Candy Wars: The Tooth Fairies vs The Candy King by R.G. Cordiner
Reviewed by AimeeRatings
Content Ratings based on a 0-5 scale where
0 = no objectionable content and
5 = an excessive or disturbing level of content
LANGUAGE
VIOLENCE
SEXUAL CONTENT
ADULT THEMES
Ratings Explanation
Language: There is some name calling like idiot, stupid, fool, brat and freak, mostly by a teacher at school.
Violence: A bully pushes girls to the ground and kicks dust over them. A school teacher yells at children, calling them names. He puts children in a cage as punishment. There is an attack on the fairies. Candy and chocolate soldiers slaughter 20 fairies. James is hit in the face with a branch and starts bleeding. James hits a fairy in the leg with an arrow and she turns to dust. The Candy King attacks the fairy castle. There is a battle. A dragon melts the chocolate archers with its flames.
Synopsis
Something strange is definitely happening when you wake up in the night to find a jelly monster making off with the tooth you left under your pillow for the tooth fairy! What would you do? Well, if you are James, you follow that jelly monster through the portal and right into the land of the tooth fairies. Only James finds himself with The Candy King who is planning ways to get all the teeth he can from the tooth fairies. (Yes, there is more than one tooth fairy! How could one fairy possibly collect them ALL?) James commits to help the Candy King and his candy army, made up of chocolate archers, marshmallow soldier, jelly monsters and other candy creatures. Meanwhile, Emily is puzzled over the disappearance of her brother, James. She too finds her way into the land of the tooth fairies and soon realizes that James is fighting against the fairies! It is an adventure Emily and James will never forget as brother and sister are on opposing sides in a great sugar war over teeth.
This is a story full of imagination and fun, geared toward readers ages 9-12. Although, this would make a great bed time story to be read aloud to younger children. It has lots of fun characters like Muffin the cat, Simur the orange bird and Delinda the toothless dragon. The tooth fairies live in a castle made of teeth which made me say, “EW!” But, really. What did I expect? I won a signed copy of this book from the author and I’m happy to add it to my bookshelf. It is a great children’s story.