![]() ![]() For years, no one knew or cared where he'd gone. The story is of an orphan named Thomas Warvold who wandered off from his hometown on his thirteenth birthday. During the ride, Alexa insists that the story of the walls that surround Bridewell and the cities around it be told to her. Alexa and her father, James Daley, are on the road to Bridewell from their hometown of Lathbury. The following chapter turns to an event that happened before Warvold's death. When the fable is finished, Alexa finds that Warvold is dead. During the stroll, Warvold tells Alexa a fable that he heard on one of his far-off journeys. The book starts by Alexa going on a walk through the streets of Bridewell with her adventurer friend Thomas Warvold. Summary ġ2-year-old Alexa Daley is spending another summer in Bridewell with her father, the Mayor of Lathbury. It is the first book in The Land of Elyon series, which focuses on the adventures of Alexa Daley, who is the daughter of Mr. Still, a trip with Alexa Daley through the Valley of Thorns is well worth the effort.The Dark Hills Divide is a children's fantasy and mystery novel by Patrick Carman. ![]() Although the resolution of this tale satisfies, it ends on a cliffhanger, leaving readers to wait in suspense for the story’s finale. Kirkus Reviews wrote "The plot takes off a lot faster than in the first installment, because Carman integrates the backstory as needed in the text, rather than allowing it to slow down the pace. The story ends as Roland Warvold, Thomas's brother, takes the troop (including Balmoral) on his ship, the Warwick Beacon, to sail the Lonely Sea. They send the tower crashing down, and Grindall threatens that if Alexa is not in Bridewell with the last Jocasta in five days, he will kill Yipes. Grindall and ten ogres escape with Yipes in their grasp. Then, they discover Renny and Thomas Warvold in the dungeons of the Dark Tower (Warvold later told them he faked his death). With the help of a rebellious Castalian villager named Balmoral, they form an army and defeat all but a few of the ogres. The two leaders, Piggott and Scroggs, agree to fight Grindall and the ogres. The group discovers two packs of dogs living in The City of Dogs, now an old dumping ground. He takes them across the deadly Valley of Thorns and into Castalia. The group discovers that one Seraph, Armon, has evaded Abaddon's infectious black swarm of bats for years and is the only remaining good giant. They also learn that one of a mystical ancient race, called Seraphs, became evil and has infected Grindall and the remaining Seraphs, now simply giants, with evil. Together they escape a massive black swarm of bats and reveal a secret: Warvold's wife, Renny, was carried off by a man named Victor Grindall and remains, alive, with him as he demands her to reveal the location of the last Jocasta. She does so, and Alexa and Yipes are joined on their journey by Odessa the wolf, Squire the hawk, Murphy he squirrel, and a former convict named John Christopher. Alexa is instructed to travel out over the Dark Hills, beyond the Valley of Thorns. ![]() But then, Yipes returns with a letter from Thomas Warvold. year has passed since her fateful adventure with the animals, and her Jocasta is as dull as ever. Summary Īlexa Daley returns in the second book in the series. Beyond the Valley of Thorns is a children's fantasy novel, the second book in Patrick Carman's series of novels, The Land of Elyon. ![]()
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