A boy awakens, blindfolded, with no memory of even his name, but soon meets Lord Umber, an adventurer and inventor, who calls him Happenstance and tells him that he has a very important destiny--and a powerful enemy.
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...The beginning of a moderately engaging fantasy series employs a number of tropes readers will find familiar-perhaps irritatingly so...The climax comes straight from Indiana Jones. There's a little bit of preaching...and barely a pause without resolution at the end to prepare readers for the next installment.
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Anokaberry posted the Best Books of 2008 for Middle Grade Readers on January 9, 2009. Anokaberry is now Anokaberry Annotated. This new aspect of the blog means an accent, a tone, a personal, distinct voice may surface. This blog continues to present books published in the current year for middle grade readers but will also have editorial comment and attitude. Look for more ordered labeling for the coming year -- most obviously labeling that denotes genre: realistic fiction, historical fiction, science fiction, biography, poetry and verse, folklore/folktale and fantasy. Next January's list will honor books of excellence by genre.
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...The beginning of a moderately engaging fantasy series employs a number of tropes readers will find familiar-perhaps irritatingly so...The climax comes straight from Indiana Jones. There's a little bit of preaching...and barely a pause without resolution at the end to prepare readers for the next installment.
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