- Paperback: 200 pages
- Publisher: Pen Press Publishers Ltd (May 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 190620683X
- ISBN-13: 978-1906206833
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.4 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 222 g
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This is the story of Jack, Ellie and Jamie - the children left home alone by their junkie mother while she's away on holiday with her latest boyfriend. Once the social workers discover the children's plight they are moved to live with their father and his new family in the country. To the children's delight, they discover a couple of old dinghies and have great fun messing around on the river. Suddenly disaster strikes and their lives are drastically changed that sunny afternoon. That's when their journey to the Kingdom of the Underworld begins. The courageous children are faced with terrifying battles in this extraordinary adventure and the only way home is to complete the difficult and dangerous quest they have been given.
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A must read for fantasy lovers
Mar 11 2009
Format:Paperback
TITLE: Mighte's Quest
AUTHOR: Lookman
COPYRIGHT: 2008 by Lugman R. Whittinger
FORMAT: Paperback
GENRE: Juvenile
PAGES: 190
PRICE: $10.99 (U.S.), £5:99 (U.K.)
PUBLISHER: Pen Press Publishers Ltd.
ISBN-13: 9781906206833
Little do Jack, Jamie and suspicious Ellie know they are in for adventures most people only dream about!
Jamie, Jack and Ellie's mother is a drug addict spending time with her latest boyfriend. The children are sent to live with their father and his new family when Social Services discover the children living by themselves. At their fathers' home they finally get good food and a good nights' sleep.
The next day, Jack and Jamie find two old dinghies in the shed in their fathers back garden. They decide to blow them up and go rowing on Grave Brook. Of course, Ellie insists on going along. A swan swims up beside them, topples the dinghy and pushes Jack underwater. In fact, the swan sits on Jack to make sure he stays underwater. Is this the end for Jack? What will happen to Jamie and Ellie? He wakes up in a strange land and to his surprise; Jamie and Ellie are with him. Where are they? Wet, and cold, the children are made to appear before the Gnome King where they are made to work in his hot kitchens!
One day, Jamie is told about a way to escape the cruel gnomes. The three children make a break for it that night.
Jamie, Jack and Ellie wander into a barren wasteland and soon meet the mysterious Hadi. Who is Hadi and what does he want with them? Hadi is very kind to the children but insists on taking them to the Oracle. He also says that it will be a long hard journey.
They travel for days and finally meet the Oracle. The Oracle sends them on a mission to free the Swan Princess. He says that will make everything right again.
Along the way, they meet giants, fairies, elves, flying horses and a lot more! Will Jamie, Jack, Ellie and their new friends free the Swan Princess?
Lookman leads us step by step through this magical world and is right beside us through all of Jamie, Jack and Ellie's adventures. This is a book that fantasy lovers everywhere will want to read!
To find out more out the author and to find where to buy Mighte's Quest, visit: http://www.lookman.co.uk. You can also find out how to buy this book at: http://www.penpress.net.
AUTHOR: Lookman
COPYRIGHT: 2008 by Lugman R. Whittinger
FORMAT: Paperback
GENRE: Juvenile
PAGES: 190
PRICE: $10.99 (U.S.), £5:99 (U.K.)
PUBLISHER: Pen Press Publishers Ltd.
ISBN-13: 9781906206833
Little do Jack, Jamie and suspicious Ellie know they are in for adventures most people only dream about!
Jamie, Jack and Ellie's mother is a drug addict spending time with her latest boyfriend. The children are sent to live with their father and his new family when Social Services discover the children living by themselves. At their fathers' home they finally get good food and a good nights' sleep.
The next day, Jack and Jamie find two old dinghies in the shed in their fathers back garden. They decide to blow them up and go rowing on Grave Brook. Of course, Ellie insists on going along. A swan swims up beside them, topples the dinghy and pushes Jack underwater. In fact, the swan sits on Jack to make sure he stays underwater. Is this the end for Jack? What will happen to Jamie and Ellie? He wakes up in a strange land and to his surprise; Jamie and Ellie are with him. Where are they? Wet, and cold, the children are made to appear before the Gnome King where they are made to work in his hot kitchens!
One day, Jamie is told about a way to escape the cruel gnomes. The three children make a break for it that night.
Jamie, Jack and Ellie wander into a barren wasteland and soon meet the mysterious Hadi. Who is Hadi and what does he want with them? Hadi is very kind to the children but insists on taking them to the Oracle. He also says that it will be a long hard journey.
They travel for days and finally meet the Oracle. The Oracle sends them on a mission to free the Swan Princess. He says that will make everything right again.
Along the way, they meet giants, fairies, elves, flying horses and a lot more! Will Jamie, Jack, Ellie and their new friends free the Swan Princess?
Lookman leads us step by step through this magical world and is right beside us through all of Jamie, Jack and Ellie's adventures. This is a book that fantasy lovers everywhere will want to read!
To find out more out the author and to find where to buy Mighte's Quest, visit: http://www.lookman.co.uk. You can also find out how to buy this book at: http://www.penpress.net.
Mihte's Quest: Kids in the Underworld will satisfy every lover of good fantasy.
Jan 19 2009
Format:Paperback
The juvenile fiction book Mihte's Quest: Kids in the Underworld capitalizes on the successful fantasy formula of children whisked away to a magical land where their success in a quest determines not only their own fate, but the fate of all those they encounter. The book contains enough twists on the classic formula to feel fresh and interesting while honoring the proven formulaic successes of the traditional fantasy genre.
The story begins with three children sent to live with their father and his new family in the country after their mother abandons them. Jack, Ellie and Jamie bicker constantly, even when they discover some abandoned dinghies in the nearby river. With the help of an aggressive swan, the children are transported to another world where they start their quest as slaves to the Gnome King.
While encountering secret tunnels, a vast desert of roaming warrior tribes, a giant and a shape-shifting witch, they move ever closer to their quest. Freeing the Swan Princess is the ultimate goal, and the children accomplish it through their own skills and abilities, precious gifts received from magical characters and a final battle that determines the fate of the land.
The book is full of classic Celtic mythical creatures, such as gnomes, elves, giants and unicorns, kelpies, oracles and hunting hounds. Places and names are also steeped in Celtic nomenclature, such as Arawn and Elphin/Elffin. The author does an excellent job of incorporating these classic mythology elements into a thoroughly modern adventure.
Overall, the series of adventures that the children experience are typical of the fantasy genre, with a string of seemingly impossible situations that are resolved by magic, pluck or another character to the rescue. Occasionally, the pacing of the conflict/resolution seems to be rushed, with plenty of buildup and only a paragraph or two of a solution, only to be rushed to the next conflict.
Nowhere is this more apparent than in the books final pages, with a battle with the three-headed dog, Cerberus and the rescue of the princess literally a page away from the children's abrupt return to the wise Oracle and the last page of the book. Just as the children wonder what will happen to all those they left behind, the Oracle curtly tells them, "The story's over for now." Indeed it is, and readers may be left with a feeling of loose ends left untied.
Ultimately, for a good read that is sure to enthrall readers from ages 8 to 12, Mihte's Quest is a thrilling adventure into a realm that is at once foreign and familiar. With identifiable main characters and a pantheon of magical beings, Mihte's Quest: Kids in the Underworld will satisfy every lover of good fantasy.
Jennifer Maughan
The story begins with three children sent to live with their father and his new family in the country after their mother abandons them. Jack, Ellie and Jamie bicker constantly, even when they discover some abandoned dinghies in the nearby river. With the help of an aggressive swan, the children are transported to another world where they start their quest as slaves to the Gnome King.
While encountering secret tunnels, a vast desert of roaming warrior tribes, a giant and a shape-shifting witch, they move ever closer to their quest. Freeing the Swan Princess is the ultimate goal, and the children accomplish it through their own skills and abilities, precious gifts received from magical characters and a final battle that determines the fate of the land.
The book is full of classic Celtic mythical creatures, such as gnomes, elves, giants and unicorns, kelpies, oracles and hunting hounds. Places and names are also steeped in Celtic nomenclature, such as Arawn and Elphin/Elffin. The author does an excellent job of incorporating these classic mythology elements into a thoroughly modern adventure.
Overall, the series of adventures that the children experience are typical of the fantasy genre, with a string of seemingly impossible situations that are resolved by magic, pluck or another character to the rescue. Occasionally, the pacing of the conflict/resolution seems to be rushed, with plenty of buildup and only a paragraph or two of a solution, only to be rushed to the next conflict.
Nowhere is this more apparent than in the books final pages, with a battle with the three-headed dog, Cerberus and the rescue of the princess literally a page away from the children's abrupt return to the wise Oracle and the last page of the book. Just as the children wonder what will happen to all those they left behind, the Oracle curtly tells them, "The story's over for now." Indeed it is, and readers may be left with a feeling of loose ends left untied.
Ultimately, for a good read that is sure to enthrall readers from ages 8 to 12, Mihte's Quest is a thrilling adventure into a realm that is at once foreign and familiar. With identifiable main characters and a pantheon of magical beings, Mihte's Quest: Kids in the Underworld will satisfy every lover of good fantasy.
Jennifer Maughan
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