Lightland

By H.L. McCutchen and Heather McCutchen

Book Overview

Twelve-year-old Lottie and her best friend Lewis, who speaks only to her, find themselves in a world called LightLand, where they confront the dreaded NightKing, a dangerous being who experiments with... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439395658
• ISBN13: 9780439395656
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Orchard Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 1.3" x 5.8"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

AWESOME!!! This is the best book in the world!!!

This book is on of the most amazing books i've ever read!!!!!! It is the BEST!!!! It's fantasy, which i love, but it has some different plot ideas than most fantasy! it raises some interesting questions and ideas about memories, and how important they are to us. I've read this book about ten times!!!!! The characters are wonderful!! Lottie is so likable and Lewis is one of the most fascinating characters i've read about in any book, ever! and i've read a lot of books! The plot is quick moving, interesting and suspensful. The whole thing is extraordinarily well written!!!!! I could write pages and pages about this book, but i really only need three words: IT IS AWESOME!!! I would recommend it to absolutely anyone!!! Also, my mom is the author, but that's completely irrelevant.

charming and tantalizing

Magical dorms in England? Who needs 'em. McCutchen gives us the down-home American farmland specificity of Iowa, very firmly rooted in time and space and a jumping-off point for a fine children's fantasy that will capture adults too. Perfectly paced, Lottie and Lewis's forays into Lightland left me wanting more; perhaps in what will hopefully be Lightland's sequel(s?) we will find out: what happened when Lottie's father and Ms. d'Avignon went to Lightland as youngsters? Are the memories they created still there? Will Lottie and her father ever go there and maybe, just maybe, will Lottie get to meet her mother? And most sinister of all, is the Nightking REALLY gone? (and for the romantics among us, is Lottie going to get a new mom, one who's really cool?????)One of the things I loved most about this book was the emphasis that memories make a person. Some cultures can recite lineages back thousands of years--in America we seem to have amnesia about who we are and the people we came from. So enjoy this book. But to really learn something from it, to carry on the spirit of it, this holiday season sit down next to that deaf old relative of yours that you usually ignore and ask them about their memories. And maybe tape them, or write them down. Why not? Then when your kids ask YOU.....you'll have memories too.

This book is exciting

My teacher read this to our class and we didn't want her to stop. It's scary but not too too scary, just exciting. And funny. I really like it.

A memorable read for young and old alike

This is an excellent book. The story blends well-developed characters with intriguing ideas about memories, their importance, and their boundless possibilities. The story is exciting and thought provoking, but the personal memories it stirs within the reader are more than worth the price of admission. Highly recommended, especially for young people and those who enjoy creative fantasies.

Not Just for Children

I loved this book as much as my children. McCutchen seamlessly blends the magical world of Lightland with the reality of small town Iowa. The characters are unforgettable!