  | Shadowghast (Legends of Eerie-on-Sea) Author: Taylor, Thomas | |
| Price: $21.88 | ||
Summary:
While other towns celebrate Halloween, in Eerie-on-Sea it's Ghastly Night, and a grim spirit in a lantern awaits its moment. Legend says that if people fail to light manglewick candles on Ghastly Night, and if no showman conjures shadow puppets on the pier as an offering, the insulted Shadowghast will seize and devour the shadows of the living. When a magician from a theater group claims to know Herbie's origins and citizens start disappearing, Herbie and Violet must separate truth from tricks.
| Illustrator: | Booth, Tom |
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| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: MG Reading Level: 5.40 Points: 10.0 Quiz: 514501 |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (08/15/21)
School Library Journal (09/01/21)
Booklist (09/01/21)
Full Text Reviews:
School Library Journal - 09/01/2021 Gr 5 Up—As the residents of Eerie-on-Sea anticipate Ghastly Night, their Halloween tradition, a troupe of entertainers arrive, led by the beautiful magician Caliastra, who claims to be Herbie Lemon's aunt and the lone survivor of the shipwreck that orphaned him and washed him ashore in a lemon crate. But Herbie's spunky friend Violet and his guardian, Lady Kraken, owner of the Grant Nautilus Hotel, where Herbie is the Lost-and-Founder, question the truth of Caliastra's claim. The magician is in possession of the magic lantern, which releases the Shadowghast, a ghost that absorbs shadows and makes their owners unwilling subjects of a sinister and mysterious Puppet Master. When Violet's guardian Jenny and eccentric beachcomber Mrs. Flotsam go missing, Herbie and Violet embark on a mission to find their friends and discover the deep secret of Eerie-on-Sea. Filled with all of the exciting twists, delicious humor, vivid characterization, and visual description of other books in the series (Malamander, Gargantis), readers will relish this third foray into the unique town and its memorable inhabitants. Herbie is cued as white. VERDICT Another imaginative winner in the series that will appeal to all readers.—Marie Orlando, formerly at Suffolk Coop. Lib. Syst., Bellport, NY - Copyright 2021 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.
Booklist - 09/01/2021 In this third spooky episode set in the aptly named Eerie-On-Sea (Malamander, 2019; Gargantis, 2020) parentless foundling Herbert Lemon and his intrepid (and likewise parentless) friend, Violet Parma, find themselves defending everyone in town from a demon that robs people of their will by snatching their shadows. Along with tucking in atmospheric details like a dragon-headed magic lantern and mysterious “manglewick” candles, Taylor trots in a glamorous visiting magician and her entourage (who are plainly up to no good), sends his young sleuths skittering through dark rooms and underground passages, and winds events up to a frantic climax in a dusty theater where the townsfolk have gathered for a Ghastly Night puppet show on Halloween. Alongside Booth's occasional accompanying creepy illustrations (not seen in finished form), the author hits all the right notes for readers who delight in having (as Herbert puts it) their “niblets go knobbly.” - Copyright 2021 Booklist.
