“The Land of Elyon” series

by Patrick Carman

1. The Dark Hills Divide
2. Beyond the Valley of Thorns
3. The Tenth City
4. Stargazer

Fun, easy to read fantasy/mystery stories.

Recommended age: 10 – 12; 12 – 14.

Fearing monsters in the land, Warvold built walls around and between the  four cities of the land of Elyon.   But, doing this caused hardship to the animals of the land, and there were dangers he did not anticipate.   In the first book, Alexa, who has always wanted to know what existed outside the walls, ventures out when the opportunity presents itself one day.   There she learns of a great danger to the people of the land of Elyon.  In the second book, Alexa is summoned by a letter from Warvold, written before he died, calling her to come and defeat a new threat — giant ogres oppressing a far-away town.   The third book carries on where the second leaves off.   The fourth book follows Alexa on a new adventure as she helps to rescue the people of the five pillars from an evil waiting for them in the Lonely Sea.

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