The Secret Country

By Johnson, Jane & Stower, Adam

Publishers Summary:
Ben wants a Mongolian Fighting Fish more than anything. But when he goes to Mr. Dodds's Pet Emporium with his hard-earned savings, he buys a cat instead. He didn't have a choice, really. The cat insisted. Iggy (as the tabby likes to be called) has been kidnapped from his home, a parallel world known as the SecretCountry. And as the two soon discover, Iggy is not the only animal to fall victim to the pet-store owner's devious scheme: Mr. Dodds is stealing the Secret Country'smagical creatures and selling them to England's rich and curious. Away from their homeland, the imported dragons,wood sprites, unicorns, and saber-toothed tigers are rapidly becoming sick.The welfare of every creature with any connection to the Secret Country is under immediate threat. What's more, it seems Ben's mother is their long-lost queen. With his mother's life hanging in the balance, it's up to Ben to play his part in an ancient prophecy and prove he's worthyof the title Prince of Eidolon.

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ISBN
978-1-41690-712-1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on April 1, 2006

Gr 4-7 When a talking cat convinces Ben to purchase it from Mr. Dodds's Pet Emporium, the boy has no idea what adventures await him. Except for his one green and one brown eye, Ben seems a perfectly normal child with two sisters, a journalist father, and a mysteriously ailing mother. After a unicorn turns up at a cricket match and a wood-sprite appears in his garden, Ben finds himself enmeshed in the fate of Eidolon, the Secret Country. As each chapter unfolds, the mythic significance of seemingly ordinary ev...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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