Elyon genre2/27/2023 Wholesome shading to bland, but well-stocked with exotic creatures and locales, plus an agreeable cast headed by a child who, while overly fond of screaming, rises to every challenge.|a DLC |b eng |c DLC |d IG# |d BAKER |d VPL |d OCO |d EHH |d BTCTA |d YDXCP |d GRR |d E3V The author puts her through a kidnapping and several close brushes with death before leaving her poised, amid hints of a higher destiny and still-anonymous enemies, for sequels. Though Messenger introduces several characters with inner conflicts and ambiguous agendas, Sophie herself is more simply drawn as a smart, radiant newcomer who unwillingly becomes the center of attention while developing what turn out to be uncommonly powerful magical abilities-reminiscent of the younger Harry Potter, though lacking that streak of mischievousness that rescues Harry from seeming a little too perfect. She also uncovers both clues to her mysterious origins and hints that a rash of strangely hard-to-quench wildfires back on Earth are signs of some dark scheme at work. Taken in by a loving couple who run a sanctuary for extinct and mythical animals, Sophie quickly gathers friends and rivals at Foxfire, a distinctly Hogwarts-style school. Having felt like an outsider since a knock on the head at age 5 left her able to read minds, Sophie is thrilled when hunky teen stranger Fitz convinces her that she’s not human at all and transports her to the land of Lumenaria, where the ageless elves live. This can’t be the last we ever hear of the Legendary Alston Boys of the purely surreal Logan County-imaginative, thrill-seeking readers, this is a series to look out for.Ī San Diego preteen learns that she’s an elf, with a place in magic school if she moves to the elves’ hidden realm. Will they be able to solve this one? With total mastery, Giles creates in Logan County an exuberant vortex of weirdness, where the commonplace sits cheek by jowl with the utterly fantastic, and populates it with memorable characters who more than live up to their setting. Save the day they must, as a mysterious, bendy gentleman and an oversized, clingy platypus have been unleashed on the city of Fry, and all the residents and their belongings seem to be frozen in time and place. They’ve got their shared, lifesaving maneuvers committed to memory (printed in a helpful appendix) and ready to save any day. No way summer can end like this! These young people are powerful, courageous, experienced adventurers molded through their heroic commitment to discipline and deduction. They’ve already got two keys to the city, but the rival Epic Ellisons-twin sisters Wiki and Leen-are steadily gaining celebrity across Logan County, Virginia, and have in hand their third key to the city. These two black boys are coming to terms with the end of their brave, heroic summer at Grandma’s, with a return to school just right around the corner. 10-12)Ĭan this really be the first time readers meet the Legendary Alston Boys of Logan County? Cousins and veteran sleuths Otto and Sheed Alston show us that we are the ones who are late to their greatness. Here’s a good high fantasy for the girls. The resolution provides a satisfactory ending, but there are plenty of loose ends to be tied up in the second and third volumes of the trilogy. Alexa, with her brains, courage and grit, proves to be an appealingly strong female hero and the story, enriched by folkloric traditions and a solid mystery, is sure to engage reader interest. After a slow introduction, the plot takes off, and the book becomes a real page-turner. There, with the help of the forest-dwellers, she passes three trials and garners information and allies to save her country. Driven by her curiosity about the world outside, Alexa finds a tunnel that leads her to the woodlands. Even before his sudden, mysterious death, Warvold chose 12-year-old Alexa Daley to succeed him. Thomas Warvold, founder of the land of Elyon, constructed walls around its four towns, ensuring, so he thought, his people’s safety from the dangers in the surrounding countryside.
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