key to his mom's strange behavior is an old art book filled with paintings of a woman... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0152163611
• ISBN13: 9780152163617
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Harcourt Brace and Company
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7

Customer Reviews

Imaginative

As far as time travel for adult readers may go...this doesn't. But the book wasn't written for adults. As far as the 9 to 12 year group goes...it's a fairly good read. It only takes the reader back to 1926, which is a pretty good year for family living and values. This book is built on that premise and it also has a provocative evil time travel element that makes it interesting. I would recommend it for the lower end of the 9 to 12.

Great Intriguing Book

You won't ever want to put this book down. I was secretly reading this in my science period, that's how good it is ^.^ Anyways, this is a story about a boy named Connor who finds her mom one day becoming very strange and gets into bizzare trances. Connor has to find a way to save her mom from being like a zombie (although he doesn't suspect that at first. Then, Connor gets whisked back into the 1920's, and there, he gets the clues and puts them together to save her mother. This book was a great book, and I recommend it for 10 up for small font, or good readers 10 below. Very great book, one of my recommedations for my book club.

just creepy enough to be fun

I picke this up last night and didn't put it down until I finished it. Creepy, historical evil that moves throught the centuries. Perhaps it gets a bit heavy handed when speaking about the wonderful slow pace of the past, but I didn't really notice until after I finished the book.

Mystery, magic, and good tension evolve

Conner's mother suddenly turns strange, wearing old-fashioned clothes and even removing all TVs from the house - but it isn't until Conner is whisked to the past that he begins to understand the reasons for her actions - and to wonder if his family will ever be the same. Mystery, magic, and good tension evolve to create a satisfying story with many unpredictable twists and turns.