Animas - Softcover

Book 1 of 3: Animas

C.R. Grey

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9781471401299: Animas
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1471401294 ISBN 13: 9781471401299
Publisher: Hot Key Books, 2014

Synopsis

Legacy of the Claw

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About the Author

C.R. Grey was born in a house on a pier in Maine - literally on the ocean. She then grew up in Memphis, Tennessee. She received her BA in Theatre from SUNY New Paltz and her MFA in Fiction from Ohio State University. Grey lives in a sunny apartment in Poughkeepsie, New York, with one black cat, one white cat, and a Boston Terrier named Trudy. She can often be found weeding through ephemera in antique shops and walking over the bridges that span the Hudson River. The ANIMAS series - LEGACY OF THE CLAW, FLIGHT OF THE KING and SONG OF THE SWORD - are her first novels. Follow C.R. Grey on Twitter: @CRGreyBooks

From School Library Journal

Gr 4–6—Twelve-year-old Bailey has been accepted to the prestigious Fairmont Academy in Aldermere where he hopes that he will finally find his animas, a unique bond with an animal that almost everyone has by the time they are his age. The Dark Woods that surround the school seem menacing, but Bailey senses mysterious happenings occurring there and that something or someone is watching him. He and some new friends begin to venture out at night, which leads to some scary and wondrous adventures as well as the threat of expulsion by the school administration. The story has elements reminiscent of the "Harry Potter" series, including a unique school game called Scavage, teachers who are not always what they seem, and encroaching dark forces. This novel about a murdered king, his ambitious and unscrupulous daughter who seeks to overturn the animas bond and make the animals subservient to the humans, her missing brother, and a legendary "child of war" is a fun page-turner with interesting characters and unexpected plot twists. Readers will be propelled toward the next volumes in this entertaining new series.—Carol Schene, formerly at Taunton Public Schools, MA

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Publisher
Hot Key Books
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1471401294
ISBN 13 
9781471401299
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
304
Rating
  • 3.98 out of 5 stars
    381 ratings by Goodreads