The Creature Department

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awesome book. awesome author

I like unusual books and this one certainly fills that bill. It is a highly imaginative tale of a boy and his friend, a girl, who stumble on a great mystery in their sweemingly slow and sleepy little town. I would say age 10 and up at least. I bought this at Amazon.Com and am glad I did !

'The Creature Department' by Robert Paul Weston.Typical in the sense that there is the good side: a boy and girl of middle grade age introduced to, and aligned with, a host of odd, strange, wacky type creatures an adventurous, and inventive, mind can create, and there is the bad: a company of nasty grown-ups with an assortment of equally nasty and unusual creatures. There is a plot, of course, which at the ending is satisfactory. But.But, I've read other authors of somewhat similar books for the same age group, e.g. Suzanne Collins, Kelly Link, Colin Meloy, Neal Shusterman, and Scott Westerfeld, enjoying them all and compared to books by these authors this book, by Mr. Weston, seems without depth, and lacking. But then, I've no one available of this age group who would, or could, read it and whose opinion I could rely on to help in this review. So, with that said, I can attest that the book itself will survive manhandling by children, it's solidly put together, and the story is easily followed. I'd guess the target reader would be 10 to 12 years of age, as many of the words used would be lost on younger children as would some of the ideas presented. The drawings used to illustrate what occurs within each chapter are, mostly, well thought out and attractive, too.The editing could've been a bit better, though, as there were sentences I found confusing. All said, I just didn't find the story fulfilling, or up to par.

This fun and attention keeping book has become part of our nightly routine. The kids love the fun creatures and can't wait to see what will happen next!