Jinx On The Divide - Hardcover

Kay, Elizabeth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0439724554 ISBN 13: 9780439724555

Publisher: Chicken House, 2005

Synopsis

The thrilling conclusion to the smart, funny, fantastical DIVIDE trilogy, which has sold more than 400,000 copies across all channels!

Felix is back at school, but things aren't back to normal! Rhino, the class bully, snatches the mysterious Brandee lamp he had kept from his last adventure in BACK TO THE DIVIDE, and next thing you know, a djinn has taken Rhino hostage and is demanding that Felix return him home to the mystical, back-to-front world. But no sooner is the djinn's wish granted than Rhino escapes into the villanous protection of Skullcap, new chief nasty of the Japegrins. It's up to Felix and Bettony to once again use their wits to save both worlds from the ultimate explosive threat of mixed-up science and magic.

About this title

About the Author

Elizabeth Kay works as a teacher as well as a professional writer and illustrator. She has published radio plays, short stories and poetry, and two novels for children--The Divide and Back to the Divide. The final book in the Divide trilogy will be published in the summer of 2005. In the story of thirteen-year-old Felix, The Divide provides a mixture of imagination and humor. While on vacation in Costa Rica, Felix, who has been diagnosed with a life-threatening heart disease, falls into a fantasy world. There, he meets a variety of fictional creatures who help him find a cure for his illness and help him get back home.

In the second title of the trilogy, Back to the Divide, Felix must save his parents from a dangerous curse. The evil Snakeweed freezes Felix’s parents in a curse that also endangers the Earth! Felix must work to free his parents and save the world.

Elizabeth Kay has two grown-up daughters and lives in Surrey, England.

Reviews

Grade 4-8–In this final installment in the series, Felix, 14, is back in his own dimension and ready for life to return to normal. However, when Rhino, the class bully, discovers the brandee's lamp that Felix brought back from the Divide and the brandee within, trouble begins. Rhino is taken hostage by the djinn and later set loose in the magical dimension linked to our own by the Divide. It isn't long before he hooks up with the japegrins in an explosive way. Fans of the first two books will find this episode another action-packed ride across dimensions. Once again, Kay introduces a wide range of characters and subplots that will challenge readers to remain focused. And, as with the previous books, the characters all seem slightly underdeveloped. Still, if action is what they seek, Jinx will keep their eyes glued to the pages.–Lisa Marie Williams, Fairfax County Public Library System, Reston, VA
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Edition details

• Publisher: Chicken House
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0439724554
• ISBN 13: 9780439724555
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384