Especially if you like Mull's other books. Those he meets along the way are just as varied and fascinating.
Cole is fantastic-just the right amount of fear and indecision mixed in with his courage. I actually really enjoyed this book.īesides the story, the characters are actually pretty well-developed and deep for a (younger) middle-grade book. But.it's not unbelievable because everything seems possible, you know? So it actually works. There are some rather unbelievable twists to make things work. Mull has a lot to explain to start off this five-book series. Honestly, the adventure in this book is fascinating because of it. The kingdom Cole is in, Sambria, is ruled by Shapers, with some who can literally create anything they imagine-like giant pond of milk with floating cookies. This novel is instantly intriguing because of the amount of pure imagination poured into this book.
But once in the Outskirts, it is very hard to get out. Instantly captured to be a slave, Cole must find a way to save his old friends, help his new ones, and escape back home before he is forgotten. The Outskirts is a land of five kingdoms, somewhere between dreams and reality. After sending for help he decides to follow them, only to find himself falling through a portal to another world. With the magic of the Outskirts starting to unravel, it's up to Cole and an unusual girl named Mira to rescue his friends, set things right in the Outskirts, and hopefully find his way back home.before his existence is forgotten.Themes: courage, friendship, adventure, magic, dreams, parallel universeĬole Randolph did not expect the haunted house to be this terrifying: his friends have just been kidnapped. And once you come to the Outskirts, it's very hard to leave. Come and claim it in this first book of the Five Kingdoms series, from the 1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fablehaven and Beyonders series. Some find their way there from our world, or from other worlds. The Outskirts are made up of five kingdoms that lie between wakefulness and dreaming, reality and imagination, life and death. After Cole sees his friends whisked away to some mysterious place underneath the haunted house, he dives in after them-and ends up in The Outskirts.
But when a spooky haunted house turns out to be a portal to something much creepier, Cole finds himself on an adventure on a whole different level. Cole Randolph was just trying to have a fun time with his friends on Halloween (and maybe get to know Jenna. Adventure awaits in the Five Kingdoms-come and claim it in this start to a new series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fablehaven and Beyonders series.
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