Description
Praise for JAKE & THE GIANT "I didn't think this would top book 1, but it did!!! (...) This was an entertaining, laugh out loud, engaging and engrossing read. Right from the start you are pulled into a land of myth and legend, of magic and mayhem and a land that you will fall in love with." -Amazon Reviewer"I just love this book. Harry potter meets steampunk and mythology of the ancient world." -Amazon Reviewer"Well written and just plain fun." -Amazon Reviewer"Ja! Whether the reader is 8 or 80, this is a great book to tickle the fancy of we Norsk, followers of Atticus O'Sullivan, Harry Dresden, or George R. R. Martin (...) for all of the fascinating places and personages met here." -Amazon Reviewer"I love the involvement of the Norse mythology into the book. It was just smashing." -Amazon Reviewer E.G. FOLEY is the pen name of an American husband-and-wife writing duo. He's the "E" (Eric - a former middle school teacher) and she's the "G" (Gael - a New York Times , USA Today , & Publisher's Weekly bestselling author). They are the authors of the pulse-pounding middle grade fantasy series, The Gryphon Chronicles , about a twelve-year-old orphan living on the streets of Victorian London who discovers he is the long-lost heir of an aristocratic family with magical powers.
Features & Highlights
- NY Times
- Bestselling Author E.G. Foley brews up a magical potion for fantasy readers of all ages!
- Take a dash of Harry Potter and a splash of Oliver Twist, add a pinch of steampunk and a sprinkle of Victorian fairy lore, and what do you get? The Gryphon Chronicles! A rollicking fantasy adventure series that's as much fun for grownups as it is for kids.
- Big Trouble...
- Reunited with his aristocratic magical relatives, and finally getting used to his supernatural powers, orphaned ex-pickpocket Jake Everton, the young Lord Griffon, travels on his first-ever holiday to beautiful Norway. There, at the amazing Invention Convention, his cousin Archie, the boy genius, plans to unveil his marvelous new flying machine to the scientific world. But legends of the Viking Age die hard in Scandinavia.Danger strikes as famous Victorian scientists start mysteriously disappearing. When Archie vanishes, too, Jake races to the rescue. With the help of his trusty pet Gryphon, he tracks the kidnapper to his lair, only to come face-to-face with - an angry Norse giant!From the whimsical steampunk oddities of the Invention Convention to wondrous worlds of Norse mythology, join Jake and his friends on a giant-sized adventure full of hair-raising dangers and big laughs!
- The Gryphon Chronicles Series:
- 1) THE LOST HEIR2) JAKE & THE GIANT3) THE DARK PORTAL3.5) THE GINGERBREAD WARS4) RISE OF ALLIES5) SECRETS OF THE DEEP6) THE BLACK FORTRESS7) THE DRAGON LORD8) THE SORCERER'S ARMY
