Blood Ties (Spirit Animals Series #3)

by Garth Nix, Sean Williams

Overview

The adventure continues in this third book in the New York Times bestselling series.

Erdas is a land of balance. A rare link, the spirit animal bond, bridges the human and animal worlds. Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan each have this gift-and the grave responsibility that comes with it.

But the Conquerors are trying to destroy this balance. They're swallowing whole cities in their rush for power-including Meilin's home. Fed up with waiting and ready to fight, Meilin has set off into enemy territory with her spirit animal, a panda named Jhi. Her friends aren't far behind . . . but they're not the only ones.

The enemy is everywhere.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780545599733
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	03/25/2014
Series:	Spirit Animals Series , #3
Edition description:	Library Edition
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Garth Nix is the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of the Seventh Tower series, as well as the acclaimed novels SABRIEL, LIRAEL, and ABHORSEN. He lives in Sydney, Australia, with his wife and children.

NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Sean Williams lives in Adelaide, South Australia. He is the author of over sixty published short stories and twenty-two novels, and has written several novels in the Star Wars universe.

Editorial Reviews

Can Meilin and her friends locate the talismans and save their countryland? Blood Ties is the third book in the “Spirit of the Animals” series. Meilin, Conor, Tarik, Rollan, and Abeke each have a spirit animal that communicates with them and guides them. As the story develops, the chapters alternate between the travels of Meilin to the travels of her friends. Meilin and her friends search for her dad, General Teng. They have left their home because the enemy, the Conquerors, led by the Devourer, invaded it. Searching for talismans, which have special powers, this group hopes to use these talismans to defeat the Conquerors. The author skillfully weaves the story and builds suspension making the reader want to continue reading the story. Each character has unique and consistent personalities. This is a story readers will enjoy. Scholastic has created online supplemental materials, which include a teacher’s guide and aligns it with Common Core provisions. There is also an online game for this book, which allows the reader to create a character, to select a spirit animal and to participate in the effort to locate talismen and save the world. Reviewer: Jeanna Potts; Ages 8 to 13.

Children's Literature - Jeanna Potts

06/01/2014
Gr 1–3—In the third installment of this multiplatform fantasy adventure series, Nix and Williams team up to tell the story of Meilin and Jhi, her panda spirit animal, as they help her father defend her homeland of Zhong.

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