Most kids' idea of fun is not spending the summer with grandparents you've never met while your parents go on a cruise. Particularly if when you arrive at your grandparents' house (where you've never been invited before, by the way) the house is hidden in deep, dark woods that are surrounded by a huge fence with massive iron gates. No TV, no internet, no nothing but a pool and a garden with a bunch of weird butterflies. Oh, and those deep, dark woods - you're forbidden to enter them.
This is the summer that Kendra and her brother Seth have to look forward to. BORING!
But then they find out that their grandparents are caretakers of a preserve for magical creatures. Those weird butterflies? Fairies! Those deep, dark woods? Filled with every magical creature you've ever read about in any fantasy book, and some you might never have heard of. Sounds great, right? It is, until the one summer night that something goes horribly wrong and it's up to Kendra to find the courage to set things right and try to save herself, her family and Fablehaven.
This is a great series. The second book is even better than the first (but read Fablehaven first - you'd miss lots of important background info if you skip right to Rise of the Evening Star). Kendra and Seth seem like real people you'd meet at school - and it would be so cool if Fablehaven was a real place! I highly recommend this series for fantasy lovers in grades 6-8. Also, I've heard that the film rights have been optioned - this would make a great movie.
Let me know what you think.
This is the summer that Kendra and her brother Seth have to look forward to. BORING!
But then they find out that their grandparents are caretakers of a preserve for magical creatures. Those weird butterflies? Fairies! Those deep, dark woods? Filled with every magical creature you've ever read about in any fantasy book, and some you might never have heard of. Sounds great, right? It is, until the one summer night that something goes horribly wrong and it's up to Kendra to find the courage to set things right and try to save herself, her family and Fablehaven.
This is a great series. The second book is even better than the first (but read Fablehaven first - you'd miss lots of important background info if you skip right to Rise of the Evening Star). Kendra and Seth seem like real people you'd meet at school - and it would be so cool if Fablehaven was a real place! I highly recommend this series for fantasy lovers in grades 6-8. Also, I've heard that the film rights have been optioned - this would make a great movie.
Let me know what you think.
