A fourteen-year-old boy is pulled into another world and learns he has a part to play in the fate of many worlds
A doorway to another world
Bobby Pendragon is an ordinary fourteen-year-old from Connecticut with a family, a dog called Marley and a place on the school basketball team. Then one evening his uncle Press arrives and asks Bobby to come with him. Before he knows it, Bobby has stepped through a strange tunnel called a flume and arrived in Denduron, a primitive, dangerous world very far from home.
Who will enjoy it
Readers aged about ten to fourteen who enjoy fast, exciting adventures across other worlds with an ordinary hero who must find courage.
What you will get
A fast, exciting adventure that sweeps an ordinary boy into a strange world, with battles, mysteries and the start of a big series.
The Merchant of Death Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Children’s Books · Other worlds · Quest · Uncle and nephew
Length
384 pages · ≈ 11 h
More about this book
Bobby learns that he is a Traveler, one of a group of people with the power to move between worlds, called territories, and to help them at turning points in their history. On Denduron, the poor Milago people are forced to dig a precious mineral for their rulers, and a shape-shifting villain is pushing the world toward disaster. With the help of a fierce warrior named Loor, Bobby must overcome his fear and play his part.
Part of the story is told through the journals Bobby sends home to his best friends, Mark and Courtney, whose own chapters show them reading his adventures in secret. This gives the book a lively mix of voices and a strong sense of mystery about what happened to Bobby's family. There are battles, explosions and some dangerous moments, but the violence is not graphic. The book sets up a much larger story.
Exciting and imaginative, the first of ten Pendragon books, followed by The Lost City of Faar. Readers who enjoy it will find each new book taking Bobby to a very different world. About 384 pages in the Aladdin paperback.
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