| Booktalk
#1
What would you do if you came
down for breakfast one morning and your mother was acting really different?
I mean, she's your mother but she is acting strange. She even removes
all the tvs from the house! Connor soon figures it out. His
real mother has been transported back in time to 1926. And now it
is up to him to break the spell. And it all goes back to the famous
15th century painter, Lorenzo da Padova. How does all of this fit
together? You'll just have to read this book to find out!
Booktalk #2
Paint
by Magic is a story about one boy’s journey though time and mystery. The
main Character, Connor, has a busy everyday schedule. One day, one of his
after school activities is cancelled and he returns home early. When he
arrives he discovers his mother home, this is unusual in itself, but on
top of it all she appears to be frozen in a terrifying smile, as if she
was posing. After many freezing spells he realizes that an old art book
may have a connection. The book contains repeated paintings of a woman
that has a striking resemblance to his mother. He finds a sketch that has
been within the book and it allows him to travel through time. Suddenly
the year is 1926 and Connor is on a journey to discover the mystery between
his mother’s strange behavior and the painter. (Andrea Magnotta, student,
Mansfield High School) |
