Brandon Mull's most recent book, Beyonders: A World without Heroes was a fun and exciting read! The story gets started with a bang. Jason, a typical 13 year old (although a very studious one) hears a strange sound and is mysteriously pulled through a hippo into another world. Immediately he sees a crowd gathering because a group of musicians are on a raft speeding towards a waterfall...and certain death. Rather than simply watch in horror, Jason decides to try to rescue them.In each chapter of the book we find Jason meeting another strange character in this new land. Although he wants more than anything to get back home again, he puts aside his own wishes because he sees others in need, and he has perhaps the only way to save them.
The chapters are short, and in each chapter Jason and Rachel (another Beyonder who arrived about the same time Jason did) must solve some clues in order to find another syllable in the word that can overthrow the wicked ruler. Rather than give up and take the easy way out, Jason and Rachel locate all of the syllables and prepare to....WAIT! I can't tell you any more!
As seems to be happening more and more lately, I reached the exciting conclusion of the book only to find that there is a huge cliffhanger and the story will continue in the next book...which won't be out until spring, 2012! The only good thing about that is that this will give you plenty of time to get it read before the sequel is published. If you haven't been to Brandon Mull's website, be sure you visit that as well: http://brandonmull.com/site/archives/298.
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