Review: Enchanting mystery
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 23, 2012
When Kynan's parents tell him of their impending divorce he is angry and hurt and wants to lash out. His first reaction is to make mischief at a shrine on an annual school trip the very next day. But before he and his best friend Michael get the chance, a priest approaches him and utters a strange message in Gaelic that Kynan cannot understand. Fortunately, their classmate, Briana, overhears the message and translates: "he who holds the sacred ring from hate to love the will bring." Is it possible that this ring might save his parent's marriage?An investigation that starts at the school library eventually leads the trio to the northern coast of Ireland to the archives of a church to a map and finally to an uncharted cave.The story is full of adventure and mystery and danger. Kynan and Michael and Briana are well rounded and bursting with character. I was engaged from the moment I read the first page. Although the book is categorized as teen fiction, it is certainly likely to engage upper middle grade readers as well.