Review: Planet Urth
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 24, 2014
This is a light, easy read.  The younger audience will probably find it more appealing (or the young at heart).  I do believe June's age should have been older (probably my biggest peeve with the book...she definitely sounded older than my recently turned 9 year old).  She very rarely came across as an 8 year old, however, perhaps the authors were trying to show how quickly children had to grow up.  It is clean so suitable for younger teens and even perhaps the occasional 12 year old.  I would have liked it to be longer.  This book is setting the world they live in pretty much, with only occasional confrontations with the Urthmen/Lurkers.  If you are one who does not like those type of "book 1" books then this may not be the one for you.  I like this one enough that I've already purchased the next in hopes that it'll pick up now that the world has been set.  3 1/2 stars, rounded up to 4.