ISBN: 9781481480246
Editorial: Aladdin
Autor: Anderson, Jodi Lynn
Año de edición: 2022
N° Paginas: 336
Tipo de pasta: Pasta dura
Descripción: Perfect for fans of Newbery winner The Girl Who Drank the Moon, the “inventive, bewitching” (Kirkus Reviews) second book in the haunting and magical New York Times bestelling Thirteen Witches series from Jodi Lynn Anderson follows Rosie as she hunts the remaining witches.After twelve-year-old Rosie Oaks’s triumph over a powerful evil witch, a whole new world opened up to her—one full of witches who control many of the experiences that make life worth living and use their dominion to torment people. As the latest in a line of powerful witch hunters, it’s up to Rosie to defeat them. With her loyal friend Germ by her side and her newly created witch-weapon at the ready, Rosie leaves home on a quest to find and vanquish the remaining of the original Thirteen Witches.With the help of an enchanted time-traveling whale, Rosie travels through the depths of the sea and across vast distances as she seeks to fulfill her destiny. The lives of those she loves hang in the balance and her skills are put to the ultimate test as Rosie digs deep for the strength to complete her quest. But can one girl truly hope to eliminate forces that have been at work for centuries?Review"High stakes and high pressure. . . . An inventive, bewitching adventure." ― Kirkus ReviewsAbout the AuthorJodi Lynn Anderson is the bestselling author of several critically acclaimed books for young people, including the May Bird trilogy, the Thirteen Witches series, and My Diary from the Edge of the World. She lives with her husband, son, and daughter in Asheville, North Carolina, and holds an MFA in writing and literature from Bennington College.Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.Chapter 1 CHAPTER 1The problem with living inside the belly of a magical whale for eighty-eight days is the boredom. My best friend, Germ, and I are making the best of it by playing War.“You got all the aces,” Germ says. She is lounging on a La-Z-Boy, eating Doritos. “You always get aces.”“You’re exaggerating,” I say. But she’s right, I do get all the aces.I look at my hand, the wrinkled cards we’ve played a thousand times since boarding. My pile is huge and Germ’s is dwindling. This happens all the time, and yet… and yet… somehow, even though it’s purely a game of chance, Germ always wins. I’m so close to victory, I can taste it, but I’m pretty sure it will slip away.I know this is not typically what anyone would expect to find in here, two twelve-year-old girls playing cards and stuffing their faces. To look around, you wouldn’t even know we’re inside an ageless, time-traveling creature at all. If anything, it looks like Germ’s grammie’s house, which I visited once when we were little.Off to the right is our bedroom, with an orange rug and two beds where we sleep. Here in the center there’s a TV and two beat-up La-Z-Boys, with bowls full of our favorite snacks on a table in between. There’s also a dining table and a shag rug, and a treadmill and mini trampoline for Germ, who can never sit still for long.Still, there are some indicators that we’re not in Kansas anymore. For one thing, there’s a giant glass “moonroof” above that affords us a view of the blue ocean water above. There are travel brochures littering the room that offer guidance on trips to the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, specific eras like the Han dynasty, the Gupta empire, and so on. There’s also a full-color coffee-table book called Welcome to the Sea of Always that includes a primer on the magical creatures of the ocean of time, and a terrifying who’s who profile on someone called the pirate king and his army of bones. Plus a rundown on the rules of time travel, which includes things like:No crossing paths with your former or future self unless you want to create a troublesome wormhole.People of the past can’t see you unless they have the sight.No returning to your starting place until your journey is at an end.The book and brochures came in a gift bask
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