![]() ![]() The Haunted Playground / Tan, Shaun / 2008 It may just be that the wood etchings were poorly transferred, though. Ironically, I liked the illustrations less than the writing, since Tan is known and regarded more highly for his art (a la The Arrival). ![]() I tend not to get too excited about "reluctant reader" series (I actually despise the term "reluctant reader"), because good writing is sacrificed for oversimplified language. ![]() I imagine that this would be a very enjoyable read for the second to fourth grade crowd. Tan's worked very well within the vocabulary limitations, using well-constructed sentences to keep up the suspense despite the fact that I had some idea of what was going to happen. I thought it was fantastic! Sure, the plot was a little predictable and some of the language simplistic, but it's a book for 3rd graders, for crying out loud! As such, I thought it was fantastic. I was surprised reading all the other reviews how low people rated this. ![]()
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