Keeper of the Rend

Synopsis

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Last Magician series comes a heart-wrenching middle grade debut steeped in magical realism about a bird-loving boy who moves to the countryside where he encounters dangerous creatures invading through a rip in the sky.Xavier T. Fletcher is an Odd Duck. At least, that&’s what everyone in his sleepy little suburb seems to think. Luckily, birds happen to be the aspiring naturalist&’s favorite things, so he doesn&’t mind the label quite as much as you might expect. But when Xavier&’s father loses his job, everything changes. His family is forced to move to his Nana Susan&’s farm. There, he meets Clementine, a strange, messy girl who doesn&’t see him as an Odd Duck at all. Too bad she has the unfortunate habit of using her slingshot to hunt the birds he loves. Xavier&’s not sure what to think when Clem assures him that they aren&’t really birds. He&’s even less sure when he discovers that Clem isn&’t lying. The bird-like creatures come from the Rend, a tear in the sky between our world and the Nother&’s, and the objects they carry in their beaks from that cold, dark place are dangerous. It&’s up to Xavier and Clem to find a way to keep the creatures out of our world. But how can he protect the Rend when he suspects Clem hasn&’t told him the whole truth about what she&’s doing?

Copyright:

2024

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

320 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781534431935

Related ISBNs:

9781534431904

Publisher:

Margaret K. McElderry Books

Date of Addition:

08/20/24

Copyrighted By:

Lisa Maxwell

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Outdoors and Nature, Parenting and Family, Science Fiction and Fantasy

Grade Levels:

Third grade, Fourth grade, Fifth grade, Sixth grade, Seventh grade

Reading Age:

8–12

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.