Unlucky Charms (Cold Cereal Saga, 2) - Hardcover

Rex, Adam

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062060058 ISBN 13: 9780062060051

Publisher: Clarion Books, 2013

Synopsis

For fans of Artemis Fowl and Percy Jackson & the Olympians comes the second book in Adam Rex's acclaimed Cold Cereal Saga, about three kids who must save the world from the diabolical schemes of an evil breakfast company.

Scottish Play Doe and his friends may have escaped from the clutches of the evil Nimue, but they're not out of the woods just yet.

The Goodco Cereal Company's quest to take over the world is quickly gaining momentum: it has already started to sell cereals containing the magical chemical Intellijuice and, what's worse, has kidnapped one of the world's most important public figures, the Queen of England, and replaced her with goblin impersonators.

When Scott and the others learn that Goodco is holding the real queen captive in a magical other-England, they decide to pass through a rift in the time-space continuum and rescue her—and hopefully convince the faeries to stop the invasion that will bring about the end of the world as they know it.

About this title

About the Author

Adam Rex is the author of many books, including Cold Cereal and Unlucky Charms, the first two books in the Cold Cereal Saga; the New York Times bestselling picture books The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors and Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich; the middle grade novel The True Meaning of Smekday (now a major motion picture from Dreamworks, Home); and the teen novel Fat Vampire. He lives in Arizona with his wife.

From the Back Cover

Have you seen me?
Name: Scottish Play Doe
Age: 11

Last seen with twins Erno and Emily, their gargantuan housekeeper, Biggs, and an accountant named Merle Lynn who claims to be a scientist from the future or something, "Scott" is suffering from a sick delusion that your beloved Goodco Cereal Company is secretly run by a fairy named Nimue with a sinister plot to take over the world. That Goodco is selling cereals with NEW! Intellijuice in order to turn kids into a kind of zombie army, if you can believe this. That Goodco has kidnapped the Queen of England and replaced her with two goblins in a queen suit. Have you ever heard anything so crazy—seriously, we're asking.

Last sighted en route to England, Scott is reportedly searching for a rift in the space-time continuum so that he might save the queen and convince the fairy court to stop their so-called invasion. Kids today, right? Too many wizard books, not enough fresh air, if you want our opinion.

We at Goodco are not angry. We want only to see Scott get the help he needs before he hurts himself. Or gets hurt.

Sightings of Scott with a two-foot-tall leprechaun named Mick are of course ridiculous and should be reported immediately to Goodco.

Reviews

The converging stories in Rex’s epic Cold Cereal (2012) continue here, and most of the same elements—Shakespeare, King Arthur, Celtic legend, Freemasons, and of course, sugary cereal—make return appearances. It’s all in an effort to prevent the Goodco Cereal Company from taking over the world and to thwart that corporation’s most recent evildoing, the kidnapping of the Queen of England—a task which necessitates a magical journey through time and space to an alternative world called Pretannica. The characters—whether kids, fairies, or leprechauns—are many, and the large chunks of dialogue move their quest rapidly and wittily along. Rex’s delicious sense of humor is much in evidence here and informs not just his themes but also the interior black-and-white drawings and settings (he describes an untended garden as a place that looks like “where all the troublemaker plants came to smoke”). While more casual nibblers, or those who haven’t already digested the prequel, may be overwhelmed and confused, Rex provides great fodder for readers who really like to dig into their adventures as they would a hearty and well-balanced breakfast. Grades 4-7, --Andrew Medlar

Edition details

• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0062060058
• ISBN 13: 9780062060051
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400