![]() ![]() The goodies show real heroism and the baddies are incorrigible. The supporting cast are all vivid and eccentric, just as they should be. ![]() And feisty Emma is impetuous and pugnacious. Kate is so used to taking care of her younger siblings, she finds it difficult to be open and to relinquish control of events. I did enjoy The Emerald Atlas - it's a great fantasy quest story, with a good balance in its three central characters, each of whom have flaws to overcome. Caught up in a world of magic, dwarves and time travel, they are the children of an ancient prophecy surrounding three magical books of great power. And if Kate, Michael and Emma can't save them, nobody can. They're the only children in residence, the housekeeper seems to think they are members of the French royal family, and the town is in the middle of a barren wasteland and is bereft of children.Īnd then the children find a mysterious old book, slip a photograph inside it and are transported back to the past, to a time when there was still a thick forest near Cambridge Falls and when the town still had children. But the orphanage at Cambridge Falls is unlike any other. Nobody wants to adopt three children together - least of all when the youngest has a strong penchant for using her fists whenever she can - and so when we meet them, they're on their way to yet another. ![]() Whisked away from their parents in the dead of night ten years ago, Kate, Michael and Emma have seen more than their fair share of orphanages. ![]()
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