The Emerald Tablet will hook your middle grade science fiction lovers

Imagine spending the summer in school, but not just any school. Benjamin and his friend Andy are heading to eight weeks of summer school someplace that can only be reached by a teleporter hidden in his hallway.

P.J. Hoover has created an amazing world in The Emerald Tablet (The Forgotten Worlds), the first in a middle grade science fiction series. I had already read this book and loved it, but when I received the 2nd book in the series, The Navel of the World (The Forgotten Worlds, Book 2), I had to read this one again.

When Benjamin and Andy head off to summer school on the hidden continent of Lemuria, they learn they aren't human, but telegens, able to communicate via telepathy.

They always knew they were special, but when they arrive in Lemuria, they realize they're only normal. They meet friends who also have special talents, take classes where they learn everything from telegnosis to genetic engineering, and find out from an ancient relic known as the Emerald Tablet that the fate of the world rests on Benjamin's shoulders.

Benjamin's adventure is intertwined with science fiction, Greek mythology, and tons of imagination. He's continually tested as champion of the Emerald Tablet, and faces many mysteries along the way such as finding the keys of the hunter. Will Benjamin learn why he was chosen as an age old war rages on on against Atlantis?

You'll fall in love with each of the characters in this book and you'll also be surprised to find out who the villains are. I know I can't wait for The Necropolis coming Fall 2010.

Read my interview with P.J. Hoover

Additional Information:
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Blooming Tree Press; 1 edition (October 21, 2008)
ISBN-10: 1933767138
ISBN-13: 978-1933767130
Source of review copy: author

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