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Cargando... Journey's End (2016)por Rachel Hawkins
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InscrÃbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Nolie leaves her mom in Georgia to spend the summer with her dad in Scotland, where is researching the mysterious fog "Boundary" off the coast of a town called Journey's End. The fog has been hovering in the Caillte Sea for five hundred years, and is part of the town's mythology - and the basis of its tourism industry. But the fog has begun to move closer, and Nolie is more open-minded than her scientist dad - she believes in ghosts and magic, and she discovers "The Sad Tale of Cait McInnish" in a book called Legends of the North. When a boy called Albert MacLeish, who disappeared into the fog after his brother in 1918, appears unchanged on the beach in the present, Nolie and her new friend, native Journey's End girl Bel, put the pieces together and realize someone must sail into the fog to light the light in the lighthouse on the tiny island there, before the fog encroaches on the whole town and swallows it alive. Narration is in close third person, shifting between Nolie and Bel in a way that is sometimes confusing, but that's this book's only flaw: Scotland, magical fog, time slips, history, ghosts, friendship, and a dangerous journey make for a wonderful story. Quotes Nolie understood that, but she wanted to point out that life was way more fun when you believed in all kinds of things. (93) "Like a horror movie. Everyone goes looking for the people who've disappeared, and then they disappear." (Nolie to Bel, 197) That was a trick she'd learned from what her mum always said: Say things like you don't expect an argument, and you won't get one. (Bel, 237-238) An enjoyable novel, perfect for middle school readers grade 4 and up. This story had a lot more suspense than I expected. Nolie heads to Scotland to spend the summer with her dad who is there studying the strange fog that surrounds the entire outskirts of the town. There are stories of boats and people disappearing. Nolie quickly meets a girl her age, Bel who is a local. But Nolie also discovers a strange young boy along the beach shore, Albert. The only thing is Albert disappeared into the fog back in 1914. What follows is a suspenseful, well written tale of a group of friends who set out to solve the mystery of the fog. I received a complimentary e-book from the publisher in exchange for a review. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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HTML:New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins brings us a riveting middle grade fantasy-adventure, perfect for fans of Lisa Graff. The town of Journey's End may not literally be at the end of the world, but it sure feels like it to Nolie Stanhope. Spending the summer with her scientist father in the tiny Scottish village isn't exactly Nolie's idea of a good time, but she soon finds a friend: native Journey's Ender Bel McKissick. While Nolie's father came to Journey's End to study the Boundaryâ??a mysterious fog bank offshoreâ??Bel's family canâ??t afford to consider it a threat. The McKissickâ??s livelihood depends on the tourists drawn by legends of a curse. Still, whether you believe in magic or science, going into the Boundary means you'll never come back. â?¦Unless you do. Albert Etheridge, a boy who disappeared into the Boundary in 1914, suddenly returnsâ??without having aged a day and with no memory of the past hundred years. Then the Boundary starts creeping closer to the town, threatening to consume everyone within. While Nolie's father wants to have the village evacuated, Bel's parents lead the charge to stay in Journey's End. Meanwhile, Albert and the girls look for ways to stop the encroaching boundary, coming across an ancient Scottish spell that requires magic, a quest No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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