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Now Jack and the butt-kicking, sword-wielding Esme must contend with floating sharks, intelligent jelly, oversized centipedes, gladiator pits, and vomiting bats, all for the sake of saving Charlie from the Scourge.
And, hopefully, saving the universe from total and utter annihilation.
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Release date
October 10, 2006 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9780739348376
- File size: 401854 KB
- Duration: 13:57:11
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Languages
- English
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Levels
- ATOS Level: 5.4
- Lexile® Measure: 720
- Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
- Text Difficulty: 3
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Reviews
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Sterling narration by John Lee yanks teen listeners immediately into this powerful story told by a young man who watches his best mate, Charlie, become overwhelmed and ultimately devoured by a nearly invincible demon. Once Jack realizes what's at stake, he and Esmé, a beautiful and talented girl raised to meet this challenge, must do all they can to save the world. Lee's voice fairly drips with evil and scorn when the demon speaks. Yet he also manages to imbue Jack with the halting confusion and awe a teenager would feel as he watches the tattoo-like demon slowly gain control over his friend. D.G. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine -
Starred review from December 11, 2006
Lee possesses some of the weary working-class grandeur of Michael Caine, shading his reading of Enthoven's debut fantasy novel set in London and the underworld with the occasional broad mannerism, and raising his voice to a goblet-shattering screech for emphasis. Lee is innovative in his voicings, though; he provides some of the slinkier, more seductive characters in Enthoven's book with a baritone boom that will rumble speakers, and other characters banter agreeably with a delicate chirp. This tale of two boys swept up in an ancient secret mingles the magical and the mundane, and Lee superbly handles both elements of the book, comfortably portraying British boys and age-old demons. His performance summons the grandeur of both London and Hell itself, and more than adequately fleshes out Enthoven's characters in all their multifariousness. Lee is a narrator to watch. Ages 9-up.
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