The Search for WondLa
Ratings12
Average rating3.7
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Ratings12
Average rating3.7
Eva Nine was raised by the robot Muthr. But when a marauder destroys the underground sanctuary she called home, twelve-year-old Eva is forced to flee aboveground. Eva Nine is searching for anyone else like her. She knows that other humans exist because of a very special item she treasures ~ a scrap of cardboard on which is depicted a young girl, an adult, and a robot along with the strange word "WondLa". Tony DiTerlizzi honours traditional children's literature in this totally original space age adventure: one that is as complex as an alien planet, but as simple as a child's wish for a place to belong.
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3 primary booksThe Search for WondLa is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2009 with contributions by Tony DiTerlizzi.
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The world is imaginative, the creatures unique, and the story endearing. I did not like the pacing, at the beginning it moved too quickly for me to understand the character motivations. As the story went on, I got a bit more of the depth of the characters, so that was good. I never felt immersed in the world, and I really want that for a fantasy story.
I think the target audience is 8-11, maybe a little precocious to be interested in sci-fi/fantasy. There is no foul language, and the mean characters keep their meanness to generalities, mostly.
The story feels very formulaic and only rates 3 stars with me but the artwork is so beautiful that it garners the book an extra star.
