![]() Odds are good if you keep up with children’s fantasy you’ve already read this book (it seemed to me to be heavily marketed when it came out, and with good reason), but if not you definitely owe it to yourself to check it out. The children are capable and enjoyable characters with their own strengths and weaknesses, the magical denizens of the world are a mix of traditional western creatures (dwarves, wizards, witches) and wholly original (like the blind, clawed monsters called salmac tar), and the action is nonstop. Nesbit, and I was happy to discover that it fully delivers. ![]() The Emerald Atlas is a story that follows in the tradition of Narnia, Edward Eager, and E. However, when they are taken in by a strange orphanage in the town of Cambridge Falls they discover that there is much more to their family than meets the eye. Kate, Michael, and Emma are orphans, abandoned by their parents at a young age and left without even memories of what their actual surname is (as far as anyone knows, their last name is simply “P”). ![]() ![]() The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens is loads of fun. ![]()
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