Kate, Michael and Emma are three children born into a home with a mother and father that love each of their children very much – but one cold Christmas Eve, their idyllic world is shattered. Why did I read this book: It came highly recommended by a friend, the blurb sounds fantastic, and early reviews have been really positive ( The Emerald Atlas made Amazon’s best books of April list, with a number of big-name comparisons – including Rowling’s Harry Potter and Pullman’s His Dark Materials). How did I get this book: ARC from the Publisher Stand alone or series: Book 1 in the Books of Beginning series The Emerald Atlas brims with humor and action as it charts Kate, Michael, and Emma’s extraordinary adventures through an unforgettable, enchanted world. And-if an ancient prophesy is correct-what they do can change history, and it is up to them to set things right. Ripped from their parents as babies, they are being protected from a horrible evil of devastating power, an evil they know nothing about.īefore long, Kate, Michael, and Emma are on a journey to dangerous and secret corners of the world…a journey of allies and enemies, of magic and mayhem. Yet these unwanted children are more remarkable than they could possibly imagine.

Kate, Michael, and Emma have been in one orphanage after another for the last ten years, passed along like lost baggage. Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers (US)/Doubleday (UK) Genre: Young Adult (upper Middle Grade), Fantasy

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