
Shadow Mountain - Shadow Mountain
Release date: 2007-05-01
Hardcover
Author: Brandon Mull
Fantasy, Science fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction, Children's Books/All Ages, Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9), Action & Adventure - General, Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic, Children's Books, Animals - Mythical, Brothers and sisters, Fiction, Grandparents, Magic




In book two, you don't have the slow beginning, the hill to the top of this roller coaster is short, but just as fast and full of thrills. I could not put this one down. Twists and turns were hinted at but it made you wonder right along side of Kendra and Seth. Descriptions were detailed enough to fire the imagination, but not so long that you wanted to skip 3 paragraphs. Your could feel the fear, the cold, the magic. Great Job Mr Mull!
I admit it! I love the Harry Potter books, but felt a bit silly reading something so much below my age level. But Brandon Mull's Fablehaven is just as exciting but isn't vocabulary deficient. Harry Potter is considered a 5-7 grade level book where Fablehaven is 7-9. It won't make you keep a dictionary at your side all the time, but will make you notice a new word not Harry Potter books. And it still does not have the unnecessary bone-breaking detail or sexual content.
I can't wait to read this to my kids.