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The Munchkins by Candice Zee
The Munchkins, the first book in a series about thirteen kids with unusual abilities, was written by early childhood educator Candice Zee. A website that provides information about each of the Munch children supports the book as well. The Munch children, often known as the Munchkins, are the story’s central protagonists and centre of attention.
Capricorn Munch serves as both the story’s central figure and narrator. One of the family’s more reserved members, Capricorn is also one of its most perceptive. Since she is the narrator, the reader is able to learn about her innermost thoughts, opinions, and interactions with both their suspiciously behaved neighbour “Big Boss” and her siblings.
Characters of the other kids are well-rounded and distinct, and so are the connections between them. They all appear to possess magical abilities that allow them to cure other people and themselves, lift objects, or even create new objects. This is the only thing that unites them all.
Strangely, all of the kids stop getting older at age ten, which further adds to their mystique. The kids reside with Casey Munch, their loving father. Their neighbour, Big Boss, stands in stark contrast to this typically pleasant family. He is controlling and verbally abusive, and he also seems to know a lot about the kids.
Zee did a fantastic job of creating the characters and drawing a contrast between “good” and “evil.” The Munchkins is a novel with a good framework. In the initial chapters, the characters are presented and established. The work is easy to follow because of the single narrator, who also shares her innermost thoughts and feelings.
The Munchkins closes by setting up the following book in the series and has an intriguing plot with a few mystical turns. The Munchkins is a fun book to read overall. The plot and structure are simple to follow, and the characters are well developed.
About The Book
When Capricorn Munch and her twelve siblings appear outside a children’s home, no one, including themselves, knows who they are or where they came from. At ten years old they stop aging, as she and her siblings develop powers that gift them with incredible abilities, like healing wounds and manifesting objects.
They keep these powers secret and their adoptive father restricts their use. Capricorn strives to live a normal life, blissfully playing with her favorite sisters, witty and bold Allie, empathic and wise Breezy, and giddy and sweet Hazy.
But now a sudden threat has intruded on their carefree lives: Their next-door neighbor, a man who calls himself Big Boss. Capricorn watches fretfully as Big Boss encroaches on her family like a malevolent force, feeding hostility between her siblings and causing them to be reckless with their powers. Capricorn knows Big Boss is plotting something sinister and can only pray it doesn’t end in ultimate doom for her and her family.
The Review
The Munchkins
10 Score
With so many characters in place, the author did a fantastic job to show the dynamic in of the group. This is probably what I loved the most about the family-driven story. Two characters that I loved for their development, Allie and Twisty, were superbly structured, with the tension increasing between them with each chapter. Although it was not one of the siblings that was the true villain in the story, I thought that Twisty played a key part in the plot, consequently leading to the last scenes. Her reasoning had a great and believable angle of a very simple thing: siblings rivalry and jealousy.
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