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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 2009
Gr 4-6 This tale begins with a mysterious blue-jeweled shoe and centers on the adventures of 13-year-old Hap Barlow, who gets imprisoned and is part of a slave revolt, and ends with the mystery of the shoe solved and a lesson on how not to mistreat the Earth. Elflike creatures called Aukis once lived freely on Mount Xexnax, but now it is a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
Hap Barlo is apprentice to a poor shoemaker. A mysterious figure commissions a blue-jewel-encrusted shoe, setting off a chain of ev...Log In or Sign Up to Read More