As if walking in large circles was a dance that could fix all his problems' ''He paced around his room, then around the kitchen, then around his family's table. 'Even with the small hole of sunlight raining down, the tunnel was the closest to pitch black' Īnd her metaphors!!! 'But promises, like snowflakes, are easily broken' - how does one BREAK a snowflake? Even before I looked at the back of the book to learn this is a recent graduate of U Penn, it was clear from the uncontrolled nature of the writing: These are the two reasons why I will complete this book, but it's a bit of an annoying read because of the author's juvenille use of language. Harry Potter, there are three children, two boys who are best friends, and a girl who is a bit annoying because she is clever and serious - by the end, the boys grudgingly give her credit for her good ideas as she helps them on their quest so much), the idea that organizes the quest that the three children go on to reach the Shadows is a good one, and I want to finally meet the Night Witch. With only his village's terrifying, ancient stories as a guide, and his two friends Engle and Melda by his side, Tor must travel across unpredictable Emblem Island, filled with wicked creatures he only knows through myths, in a race against his dwindling lifeline.ĭespite the fact that it is relying heavily on other children's literature (e.g.

There is only one way to break the curse, and it requires a trip to the notorious Night Witch. The next morning Tor wakes up to discover a new marking on his skin.the symbol of a curse that has shortened his lifeline, giving him only a week before an untimely death. So, on the annual New Year's Eve celebration, where Emblemites throw their wishes into a bonfire in the hopes of having them granted, Tor wishes for a different power. But he hates his mark and is determined to choose a different path for himself. Twelve-year-old Tor Luna was born with a leadership emblem, just like his mother. Their lifelines show the course of their life and an emblem dictates how they will spend it. On Emblem Island all are born knowing their fate.

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