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The Real Boy Anne Ursu Erin McGuire 9780062015075 Books

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The Real Boy Anne Ursu Erin McGuire 9780062015075 Books

Oscar works for the magician Caleb. He works in the basement. He strikes up a friendship with Callie who is an apprentice to the village healer. He is constantly tormented and put down by Wolf who also works for Caleb and thinks himself so much better than Caleb. One day Caleb disappears and Wolf gets killed. This means that Caleb must leave the basement and wait on the customers. He is shy and backwards, yet he truly has a gift. When the children of the village get very sick, Callie and Caleb set out to find out why, and to solve the problem. I loved the feeling of being vulnerable the author created with Caleb. With the boy ‘Wolf’ she created a perfect bully. One the reader could easily despise. Caleb is happy staying out of everyone’s way in the basement. He reads at night when he’s had nightmares. He waits until everyone is in bed then he sneaks into the Magician’s library and reads. There is plenty of adventure and suspense in the book to keep you reading. The best part about all of it is the ending you don’t see coming. This was one book that was consistently checked out of my classroom this last year. Such an awesome and fun book to read.


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The Real Boy Anne Ursu Erin McGuire 9780062015075 Books Reviews

This is an absolutely beautiful children's book, good for a good reader at age 9 or so, but also worth a read right up to adult. It is in a fantasy setting, but the story isn't really about the fantasy setting. It is a character driven story about an unusual protagonist, and is an emotional look at the heart of a special boy. I am glad I did not know what was unusual about the boy when I began reading it, because when the lightbulb went off it was worth it. Suffice to say what was unusual has nothing to do with a fantasy setting. I was very very glad to see this type of child used as a protagonist and hero. This is now one of my favorite books. If your child reads it, read it also and you will find you have some things to discuss.
Wow, what a complex little story! It's really not exactly like anything else I've read and can call to mind. It's a bit like _Harry Potter_ mixed with Lois Lowry's _The Giver_ (though I've never read past the first book in The Giver series), but even that combination isn't really accurate. In this book we meet Oscar, an orphan and alchemists' downstairs hand. Oscar prepares ingredients for the alchemist's magical works in the cellar. Aside from the looming presence from Wolf, the Master's Apprentice, Oscar's life is one he generally finds agreeable--he likes his cats, his mental maps, and his routines. He understands the ingredients he works with (barks, herbs, plants, ect) and cats and little else. So much so that he is almost entirely disconnected from other humans, save Caleb the Magician, Wolf; Malcolm the Baker; and Callie, the healer's apprentice. Oscar does have one secret he can read and cherishes stolen moments in the Master's library. Master Caleb has started to behave a little mysteriously, some times with long absences, then Wolf is attacked, and The City's children start getting ill, and bad things start happening within the marketplace. With their masters away, it's up to Oscar and Callie to help as much as they can, while they try to solve a multi-tiered set of mysteries. In a world where magic exists, but "big" magic is rare (and the magic that exits is abused and and used for frivolous things), Oscar, Callie, and a troupe of cats are on their own to figure out what the Magic Workers are up to, what's making the children ill, what is lurking in the forest and attacking the market, and what is making City children sick. Strong themes of friendship and perseverance reign here. Much like the title character in Neil Gaiman's _Coraline_, Oscar discovers that courage is doing the right thing despite being frightened.
A sign of a good children’s book is that it can win the appreciation and affection of an adult. The Real Boy, having been read by a real 18 year-old, passes this test gorgeously.
Anne Ursu has a cheeky prose style. She writes often about cats; her prose sort of reminds me of a playful kitten batting the reader around. This way and that, always playful, sometimes painful!, and very good at winning the reader over. Ursu writes about all the cozy things that make literature - especially children’s literature - good libraries, cats, cheese and bread, magic and spells, and magicians gone awry.

I know books thrive on conflict, but I almost wanted to read about one of Oscar’s normal, safe days, when he spends his time grinding plants or reading books. Ursu describes the trite in a way that makes the reader feel snuggled in a blanket.

Also, I loved little Oscar. He was so frightened and small and unsure; not your average hero, for sure. I just wanted to give him a hug the whole time and tell him that things would be alright.

I’m an adult! This book is for children! But it’s good, for anyone, because the words and story are worthwhile.
the worldbuilding was great, as was the writing. i loved the clearly autistic protagonist, and found him super relatable! (i'm an autistic adult). i do wish the author had said that within the book though. babylon is mentioned at one point, so i think if you can bring in real places you should be able to confirm that he's autistic, in the summary if nothing else.
his struggles with eye contact and coming up for scripts to talk to the customers at the store, getting overwhelmed and going nonverbal, sensory issues with food textures, and love of routine felt real, and not stereotypical. i do wish there had been more mention of him stimming though. he has a wooden cat he carries around like a worry rock, and is described as rocking when upset a few times, but we stim when we are happy too! and it would be nice to see that in a book.
all in all though i really enjoyed it, and would definitely have loved it as a kid too
Oscar works for the magician Caleb. He works in the basement. He strikes up a friendship with Callie who is an apprentice to the village healer. He is constantly tormented and put down by Wolf who also works for Caleb and thinks himself so much better than Caleb. One day Caleb disappears and Wolf gets killed. This means that Caleb must leave the basement and wait on the customers. He is shy and backwards, yet he truly has a gift. When the children of the village get very sick, Callie and Caleb set out to find out why, and to solve the problem. I loved the feeling of being vulnerable the author created with Caleb. With the boy ‘Wolf’ she created a perfect bully. One the reader could easily despise. Caleb is happy staying out of everyone’s way in the basement. He reads at night when he’s had nightmares. He waits until everyone is in bed then he sneaks into the Magician’s library and reads. There is plenty of adventure and suspense in the book to keep you reading. The best part about all of it is the ending you don’t see coming. This was one book that was consistently checked out of my classroom this last year. Such an awesome and fun book to read.