num_pages: 260
description: From the best-selling, award-winning author of FEED comes a fantastic, fun, and funny middle-grade adventure starring two of the most disarmingly deadpan boys you'll ever meetWhen Brian and Gregory receive an invitation to stay at a distant relative's strange manse . . . well, they should know better than to go, since this is a middle-grade adventure novel. But they go anyway. Why not? Once there, they stumble upon The Game of Sunken Places, a board game that mirrors a greater game for which they have suddenly became players. Soon the boys are dealing with attitudinal trolls, warring kingdoms, and some very starchy britches. Luckily, they have wit, deadpan observation, and a keen sense of adventure on their side.
language: English
title: The Game Of Sunken Places
titlecomplete: The Game Of Sunken Places (The Norumbegan Quartet)
characters: Brian Robere, Gregory (Norumbegan Quartet), Uncle Max
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Juvenile, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Childrens, Fantasy, Adventure, Novels
ratings_count: 1355
series: Norumbegan Quartet
publisher: Scholastic Press