She is the best at everything but still has doubts and feels like an insider, that is until she meets a boy in a museum and her whole life is turned upside down. In book one, we meet Sophie Foster, a girl who has never fit in, both in her personal/family life and at school. Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger is the first book in a 9-book middle grade fantasy series. In this page-turning debut, Shannon Messenger creates a riveting story where one girl must figure out why she is the key to her brand-new world before the wrong person finds the answer first. Sophie has new rules to learn and new skills to master, and not everyone is thrilled that she has come “home.” There are secrets buried deep in Sophie’s memory-secrets about who she really is and why she was hidden among humans-that other people desperately want. In the blink of an eye, Sophie is forced to leave behind everything and start a new life in a place that is vastly different from anything she has ever known. She discovers there’s a place she does belong, and that staying with her family will place her in grave danger. It’s a talent she’s never known how to explain.Įverything changes the day she meets Fitz, a mysterious boy who appears out of nowhere and also reads minds. She’s a Telepath-someone who hears the thoughts of everyone around her. Twelve-year-old Sophie Foster has a secret.

I bought the second book in the series straight after I finished it and I hope to pick it up soon.

I loved this book and had so much fun reading it with our wonderful members. Today I’m bringing you a very long-awaited review for the September BOTM for the Middle Grade Marvels book club I co-host with Holly and Noly! I was so glad that we chose this book for September, I had it on my list for quite a long time and I knew it was a massive series that got a lot of hype. “I would rather be punished for making the right decision than live with the guilt of making the wrong one for the rest of my life.” – Keeper of the Lost Cities Published: 2 nd of October 2012 – Aladdin

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