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282 pp.
| Scholastic
| June, 2012
|
TradeISBN 978-0-545-33493-8$17.99
(4)
4-6
Norumbegan Quartet series.
"Brian just wanted it all to be over. He wished he and his best friend could just leave the Great Body and never come back." With this volume, Anderson wraps up what seems to be an experiment in world-building for world-building's sake. But fans of the series will be satisfied with this conclusion to Anderson's subversive take on portal fantasy adventure.
324 pp.
| Scholastic
| June, 2011
|
TradeISBN 978-0-545-13884-0$17.99
(3)
4-6
Norumbegan Quartet series.
"Running down an alley...being chased by small clockwork monsters with razor blades on stalks...Gregory felt that perhaps he needed to make some changes in how he spent his free time." In their third story, Gregory and Brian go down the rabbit hole (in this case an esophagus). Fans of the bizarre and imaginative series will enjoy the pair's latest adventures.
225 pp.
| Scholastic
| June, 2010
|
TradeISBN 978-0-545-13882-6$17.99
(3)
4-6
Norumbegan Quartet series.
Gregory and Brian (The Game of Sunken Places) become involved in a dispute between two tribes of elfin creatures. Their mission takes them to a creepy suburb in Vermont, where people are being swallowed into the walls of their houses and the fate of the world is at stake. Like a good horror flick, the story is both disgusting and entertaining.
260 pp.
| Scholastic
| July, 2004
|
TradeISBN 0-439-41660-4$$16.95
(4)
YA
Norumbegan Quartet series.
Gregory and Brian find themselves unwilling participants in a role-playing game, itself a mask for a larger struggle between two supernatural peoples. The writing is lively and often irreverent, and while individual scenes are often dramatically effective, the plot feels too improvised and thus less than suspenseful. Sleator's Interstellar Pig is a much more satisfying tale of high-stakes gaming.