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The Emerald Atlas
by John Stephens
This is a delightful little book of three children who end up crossing the line to a hidden magical world. Kate, Michael and Emma spent ten years being shuffled from one orphanage to the next before ending up in the last one, a strange place called Cambridge Falls. It's a place with empty dormitories, walls that move and hidden doors. They stumble upon a book with remarkable qualities and thus into an adventure in which they must save the world.
The orphan children with the fate of the world on their shoulders is a familiar concept. This is brilliantly done however. Kate, Michael, Emma and the readers are all equally convinced that the parents will be back one day. The siblings bicker, betray and love each other in a most convincing manner. It was a fun, easy read with plenty of forward movement and tension. Not a dull moment in fact. I'll be reading the next one in the series as soon as it is available.
The orphan children with the fate of the world on their shoulders is a familiar concept. This is brilliantly done however. Kate, Michael, Emma and the readers are all equally convinced that the parents will be back one day. The siblings bicker, betray and love each other in a most convincing manner. It was a fun, easy read with plenty of forward movement and tension. Not a dull moment in fact. I'll be reading the next one in the series as soon as it is available.