

She feels she is good for nothing, but she is oblivious to her real powers. Shadow and Bone is primarily based on Alina Starkov, a seemingly normal girl, a war orphan who loves spending time with her best friend Malyen Oretsev, aka, Mal. Unless you were born to be a hawk.” Summary of Shadow and Bone MT.“And there’s nothing wrong with being a lizard either. The giveaway begins April 1, 2021, at 12:01 A.M. I want to be a tale smith too.Įnter for a chance to win a copy of Mesopo and a feather dip quill pen writing set! I thoroughly enjoyed the adventure and added a few new words to my vocabulary.

The key theme in the story is the importance of words, stories, and books in our lives and infuses us with the strength that the only boundary in our lives is the limitation of our imagination. This whole setup makes for an exciting story that layered in imagery, unique words, and a lot of creative thinking. Akindo quest begins as he discovers that words are stolen, his dad and grandmother are stuck there, and only the new “Tale Smith” can save them. Fate intervenes, and Akindo lands in the desert leading to the Library of Nineveh, the connection between our world and Mesopo. Once grandmother has, his aunt sends him off to boarding school for her selfish reasons. Habubti, his grandmother, entrusts him with a book titled “The Land of Mesopo” and a quill and leaves him with uncle and aunt. Akindo is given a quest to save the magical land of Mesopo, which is where all fantasy comes from, and his dad. "Vibrant characters and prose energize this literary adventure." -Kirkus Reviewsġ2-year-old Akindo’s dad left for Iraq on a field trip due to his archeology work, and there has been no news of his whereabouts. whispered in a way that slipped around the room like the warm breeze of the desert. He thought he caught a sound flowing out of the quill, a word maybe. And for a reason he couldn't explain, everything felt all right for a moment. Ankido lifted the lid, revealing an old-fashioned quill made out of a reed. It was a red velvet box, the size of a school book. Can Ankido save his father and restore all these words in time? Mesopo is the land where all fantasy originates, a land whose words and language are in peril. Twelve-year-old Ankido is on a quest to save his missing father through the magical realm of Mesopo.

Mesopo Published by Independently Published on November 19, 2018įind the Author: Website, Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, Amazon
