The Mossheart's promise

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Title:

The Mossheart's promise

Author:

Mix, Rebecca, author.

Series:

Mossheart ;

Series Number:

Summary:

The mold takes all. Twelve-year-old fairy Canary Mossheart knows this better than most. A few years ago, the mold took her papa, and even her famous, former-chosen-one Gran never found a cure. So when Ary's beloved mama falls ill, Ary decides it's taken enough. Armed with only a bucket and a prayer, she sneaks out to find a magical, underground lake whose healing waters are straight out of Gran's adventures. But when Ary gets there, the lake's bone dry, and instead of healing waters, she finds a terrifying secret: Her entire world is actually trapped inside a giant terrarium--one they were meant to leave centuries ago. Worse, Gran knew and hid the truth, dooming Ary and her generation to a dying, rotting world. Now, allied with only her doomsday-obsessed frenemy, a timid pill bug, and a particularly grumpy newt, Ary has one week to unravel the clues and find a way out of the terrarium--or they'll be trapped for good. -- Amazon.

Audience:

Ages 8-12.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

421 pages : illustration, map ; 22 cm

Genre:

Fantasy fiction.

Action and adventure fiction.

Subject Term:

Fairies -- Juvenile fiction.

Magic -- Juvenile fiction.

Diseases -- Juvenile fiction.

Terrariums -- Juvenile fiction.

Secrecy -- Juvenile fiction.

Molds (Fungi) -- Juvenile fiction.

Publisher:

Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

Publication Date:

2023

ISBN:

9780063254053

Publication Information:

New York : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]

Call Number:

J MIX

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From New York Times bestselling YA author Rebecca Mix comes the first book in a breathtaking middle grade fantasy duology about a young fairy who has always lived in her heroic grandmother's shadow but now must step up and embark on a quest to save her mother from the ever-creeping mold overtaking their world. Perfect for readers who loved Brandon Mull's Fablehaven, The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau, and Endling: The Last by Katherine Applegate.

The mold takes all.

Twelve-year-old fairy Canary Mossheart knows this better than most. A few years ago, the mold took her papa, and even her famous, former-chosen-one Gran never found a cure. So when Ary's beloved mama falls ill, Ary decides it's taken enough. Armed with only a bucket and a prayer, she sneaks out to find a magical, underground lake whose healing waters are straight out of Gran's adventures.

But when Ary gets there, the lake's bone dry, and instead of healing waters, she finds a terrifying secret: Her entire world is actually trapped inside a giant terrarium--one they were meant to leave centuries ago. Worse, Gran knew and hid the truth, dooming Ary and her generation to a dying, rotting world.

Now, allied with only her doomsday-obsessed frenemy, a timid pill bug, and a particularly grumpy newt, Ary has one week to unravel the clues and find a way out of the terrarium--or they'll be trapped for good. .

Reviews (2)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 5 Up--Twelve-year-old Ary Mossheart lives life like any fairy, but when her mother starts to get sick from mold, she must find a cure for her. She goes on a journey of self-discovery and understands that the past has played a big hand in events she's had to face. With the help of some friends and her courage, she undertakes an impossible task of finding a new path for her and her people, leading with empathy and strength. This coming-of-age story, perfect for middle graders, shows how kids have to live with the mistakes of previous generations. Ary learns to take a stand for change, even if that means others will not follow. VERDICT Flowing with imaginative characters against the odds of natural disasters, privileges, and past generational mistakes, this book will show young readers how empathy for others can make strong positive changes.--BreAnn Weeks

Publisher's Weekly Review

Like all fairies of Terra--the terrarium where the Gardener once placed fairies for safety--12-year-old Canary "Ary" Mossheart grew up hearing the legend of her heroic grandmother saving the town from plague 50 years earlier. Now, though, food has become scarce, and her grandmother can save the residents from neither growing darkness nor creeping rot. To help keep the decaying community alive, Ary scrapes mold and, like other fairies, prepares to sacrifice her wings, which will be ground into a magical dust that helps the community. When her beloved mother is struck with the deadly mold, usually timid Ary sets out to find a cure, accompanied by irritating, wingless Owl, who believes Terra is dying, and a taciturn pill bug named Shrimp. As Ary makes her way underground, she discovers cracks in everything she thought she knew about Terra--and her Gran. Boasting rich, confident worldbuilding and complex interspecies relations in a starkly rendered setting, this stirring middle grade debut from Mix (The Ones We Burn) passionately explores the courage it takes to lead with empathy and to become a hero in the face of older generations' failures. Characters are described as having various skin tones. Ages 8--12. Agent: Jim McCarthy, Dystel, Goderich & Bourret. (Sept.)