Review: The Dragonfly Pool
Paningin ng isang mambabasa - Susan P - GoodreadsEva Ibbotson is so great! This reminded me a lot of her "Star of Kazan", but since I love that book too, I didn't mind this. Just as WWII is breaking out, Tally's father sends her away from London to ... Read full review
Review: The Dragonfly Pool
Paningin ng isang mambabasa - Julie - GoodreadsThis was a long story, told in 3 parts, about a girl who goes to a nontraditional boarding school in England on a scholarship at the beginning of WWII. In part 2, she and her new friends travel to a ... Read full review
Review: The Dragonfly Pool
Paningin ng isang mambabasa - Jennifer - GoodreadsI was prepared to really love this book based on the recommendation of friends, but in the end I can only say that I liked it. I loved the characters (especially Tally and Matteo) but I never felt ... Read full review
Review: The Dragonfly Pool
Paningin ng isang mambabasa - Kit - GoodreadsI absolutely loved this book. It's on my list of "books that make me feel like the Harry Potter books do" despite it's setting in a more-or-less real World War II era Europe with no magic. For one ... Read full review
Review: The Dragonfly Pool
Paningin ng isang mambabasa - Tanja - GoodreadsI have read many books by Eva Ibbotson. She almost always has a female character that is innately good. She affects others by her lack of knowing how great she really is and she can move people to ... Read full review
Review: The Dragonfly Pool
Paningin ng isang mambabasa - Cathy - Goodreads12-year-old Tally knows the war between Hitler and Britain will begin soon and she wants to do everything she can to help. When her father secures a scholarship for her to attend boarding school in ... Read full review
Review: The Dragonfly Pool
Paningin ng isang mambabasa - Kristen - GoodreadsA stunning look at WWII from the point of view of a British girl sent to a school in the countryside so as to protect her from the war. The school is progressive and she finds herself convincing her ... Read full review
Review: The Dragonfly Pool
Paningin ng isang mambabasa - Mara - GoodreadsThe king of a Bergania (a fictional country, though one that seems a lot like Switzerland) refuses to allow Hitler's troops to march through his country. Seeing this on a newreel at the movies, Tally ... Read full review
Review: The Dragonfly Pool
Paningin ng isang mambabasa - Lynn - GoodreadsDelightful! This was classic Ibbotson and was a perfect comfort read for me. I listened to this on audio and I found myself taking the long way home and doing extra chores just to keep listening ... Read full review
Review: The Dragonfly Pool
Paningin ng isang mambabasa - Jill - GoodreadsTally is an exceptional girl who belongs to an exceptional family living in London. With the threat of WWII looming, when her father gets an offer of a scholarship to boarding school in the country ... Read full review
