Mom's view of the Leven Thumps series

These are fun books for kids.  Some kid books are fun for adults as well, these were not my favorite.  The story was interesting and magical, but I think what was done in five books could have easily been condensed into three.  Like Henry said, it does feel like Leven is having one misfortune after another and it never resolves, what is the purpose of hardship if it doesn't get the reader a little closer to the conclusion, this felt like hardship for the sake of something to write about.  It is sometimes confusing to figure out what goes where and who is who.  That being said most of the kids I have talked to who have read them love them.  It really is most appropriate age wise 9 and up.  There are some scary parts that I think are hard for 8 year olds to understand, even if they are great readers.