| Title | : | The Translucent Boy and the Girl Who Dreamed She Could Fly: A thrilling YA coming of age interdimensional adventure |
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| ISBN | : | 1736281666 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781736281666 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 253 |
| Publication | : | Published January 23, 2022 |
The Translucent Boy barely survives a nocturnal encounter with a terrifying ancient apparition. Silas falls for Emmeline, a disabled girl with a secret otherworldly life. A mysterious old woman being held prisoner at the Shady Pines Retirement Facility reveals an astonishing secret to Sephie, helping them locate the infamous stolen Spike of Odysseus.
The four friends set off on a mind boggling mythological quest to the Plane of Percupio to return the stolen spike and bring Emmeline’s brother back from the Land of the Dead. But first they must wake the sleeping fisherman, outwit sinister Madam Malitia, and find Charon the Ferryman on the River Styx.
The Translucent Boy and the Girl Who Dreamed She Could Fly: A thrilling YA coming of age interdimensional adventure Reviews
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Imagine an irreverent modern-day Homer playfully updating ancient myths and creating new ones on his computer somewhere in Alaska. This is how I picture Tom Hoffman, author of the popular Orville Mouse and Translucent Boy series. Hoffman’s latest adventure, (…the girl who dreamed she could fly), features a misfit band of undercover superhero kids from assorted planets with stealth gifts, such as the ability to materialize thoughts, block memory, fly, and figure out how to bring home a boy from the Land of the Dead.
Hoffman’s forte is his ability to convert the heaviest, most existential of human issues into digestible, sassy dialogue that is bound to delight tweens and adults equally. Like his other books, …the girl who dreamed she could fly updates classical mythology with modern dialect and references to real quantum physics and the possibilities inherent in the zero-point field. The hair-raising situations his heroes find themselves in on different planes of existence are among the most imaginative I have read in contemporary literature. (Ex: a souvenir shop on the banks of the River Styx! Come on!)
If you want your kids to laugh out loud while learning lessons of compassion and collaboration alongside the science of quantum potential, buy this book.
