Kay, Elizabeth. The divide.Scholastic, The Chicken House. 318p. illus. c2003. 0-439-45696-7 $15.95. J Felix, a 13-year-old with a dangerous heart condition, is on vacation with his parents in Costa Rica Costa Rica (kŏs`tə rē`kə), officially Republic of Costa Rica, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,016,000), 19,575 sq mi (50,700 sq km), Central America. . He is eager to visit the spot that marks the Continental Divide, which separates the Atlantic from the Pacific, but on arriving at it he passes out with one foot on each side. He comes to in an alternate universe, where magic and mythical myth·i·cal also myth·ic adj. 1. Of or existing in myth: the mythical unicorn. 2. Imaginary; fictitious. 3. beings like unicorns and griffins are real (though known by other names, listed in a glossary at the front) and science and humans are only a legend. He meets up with a tangle-child (elf) named Betony betony (beˑ·t  ·nē),n Latin name: Stachys officinalis L. , and together they search for a cure for his illness while trying to combat an evil japegrin (pixie) who is trying to sell potions that purportedly heal but instead can be fatal. In the end, Felix is cured and finds his way back to his own world. However, some of the evil beings from the other world have found their way there as well, so a sequel may be on its way. This British fantasy is an entertaining light read for younger YAs, with both suspense SUSPENSE. When a rent, profit a prendre, and the like, are, in consequence of the unity of possession of the rent, &c., of the land out of which they issue, not in esse for a time, they are said to be in suspense, tunc dormiunt, but they may be revived or awakened. Co, Litt. 313 a. and humor humor, according to ancient theory, any of four bodily fluids that determined man's health and temperament. Hippocrates postulated that an imbalance among the humors (blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile) resulted in pain and disease, and that good health was . The unusual cover, which opens up in the middle of the front (appropriately, a divide) to reveal huge eyes, may help attract readers. |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion