Tony DiTerlizzi
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| Title | : | The Search for WondLa (The Search for WondLa #1) |
| Author | : | Tony DiTerlizzi |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 484 pages |
| Published | : | September 21st 2010 by Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers (first published September 21st 2009) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Childrens. Middle Grade. Science Fiction. Young Adult. Fiction. Adventure |
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“Welcome to the real world, Mother Robot, a beautiful and dangerous place. Now you can truly begin to live.”
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I was completely engrossed in this book from the start. The characters, the world, the illustrations - all had me wanting to know and explore more.
The Search for Wondla is about a young human girl, Eva Nine, who is 12 years old and has been brought up in an underground sanctuary by her robot mother. She has never seen another human and knows nothing of the outside world and its beauty and dangers. Eva Nine's house goes under siege by a a large monster-like hunter and everything she knows is destroyed. She must make her way in a new world and find where she came from and maybe make some interesting friends along the way.
I just loved this book. The first book is all about world-building and discovering this strange and mysterious land. Everything is new and dangerous. This book felt like Wizard of Oz meets Star Wars. My little fan girl heart was pretty pumped from the start really. This book is mainly a fantasy and adventure story mixed in with a few science-fiction elements. The genres mesh really well together and the the story was a fast quick read.
I think the strongest element this book has going for it is the detail to the world building. You feel like you are discovering everything right along with Eva Nine. You can feel the wonderment and fear as she's figuring it out herself. I was 100% along for the journey with her. I loved Otto, the water bear - he was so sweet. I wouldn't say he was deep character with all kinds of layers to discover but it was kind of nice that he was simple and safe. Another character we meet is named Rovee, he really wasn't fleshed out at all till the end so he kind of seems to just be there for awhile to play the grumpy side character. By the end though, I felt like I knew him and his motivations and he became much more three dimensional for me overall. I think in the next book we will really see this character develop. Muther, the robot, was a pretty interesting character. I loved the idea of a robot trying to work through emotions and information, despite what her programming was telling them. I wish they would've taken her storyline a little further, there was a ton of potential there. I know the book was already almost 500 pages, but I really think she could've used some more fleshing out. Eva Nine was a relatable and likable protagonist. I think most people will enjoy her character and she still has lots of room for growth. The villain of the story was a hunter named Beestal, he was alright. I thought he was going to be really scary because when we first meet him, he really seems to have no conscience. I found him to be a little one-dimensional in the end though and pretty much everyone else in the story interested me more.
I can't talk about this book without talking about Tony DiTerrlizzi's beautiful illustrations. They are through-out the book and they add such a wonderful element to the reading experience. You get to look at the author's creations through their eyes and I was very happy for it. I wish more books would do this.
This book was't flawless but I'm rating it five stars on pure enjoyment. I will be finishing the series. This book is very family friendly - would be a great book to read to any child probably about eight and over. I highly recommend this book and this is one where it really is worth the price of a hardcover - just for how nice it looks with the illustrations.
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| Original Title: | The Search for WondLa |
| ISBN: | 1416983104 (ISBN13: 9781416983101) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.wondla.com |
| Series: | The Search for WondLa #1 |
| Characters: | Eva Nine |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award Nominee (2010), Carnegie Medal Nominee (2012) |
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Ratings: 4.07 From 10921 Users | 1584 ReviewsCrit About Books The Search for WondLa (The Search for WondLa #1)
WondLa = Wonderful? Meh, not so much. I had a really hard time rating this book about Eva Nine, possibly the last human girl alive in an alien world. There were a lot of things I really enjoyed about The Search For WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi: the main character, Eva, is very engaging, as is her "Muther" robot and many of the creatures she meets on her quest to find other humans and to escape the evil huntsman, Beesteel. The story started as strong as any I've ever read. IThere's so much I objectively love about The Search for WondLa, but it didn't quite grab meI'll definitely be continuing with the series, though!Set in a mystery world and accompanied by gorgeous illustrations, I loved a lot of things about the construction of the novel. I loved that one of the three main characters is a robot mother, but one with emotions, who cares a whole lot about her human 'assignment'. I loved the depiction of Eva Nine, and thought that her twelve-year-old emotions were
I would have liked more consistency throughout this story. I think the concept is wonderful, though perhaps a bit reminiscent of "Planet of the Apes", and the environment is imaginative and fun. It would be a fantastic romp for 8-13 year-olds.Personally, however, I was disappointed by the shifting nature of both Eva Nine's and MUTHR's characters and not in a way that showed they were growing and becoming new people. Rather, I felt they had multiple personalities and I never knew which one I'd be
One Sentence Review: I don't think anyone's going to argue that the art is fantastic here, but the story just can't seem to catch up to the premise.
Eva Nine has never ventured out of her underground Sanctuary where she lives alone with her robot caretaker, Muthr. When she is finally forced out of her home by a strange sentient life form unlike anything in her Sanctuarys database, she discovers that the world she live on is unlike the one she had expected. Instead of Earth trees and animals, she is faced with the dangerous creatures and aliens of Orbana. Hunted by one of the aliens while befriended by others, Eva sets out from her destroyed
I first read Search for Wondla nearly a year before my gullbladder (that almost killed me along with a bleeding ulcer) operation, when my fibro combined with all my other problems was making me particularly miserable, and I had yet to be diagnosed. Books are always more special to me when read during a difficult period in my life, and I'll always hold this series dear.
Publicity for this book calls it a fairy tale for the 21st century and DiTerlizzi has said he was inspired by the stories of James M. Barrie and L. Frank Baum. I can see a lot of Baums influence in this story of a young girl named Eva Nine who has to make her way through a strange new world to find what she is searching for, in this case the secret behind WondLa, a damaged panel she has found containing lettering that appears to spell out the word WondLa. The panel also contains an image of a
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