Saturday, March 29, 2014

#DWJMarch: Book Highlight -- The Game


The Game
2007
Fantasy/Mythology

Hayley lives with her Grandma and Grandad because she is an orphan. Grandma is overly strict and controlling but, if she finds him alone, Grandad will usually teach her about "forbidden" things like the solar system and cartoons. One day, he tells her about the most forbidden topic of all -- the mythosphere. This is a network of strands that circle the Earth and contain the various myths from human culture. Strands grow thick when similar myths are combined by topic. Then one day, Hayley meets a man who takes her for a walk on one of these strands. This opens up a new world to her and she is happy. Unfortunately, her grandma doesn't see this as a good thing and banishes her to an aunt's home in Scotland. As a stopping point, Hayley visits another aunt in Ireland. Here she finds a troop of cousins and she joins them in a secret game played in the mythosphere. Apparently, this is the true home of her family and Hayley soon learns that there is much more to her history than she ever knew.


Reviews

Charlotte's Library, August 2010
Here There Be Books, March 2013
Iris On Books, January 2013
Tif Talks Books, April 2012
We Be Reading, August 2009

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2 comments:

  1. I love the black and white cover so much better than the other one!

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    1. Oh, me too. I unfortunately own the bottom one and regularly consider replacing it.

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