Johnny Dixon: The Curse of the Blue Figurine (Paperback)

from NurseBob

The little Catholic touches are nice, especially for those of us who can remember our parochial school days, but overall it's a silly story with a few too many plot holes and a resolution that reads like it was written on the fly. I doubt I would have enjoyed it any more had I been 9 years old.

from themulhern

There seems to be a template for this author: boy becomes unwitting pawn of supernatural force, but is rescued in the nick of time and overcomes the evil. The appeal for me to today is the locations and the period; in the 70s Bellairs wrote books set in the 50s, most likely in the time of his own...

from eightambliss

The Curse of the Blue Figurine is the first in the series of Johnny Dixion books by John Bellairs. Set in 1950s Massachusetts, Johnny Dixon is living with his grandparents while his father is off fighting in the war. He befriends his neighbor, Professor Childermass, and life seems to be going smo...

from AprilBrown

What ages would I recommend it too? - Six and up. Length? - Most of a day's read.Characters? - Memorable, several characters.Setting? - Real world, 1951.Written approximately? - 1983.Does the story leave questions in the readers mind? - Ready to read more.Any issues the author (or a more recent p...

from hopeevey

Fun read, remarkably suspenseful.