Review: Great Fantasy Adventure for older kids. Great start to the series.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 20, 2013
Kristina doesn’t fit in with the kids at her school, usually finding herself tormented. She spends much of her time alone or with her rat, Raymond. Today is the last day of school before Christmas vacation. On the way out the door, Kristina’s teacher, Miss Hensley, gives her a Christmas present, an old hat box. On the way home, a cruel game of keep away ensues. Then Kristina learns that another unpleasant girl will be babysitting her.After all the drama of the day, Kristina goes to be just to be woken by a humming sound. She is then transported to Bernovem. The silver ball in the hatbox is the Magic Warble, which is destined to restore the rightful king and queen to the throne. Since Kristina is the one that was selected, she is the one that has to put the warble back in its place. But this is not going to be an easy trip. Everyone that has touched the hat box will be transported to Bernovem and will have a role in the quest to put the Warble back in its place.This is not going to be easy since the current queen is horrid and plans on staying in control one way or another. Her zelbocks are hunting Kristina down and she has no problem tricking the other kids into helping her to keep in control of Bernovem. But Kristina has help from prince Werrien and those that believe that the Magic Warble will be returned.I really liked this story. There was action and adventure and you didn’t know what was going to happen next. I felt for Kristina not being popular and I cheered for her every step of the adventure. I didn’t like Graham, Hester, and Davina but I am curious to see if Graham will have some connection in the next book.This is a great book that mid-grade readers and everyone else will enjoy reading. I strongly recommend getting this book.