The Rise of the Black Wolf (Grey Griffins, Book 2)
Grade 5–8—InThe Revenge of the Shadow King(Scholastic, 2005), the Grey Griffins had to work together to save their hometown, Avalon, and the rest of the world from certain annihilation at the hands of Morgan Le Fey. This time, the four friends travel to Scotland where they…have to save the world from certain annihilation at the hands of Morgan Le Fey. Narratives that would be fun with groups of friends in role-playing games come across here as trite and contrived. The surfeit of strung-together clichés and hyperbole stifles the story so much that it becomes practically unreadable.—Farida S. Dowler, Mercer Island Library, WACopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.