{"id":1611,"date":"2018-11-30T12:41:27","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T17:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/?p=1611"},"modified":"2018-10-08T20:44:42","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T00:44:42","slug":"book-review-wereworld-by-curtis-jobling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/?p=1611","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Wereworld by Curtis Jobling"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Puffin Books, 2010
\nISBN: 978-0670013302<\/p>\n

Available: New<\/p>\n

Curtis Jobling is the creator of the children\u2019s television show \u201cBob the Builder\u201d, but with his young adult novel\u00a0Wereworld,<\/em>\u00a0he\u2019s gone in an entirely different direction.\u00a0Wereworld<\/em>introduces us to Drew, who turns into a werewolf after he is attacked by one. The beast kills his mother, and his father, stumbling onto the scene, thinks Drew did it and stabs him (non-fatally, of course, or there would be no book). Drew finds his way to Hogan, a boy about his age, and his skeptical father. On his travels, Drew is captured by the guards of Duke Bergan, a werelord who can shift at will between his wolf and human forms. The Duke reveals that Drew is the last of the werewolves. When Drew has his final showdown with the novel\u2019s villain, it will make readers root even harder for the teenage protagonist.<\/p>\n

This is a fast-paced coming of age story with an inside look at becoming a werewolf. Teens will find Drew easy to cheer for, because he\u2019s very much an underdog and his story and struggles are compelling. This is the sort of book that is a great recommendation for teenage boys, although girls will enjoy Drew\u2019s sensitive and caring character, as well. It\u2019s the sort of thing they\u2019ll read under the covers with a flashlight.<\/p>\n

The familiar elements of epic fantasy will be comfortable for younger readers, as will the action-adventure oriented plot, with princes, princesses, castles, and kingdoms. It\u2019s refreshing to see a wholesome adventure story with rich, page-turning mythology and world-building. The novel ends on a note that suggests a sequel, and readers will want to know what happens next. Highly recommended for upper elementary, middle school, and high school collections and for teen collections in public libraries. Ages 10 and up.<\/p>\n

Contains: violence<\/p>\n

Reviewed by: Darkeva<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Puffin Books, 2010 ISBN: 978-0670013302 Available: New Curtis Jobling is the creator of the children\u2019s television show \u201cBob the Builder\u201d, but with his young adult novel\u00a0Wereworld,\u00a0he\u2019s gone in an entirely different direction.\u00a0Wereworldintroduces us to Drew, who turns into a werewolf after he is attacked by one. The beast kills his mother, and his father, stumbling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18,229,20],"tags":[300],"class_list":["post-1611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-reviews","category-shapeshifters","category-ya-books","tag-curtis-jobling"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Eu9f-pZ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1611"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1613,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1611\/revisions\/1613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}