Awesome cover
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Here it is, my big secret. I have a picture of the cover for Fins Are Forever by Tera Lynn Childs. This sequel to Forgive My Fins is coming out soon! Isn’t it beautiful?
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Peter and the Secret of Rundoon by Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson
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Have you ever wondered how Peter Pan and the Lost Boys came to be on Mollusk Island? How did Captain Hook and hs pirates get stranded there, too? Why is Peter able to fly? Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson answer these questions in their series about Peter and the Starcatchers. Peter and the Secret of Rundoon is the final book in the series.
Peter faces troubles on all sides. The Mollusks are attacked by the vicious Scorpion tribe, and Peter is wounded. Captain Hook takes advantage of Peter’s weakness to get his revenge. Before Hook can do away with Peter, they are all captured by the dark shadow Umbra and taken to Rundoon, where Peter is forced into the service of the Others. Meanwhile, Molly and her father, a leader of the Starcatchers, set out to rescue Peter and to keep the mysterious, powerful star stuff out of the hands of the Others. Can a rag-tag band of orphan boys, a rebellious teenage girl, her almost boyfriend George Darling, and a tiny fairy defeat the powers of darkness?
I enjoyed listening to this story. It is a rip-roaring adventure across the high seas and searing desert. Unfortunately, I skipped the middle books in the series. Now I want to go back and listen to them.
The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
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I know many of you enjoyed the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan. So did I. Now it’s time for Percy, Anabeth and Glover to step aside and make room for Carter and Sadie in The Red Pyramid. It turns out that the Greek gods are not the only ancient gods trying to survive the modern world.
Carter and Sadie have been kept seperated since their mother’s death six years ago. Carter has traveled the world with his archeaologist father (specializing in ancient Egypt) while Sadie lived with their grandparents in London. After a terrible accident on Christmas day releases the Egyptian gods from their banishment in the Duat (and imprisons their father), Carter and Sadie discover that they are from a long line of Egyptian magicians and the only ones who can make things right. It won’t be easy. The god Set (who brings chaos) is hunting them down with vicious monsters. On the other side, the magicians of the House of Life are also hunting them down to kill them because they believe Carter and Sadie to be powerful and dangerous. Will they succeed, or will chaos overtake the world?
I like how Riordan explores chaos as the opposite of good. Carter and Sadie must also learn to see the good hidden within even the most unlikable characters. Both of these ideas remind me of themes raised in Madeleine L’Engle’s Time Quartet, especially A Wind in the Door. What can stop the seemingly random acts of violence that plague our world?
After reading The Red Pyramid, I definitely want to learn more about Egyptian mythology. Somehow I missed out on it during my childhood explorations of mythology. Any good recommendations to get me started?
If you have already devoured everything Riordan has written, check out his recommendations based on his favorites and those of his sons here.