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It's impossible to talk about Sandra Forrester's Beatrice Bailey books
without some attempt to compare them to Rowling's Harry Potter books. So
here goes.
Beatrice and her three friends are typical if not stereotypical misfit
youngsters, the quest/plot is very formulaic with many token, obligatory,
unsurprising, predictable elements. But the world does remind one of the
world of Harry Potter: these books are fantasy that deal with the intersection
between normal people and witches who live separately/secretly.
Forrester's books, however, are shorter, more simplistic, and overall give more
an impression of cuteness than conflict and heroism. I like them because I
like fantasy, but I wouldn't hold them up as a paragon of the genre.
I don't know anything about Forrester's other, earlier books, aside from
their titles.
Books by Sandra Forrester
(O=own, R=read, E=enjoyed)
- Dust from Old Bones
- The Everyday Witch
(Beatrice Bailey 1) (ORE)
- My Home Is Over Jordan
- Sound the Jubilee
- Wheel of the Moon
- The Witches of Bailiwick
(Beatrice Bailey 5) (ORE)
- The Witches of Friar's Lantern
(Beatrice Bailey 2) (ORE)
- The Witches of Sea-Dragon Bay
(Beatrice Bailey 3) (ORE)
- The Witches of Winged-Horse Mountain
(Beatrice Bailey 4) (ORE)
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Links
- Fantastic Fiction (A favorite resource.)
- Sci-Fan Site
(Another useful resource.)
- Global Network of Dreams (Other authors you might like.)
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