Candy Bunny Reader

A cool reimagining of Pinocchio! This is the second book I have read from John Claude Bemis ! The first one was The Prince Who Fell from the Sky , which I read and reviewed last year. You can read that review here .  The Wooden Prince is set in a world like ours, but where magic, magical creatures, and alchemy exists. The story is about a mysterious automa (basically a humanoid robot, but powered by alchemy) named Pinocchio. He was serving the doge (the leader) of Venetian Empire, but is one day locked in a trunk and sent away to a new master: a wanted alchemist named Geppetto. Pinocchio, unlike most automa, seems to be experiencing more human-like thoughts and emotions, and slowly over time is turning into a human boy. Geppetto wonders if his long-time friend, Prester John (and the king of a rival kingdom named Abaton) has something to do with it.  But as they are trying to figure out what's up with Pinocchio and find and rescue Prester John, they get separated, and Pinocchi...

  This book was a used copy that used to be a library book. Fun fact: the author of this book actually visited my middle school way back when I was a student in middle school (in the early 2010s)! I never forgot him, the books he talked about, and the inspiration behind his books. This book that I just read was one of them. Maybe I am a little late to the party, but it's better late than never! The Prince who Fell from the Sky by John Claude Bemis is set in a post-apocalyptic Earth where all the humans (referred to as "Skinless Ones" and "Old Devils" throughout the book) have left and left their relics behind. Nature has taken over completely. Our main character is an old bear named Casseomae, who is sort of an outcast in the Forest she lives in. One day a starship falls from the sky, and a human boy emerges from it. Casseomae decides to protect the boy as if he was her cub. But then the Ogeema (the wolf leader of the forest) finds out about Casseomae and the b...