Author: Anne Nesbet
Publisher: HarperCollins, 2012.
Pages: 272 p
Source: VOYA
Compensation: None
“It was his own grandmother who fed Henri-Pierre to the
Cabinet of Earths, long ago when he was only four.” Anne Nesbet’s fantasy novel
instantly hooks readers with this opening line and keeps them engaged
throughout the entire story. Although it opens up with poor Henri’s tale,
thirteen-year-old Maya and her five-year-old brother James take center stage
when they move to Paris and discover the Cabinet of Earths and its sinister
secrets. Henri’s ancestors found a way to merge science and magic and to use
that merger to achieve immortality, but at a terrible cost. Maya has enough on
her plate, dealing with her mother’s cancer, homesickness, and jealousy, but
the Cabinet of Earths chooses her as its next keeper. She must decide between
saving her mother’s life and doing what she knows is right.
Nesbet has written a unique, interesting fantasy with just
enough suspense to keep readers turning the page long into the night. The
language is descriptive and lively; the Cabinet of Earths and the mysterious
Henri-Pierre’s house leap off the pages. Fantasy readers of all ages will enjoy
this story, especially middle school students.
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