Moesta, Rebecca & Anderson, Kevin J. Crystal doors.MOESTA, Rebecca & ANDERSON, Kevin J. Crystal doors. Little, Brown. 292p. c2006. 0-316-01055-3. $15.99. JS Two married award-winning authors offer a new fantasy trilogy that combines science, myth and magic, engaging characters, and a touch of mystery. Gwen and Vic are 14-year-old cousins who share stronger than usual family ties through mothers who are sisters and fathers who are brothers. Gwen's parents have died in a strange accident, and Vic's mother has mysteriously disappeared, so Vic's scientist father, Cap, is raising the teens. After a near tragic experience with a killer whale killer whale or grampus, a large, rapacious marine mammal, Orcinus orca, of the dolphin family. Male killer whales may reach a length of 30 ft (9 m) and females half that length. for Gwen at Ocean Kingdoms and the uninvited un·in·vit·ed adj. Not welcome or wanted: uninvited guests. uninvited Adjective not having been asked: uninvited guests attention of a sinister stranger, danger closes in on the cousins. When they inadvertently walk into the middle of Cap's experiment involving a precise arrangement of exotic crystals, Gwen and Vic are transported to the world of Elantya, filled with both magic and mayhem mayhem (mā`hĕm, mā`əm), in common law, the crime of willfully injuring a person so as to diminish his or her capacity for self-defense. . The teens find themselves in the middle of a conflict involving sages, sea-dwelling merlons, and sea monsters This article is about the BBC television program. For the legendary creatures, see Sea monster. Sea Monsters was a BBC television program which used computer-generated imagery to show past life in Earth's seas. who battle over control of land and sea. Vic and Gwen realize that the legacy of their mothers crosses boundaries between the two worlds, and their newly discovered powers will be crucial in battles to come. Readers will be eager to continue this tale as a prophecy Prophecy See also Omen. Prosperity (See SUCCESS.) Ancaeus prophecy that he would not live to taste the wine from his vineyards is fulfilled. [Gk. Myth. begins to unfold unfold - inline at the end of the first installment. Michele Winship, Asst. Prof., Capital Univ., Columbus, OH J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. S--Recommended for senior high school students. |
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