The Lifters
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- £7.99
Publisher Description
What if nothing was as it seemed? What if the ground beneath your feet had been hollowed into hundreds of tunnels and passageways? What if there were mysterious forces in these tunnels? What if it were up to twelve-year-old Gran Flowerpetal to stop these forces?
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After his father is offered a new job, 12-year-old Granite Flowerpetal and his family move into the house built by Granite's great-great-grandfather in the "hilly hamlet" of Carousel. Since its famous carousel factory shut down, the town has seen better days. Neighbors squabble over local ordinances and there's a general malaise in the air. Still, Granite looks forward to a fresh start at a new school, where he plans to try out his new nickname, Gran "easily understood, easily spelled." His outspoken classmate, Catalina Catalan, however, questions his choice of moniker: "Don't you realize Gran sounds like you're a grandmother?" Content with just being noticed, Gran considers Catalina a potential friend, and when he sees her open a doorway in a hillside, he joins her in a secret, underground mission. In his latest offering for young readers, Eggers (Her Right Foot) successfully blends the real and the fantastic in unexpected ways as Gran and Catalina face a mysterious, hurricane-like force that thrives from their fellow townspeople's sadness and fear. Black-and-white drawings by Renier (Spiral-Bound) lend a retro storybook feel to this cozy contemporary novel about lifting spirits and rebuilding community through teamwork and imagination. Ages 8 12. Author's)
