Is The Star

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Is The Star

Is The Star Shard the best or what? I <3 it! It's awesome. Smile I especially like the illustrations. You rock, Emily!

submitted by Laura, age 12, Alaska
(January 3, 2009 - 10:48 pm)

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Sorry but I don't really like it.:(

submitted by Zoe, age 12, Sandish, Maine
(January 4, 2009 - 11:29 am)

I don't like it either...  I didn't like the first part, so I didn't read the rest...  It's still not over!!!!  It must be a reeeeaaaallllly loooooonng story!!! :D:D

submitted by Paige , age 12, Gorham, Maine
(January 5, 2009 - 4:59 pm)

You dont like it! WeirdSurprised

submitted by Yuri P, age 11, Norway
(January 19, 2009 - 9:40 am)

Yeah, I think that it's really cool!!:):):) Yes, Paige, it's REALLY long!:):):) It goes for a whole year!!!!!:):):)

submitted by Kimberly B, age 13!:), California
(January 5, 2009 - 5:53 pm)

How do you know???

submitted by Laura M., age 15, Santa Rosa, Ca
(January 7, 2009 - 6:43 pm)

Cricket said so in one of the first Star Shard magazines.:):):)

submitted by Kimberly B, age 13!:), California
(January 17, 2009 - 11:59 am)

I didn't like it at first, and I'm still not sure, but I'm warming to it a little!!!  The drawings aren't very good though, when it comes to Cymbril and Loric's faces, but I do like the way she did the old lady's face.  :)

submitted by Laura M., age 15, Santa Rosa, Ca
(January 7, 2009 - 6:45 pm)

I didn't have the mag when it started... sniff, sniff.

submitted by MaGgIe S. , age 12, St. Paul, MN
(January 15, 2009 - 7:08 pm)

Wow, a lot of you guys are new to the mag!  I think The star shard is good, but on the level of things cricket has done in the past, only good.  My favorite serial story was "the price of shaping".  The artwork was beautiful and the plot was interesting. 

So back to the star shard, isnt the Thunder Rake kind of like Howls Moving Castle?  Not that I want to offend anybuggy, mind you.  The story is great, the illustrations are great, and the idea of doing a serial for a year is great. It just seems like the whole magazine revolves around this story now, and used to be, there were two or even three ongoing stories at a time. 

For instance:

June 2006 cricket: 64 pages, 7 poems, 5 fictional stories, 2 nonfictional stories, 2 continuing stories, 1 activity, and the cricket readers recommend page. 

The may/june cricket: 48 pages, 3 poems, 5 fictional stories, 1 nonfictional story, 1 continuing story, 1 activity, and the favorite first sentences page. 

See what I mean?           

submitted by Willa , age 12 6/4, here, in the aq
(January 17, 2009 - 11:36 am)

Wow! That's a big difference!

submitted by Maura M., age 13, San Diego, CA
(January 17, 2009 - 3:44 pm)

Wow!:):):)

submitted by Kimberly B, age 13!:), California
(January 18, 2009 - 10:51 am)

UM..........!?

I startied getting this mag in November 2008, so yeah, VERY new!

Howl's Moving Castle in the movie or in the book?

I know both, so just wondering....?

submitted by Jenni T, age 12, Nashville, TN
(March 4, 2009 - 9:02 pm)

I  didn't have the Mag either *sniff, bursts out crying*  but I did read the parts that I didn't get yay!

submitted by Meadow, age 11, IL
(January 21, 2009 - 11:05 am)

I think it's totaly awsome!Cool

 

submitted by Yuri P, age 11, Norway
(January 19, 2009 - 9:37 am)

You're from Norway?!:D AWESOME!:):):)

submitted by Kimberly B, age 13!:), California
(January 20, 2009 - 4:02 pm)
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