Endymion Spring
A spellbinding story blending mystery and fantasy while following the fast-paced adventures of a boy who stumbles upon a secret that has endured for over 500 years.In the dead of night, a cloaked figure drags a heavy box through snow-covered streets. The chest, covered in images of mythical...
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A spellbinding story blending mystery and fantasy while following the fast-paced adventures of a boy who stumbles upon a secret that has endured for over 500 years.In the dead of night, a cloaked figure drags a heavy box through snow-covered streets. The chest, covered in images of mythical beasts, can only be opened when the fangs of its serpent's-head clasp taste blood.Centuries later, in an Oxford library, a boy touches a strange book and feels something pierce his finger. The volume is blank, wordless, but its paper has fine veins running through it and seems to quiver, as if it's alive. Words begin to appear on the page--words no one but the boy can see.And so unfolds a timeless secret . . . . "Riddles galore, a great cliffhanger and a film deal with Warner Bros. should generate plenty of excitement for this literary thriller; book lovers in particular will savor its palpable whiff of musty shelves and dusty volumes."— Publishers Weekly ,...
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780375841996 (0375841997)
ASIN: B000JMKRAM
Publish date: August 22nd 2006
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Edition language: English
I think I bought this off a bargain book table sometime around 2007. I’d never heard of it or the author before or since. I’d say it’s more Middle Grade than YA, though it’s a bit slow and uneventful for a MG audience. Blake, the main character, is bland and not at all memorable. His little sister, ...
It's an interesting read but somehow it just isn't enough, it could be a great book but it ends up only being a good book. The best part of the story is the typography and the way the older story in Mainz and the newer story in Oxford is treated. Readable but nothing great, unfortunately. I would...
I think I would have enjoyed this book more if I was younger. Alas, I can not accommodate. Fun children's book about a brother and sister who find a mysterious, magical book in one of the Oxford libraries. This book jumps back and forth between modern day and 1400s Germany, during the life of Johann...
I love the incorporation of history into the book, from the printing press in Germany to Faust, but the story dragged for me. I felt the pace was a bit slow and it would get bogged down by unnecessary details.Admittedly, I was in the mood for a quick, easy read, which this was not, which is why at t...