![]() ![]() But even as a middle grade novel, I was underwhelmed. Plot seemed had-waved and rushed in places.I know, this book isn't FOR ME. ![]() Spirit, Animal, Brandon, Mull, Wild, Born, Animals, Spirt Animals, Wild Born, Brandon Mull, Book 1. ![]() I did like the emphasis that each of the kids has different strengths, but they all feel less-than and tend to focus on the things that they DON'T do as well. Spirit Animals: Wild Born by Brandon Mull. There are interesting bits to the characters. But really the entire thing felt like a setup for the series more than a complete book on its own.The central concept of being able to connect psychically to a magical animal is certainly most of what got my son interested in this book. ![]() There was one incident with Native-Americans-who-werent-Native-Americans-but-clearly-were that was a little eye-rally, but mostly it was fine. (Set on a non-Earth planet with unique continents, but of the four main characters, one is clearly Chinese, one African, one British, one American). Not seeing any good reason to refuse, I agreed.It was fine? I mean, it used some lazy stereotyping to set up the characters, but there was a lot of world-building and characterization to set-up in a short space, so I guess I can see why it would be easy to use some shortcuts. My ten-year-old came downstairs all on fire about this book and insisted that I read it. ![]()
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