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Praise for Keyholders #1: This Side of Magic
“Kids will be drawn to the likable, believable protagonists and the promise of more enticing magic and action to follow.”—Publishers Weekly
“Magical attacks, lively characters from both sides of the hedge and slapstick set pieces…The bright humor will attract and keep young pre-Potterites.”—Kirkus Reviews
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The first in a series of light fantasy chapter books set in Morgantown, a town on the border between the real world and the magical world, by the authors of the Publishers Weekly bestselling BAILEY SCHOOL KIDS—a series of 50 books with more than 30 million copies sold!
“You are my chosen apprentices,” said Mr. Leery.
Penny and Luke aren’t sure they want to be apprentice Keyholders. A Keyholder’s job, explains their neighbor, Mr. Leery, is to guard the border between the real world and the magical world.
But when they meet their “links”—magical helpers from the other side of the border—they change their minds. Penny’s link is Kirin, a sarcastic unicorn. Luke forms a link with a clumsy baby dragon named Dracula.
And just in time! For the evil Queen of the Boggarts is determined to invade their world—and only the Keyholders and their links can stop her.
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The kids meet a strange fifth grader who wants to see Mr. Leery. When Mr. Mo goes berserk the weird kid flees. Mr. Leery returns and explains to the two kids that they are apprentice keyholders, a job that Penny accepts while Luke wants to decline. Mr. Leery explains he is the last of three keyholders who insure the hedge magic remains strong to keep the Boggarts out; they and someone else will replace him and his two late associates after two centuries on the job. As Penny connects with Kirin the sarcastic unicorn and Luke with Dracula the baby dragon, they learn the third keyholder is the snob Natalie who connects aptly so with Buttercup the rat, and the weird kid is a Boggart spy. Though not ready the three fifth grade keyholders must prevent the Boggart hordes from invading Morgantown.
The first Keyholders' urban fantasy is a fun often amusing thriller. The tale starts off a bit slow as the players are introduced, but the pace picks up once Mr. Leery leaves town. Penny and Luke are likable kids while affluent snob Natalie is not. The apprentice trio has some humorous moments as they battle the Boggart spy and attempt to prevent the invasion to the delight of elementary school age readers.
Harriet Klausner
BSK #1: Vampires Don't Wear Polka Dots (The Adventures Of The Bailey School Kids).
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PS. The product desctiption page (for the Mass Market Paperback ed.) needs an updated primary book cover picture. The one shown is a preliminary, pre-release Advance Reading Copy cover. (The primary pic is the only one displayed in Search results and various other Amazon listings pages. The correct, customer-uploaded pics are not displayed.)
This is a disservice to customers and Tor should fix this asap.
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This book [Keyholders #1:This Side of Magic] is now available in the *Kindle* version.
The following books in this series are, Keyholders #2 - #4
Keyholders #2: The Other Side of Magic
Keyholders #3: Inside the Magic
Keyholders #4: The Wrong Side of Magic
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