  | Trap (Magnificent 12) Author: Grant, Michael | |
| Price: $21.88 | ||
Summary:
Mack MacAvoy, an average-seeming twelve-year-old boy who happens to have special powers, travels to China in an effort to assemble an elite team of his peers to help him thwart the evil Pale Queen.
| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: MG Reading Level: 4.80 Points: 7.0 Quiz: 146437 |
Common Core Standards
Grade 4 → Reading → RL Literature → 4.RL Key Ideas & Details
Grade 4 → Reading → RL Literature → 4.RL Range of Reading & Level of Text Complexity
Grade 4 → Reading → RL Literature → 4.RL Craft & Structure
Grade 4 → Reading → RL Literature → 4.RL Integration & Knowledge of Ideas
Grade 4 → Reading → RL Literature → Texts Illustrating the Complexity, Quality, & Rang
Grade 5 → Reading → RL Literature → 5.RL Key Ideas & Details
Grade 5 → Reading → RL Literature → 5.RL Integration & Knowledge of Ideas
Grade 5 → Reading → RL Literature → 5.RL Range of Reading & Level of Text Complexity
Grade 5 → Reading → RL Literature → Texts Illustrating the Complexity, Quality, & Rang
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (07/15/11)
School Library Journal (03/01/12)
Booklist (08/01/11)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 08/01/2011 Assemble the Twelve!! Time is shooooort!!! So froths ancient and histrionic wizard Grimluk to multiphobic middle-schooler Mack in this second episode of the Magnificent 12 series. How short? Mack has but 35 more days to find 11 other preteens who, gifted with hard-to-say-with-a-straight-face enlightened puissance, can together prevent the world-destroying Pale Queen from escaping 3,000 years of imprisonment. Bringing his total of kids up to 3 requires journeying from Australia to Beijing, Germany to Stonehenge—facing angry Norse gods, leprous pygmies, and other threats ghastly or just gross in this above-average quest fantasy. - Copyright 2011 Booklist.
School Library Journal - 03/01/2012 Gr 3–6—In this well-written and hilarious sequel to The Call (HarperCollins, 2010), 12-year-old Mack MacAvoy's destiny as leader of the Magnificent Twelve, aka the "Magnifica," takes him to China, Germany, and a rundown Asgard. He is on a mission to gather the rest of the Twelve and stop the dreaded Pale Queen from escaping her 3000-year imprisonment and destroying the world. Risky, the Pale Queen's beautiful and dangerous daughter, and Paddy "Nine Iron" Trout are trying to stop him. Many of the same elements that made the first book such a success are still prevalent here. The action moves at a breakneck pace but never seems rushed. The characters are consistently entertaining and engaging. Grant knows when to dial down the humor and let the gravity of the plot take center stage. As with many other action adventures, some of the situations and dangers in this title come across as over the top, but the escapes work within the context of the story. Since Mack has only found fewer than half of the Magnifica and there are still 30-some-odd days before the Pale Queen escapes her bonds, this installation ends with plenty left for sequels to come. To help make the wait between books easier on his readers, Grant has established a website at that offers several features that are entertaining, informative, and interactive.—Erik Knapp, Davis Library, Plano, TX - Copyright 2012 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.
