The Spider Ring
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.40 (744 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0545682908 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
is just my style-I wish there had been more like it when I was growing up Happy Baker This book is just my style-I wish there had been more like it when I was growing up. Although purchased for a friend's pre-teen daughters, I couldn't resist reading it first. Well-written and absorbing, the story of Maria and the Spider Ring is an adventure and a life lesson. Looking forward to more books from Mr. Harwell. Well done!. "Spiders and Magic AR book RL 5.Spiders and Magic AR book RL 5.3 AR Points 5.0 This is one of my sons favorite book. He loves bugs and spiders so this was his first choice at the school book fair.Maria discovers her ability to communicate with and control spiders after inheriting a spider shaped ring from her grandmother.This is an Accelerated Reader AR book RL 5.3 AR Points 5.0. AR Points 5.0" according to Madison T. Edwards. This is one of my sons favorite book. He loves bugs and spiders so this was his first choice at the school book fair.Maria discovers her ability to communicate with and control spiders after inheriting a spider shaped ring from her grandmother.This is an Accelerated Reader AR book RL 5.Spiders and Magic AR book RL 5.3 AR Points 5.0 This is one of my sons favorite book. He loves bugs and spiders so this was his first choice at the school book fair.Maria discovers her ability to communicate with and control spiders after inheriting a spider shaped ring from her grandmother.This is an Accelerated Reader AR book RL 5.3 AR Points 5.0. AR Points 5.0. It was cute. It was a cute story about spiders and magic. However, it had the potential to be so much better. Had very little action. I would have liked to know grandma Esme better, learn more about her life. The story left so many questions.
However, the appearance of a mysterious man from her grandmother's past leads to the revelation that the Order of Anansi is bigger than Maria could have imagined, and that she's not the only one with a spider ring. Do not abuse their friendship." Soon Maria realizes that the ring enables her to control spiders, which means that she can ask them to fetch things for her, improve her wardrobe, and even take the school mean girl down a peg. This is a well-paced fantasy for middle-graders who do not suffer from arachnophobia.—Laurie Slagenwhite Walters, Brighton District Library, Brighton, MI . From School Library Journal Gr 4–6—Maria has never understood her grandmother's affinity for spiders, but then Grandma Esme dies and leaves her a spider-shaped ring-and a mysterious note: "The spiders are your friends. When her best friend's long-lost aunt comes to town, it soon becomes clear that she is the Black Widow of the Order's lege
A dangerous web.When Maria inherits a strange, spider-shaped ring from her grandmother, she doesn't realize she's also inheriting a strange power -- the power to control spiders and have them do whatever she wants. The Black Widow is not going to let anything stand in her way -- especially not Maria.The story of the ring is being woven like a web -- and Maria is going to have to do everything she can to not get trapped within it.. A powerful ring. This is a pretty cool thing when it comes to fetching objects from another room or if Maria wants to use the spiders to get back at some mean kids in her class.But the power comes with a price. Maria has attracted the attention of the Black Widow -- who is trying to collect all the spider magic for herself