It's the heart of the secret Society for the Protection of Mythical Creatures, a group. When Connie is sent to live with her aunt, she knows its going to be one more place where she doesnt fit in. The seaside town is full of adults and children who have strange links to creatures. G oldings YA debut, the first in the Companions Quartet, packs a serious environmental. In the tradition of Eragon, A Wrinkle in Time, and The Golden Compass, the first book in the Companions Quartet is a boldly original adventure that will ignite the imaginations and emotions of fantasy readers everywhere. When Connie is sent to live with her aunt, she knows it's going to be one more place where she doesn't fit in. Cavendish, 16.99 (357pp) ISBN 978-0-7614-5371-0. With Col’s help, she could achieve unimaginable power - and face the terrifying choices that come with it. Most of all, she doesn’t expect to learn that she has the rarest of talents, greater even than her secret ability to communicate with animals. When 11-year-old Connie is sent to live with her eccentric aunt by the sea, she’s not expecting anything great - not to make friends with Col, the coolest guy in town, and certainly not to discover that mythical creatures still exist, that an ancient society has protected them for centuries, and that a dark and treacherous force is lurking in their midst. The Sirens were now close enough for him to see their crimson mouths open in a scream, pale faces blazing with white-hot anger, their bird claws tearing at the air."
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