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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2009
Gr 4-8 In this first volume of a trilogy set in an alternate world, the ancient Kushan Empire, stretching from northern India to western China, still exists in 1941 and has loaned its most precious archaeological treasures to a museum in San Francisco. Recalling Phillip Pullman's Oxford, Yep creates a recognizable but startling city peopled with sprites, trolls, imps, and pixies, a place where magic and technology coexist. The main characters assemble at an official ceremony opening the exhibition: Scirye, aristocratic daughter of a ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
A dragon attacks a museum exhibit in a magical alternate San Francisco, circa 1941. Three children, a miniature griffin,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
