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Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo: Leven Thumps, Book 1

By Matt Berman, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 11+

Occasionally fun fantasy about the world of dreams.

Book Obert Skye Fantasy 2006
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age 9+

Based on 3 parent reviews

age 8+

This title has:

Great messages
age 11+

good book for ages 8-16

this book made my kid laugh out loud, he loved it soo much. he is 12 and his sister is 16 they both loved the book. its unerversal for all ages.

This title has:

Great messages
Great role models

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (3 ):
Kids say (7 ):

This fantasy wanders about for a long time before it really gets going. Along the way there are some flashes of excitement, but there's virtually no character development, and the derivative plot doesn't make much sense. There are plenty of clichés and numerous weirdly inappropriate references that few kids will get, to everything from '70s pop music to Seinfeld.

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