Meyer, Kai. The water mirror.MEYER, Kai kai Noun NZ informal food [Maori] kai noun N.Z. (informal) food, grub (slang) provisions, fare, board, commons, eats (slang . The water mirror. (The Dark Reflections Trilogy A company founded in 1979 by Gene Amdahl to commercialize wafer scale integration and build supercomputers. It raised a quarter of a billion dollars, the largest startup funding in history, but could not create its 2.5" superchip. , Book One.)Tr. from the German by Elizabeth D. Crawford. Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster U.S. publishing company. It was founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) and M. Lincoln Schuster (1897–1970), whose initial project, the original crossword-puzzle book, was a best-seller. . 250p. c2001.0-689-87788-9. $799. J To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2005: In Venice, Italy, two young orphans are apprenticed to a maker of magical mirrors: blind Junipa, age 13, for whom the mirror maker creates eyes of crystal mirror shards; and our heroine, bright, curious Merle merle a pattern of coat color pigmentation with dark, irregular blotches on a lighter background. Seen in some Collies and Welsh corgis. In shorthaired dogs, e.g. Great Danes and Dachshunds, the similar pattern is called dapple. , age 14. Venice is in danger of being captured by the powerful Egyptian Empire and only the mysterious Flowing Queen has managed to keep the city safe so far. Merle and another apprentice A person who agrees to work for a specified time in order to learn a trade, craft, or profession in which the employer, traditionally called the master, assents to instruct him or her. , a former master thief, overhear o·ver·hear v. o·ver·heard , o·ver·hear·ing, o·ver·hears v.tr. To hear (speech or someone speaking) without the speaker's awareness or intent. v.intr. a nefarious plan by some city council members to surrender to the Egyptians, and set out to foil it. Merle ends up with the essence of the Flowing Queen residing inside her, rescues a flying stone lion, and heads off to find allies to help Venice in this first volume of a fantasy adventure series. Reminiscent of Tamora Pierce's sagas, this is a dark tale of a feisty girl in a magical setting. First published in Germany, the novel features mermaids with rows of sharp teeth, lions with deadly talons, and Hell as a real place--and possibly Venice's best chance at finding aid to defeat the mummy soldiers of Egypt. A thrilling, sinister adventure; readers will be eager for the next in the series. Paula Rohrlick, KLIATT J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are of particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. |
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