  | Gargantis (Legends of Eerie-on-Sea) Author: Taylor, Thomas | |
| Price: $21.88 | ||
Summary:
Herbert and Violet team up to find the rightful owner of a strange ancient bottle that washed up on the shores of their town as an epic storm builds up in the skies. As they try to figure out a link between the bottle and the storm, they come face-to-face with a monster of nightmarish proportions.
| Illustrator: | Booth, Tom |
Download a Teacher's Guide| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: MG Reading Level: 5.30 Points: 9.0 Quiz: 508633 |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (+) (03/01/20)
School Library Journal (05/01/20)
Booklist (03/15/20)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/06/20)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 03/15/2020 In this sequel to Malamander (2019), young (supposed) orphan Herbert Lemon is tasked with saving his town of Eerie-On-Sea and another terrifying but vulnerable sea monster. Being in charge of the Lost and Foundery at the Grand Nautilus Hotel, Herbert is used to receiving the odd “false nostril or bloodstained candlestick.” But the arrival of a mysterious bottle with a sprightning trapped inside (think Tinkerbell with an electric charge) tests the limit of his determination to reunite lost items with their owners—because the sprightning has been stolen from Gargantis, a humongous flying storm-fish whose restless searches are subjecting the town to an escalating series of destructive gales and wall-cracking stormquakes. Fortunately, Herbert has several allies, notably pushy but clever Violet Parma and Clermit, a small but well-armed clockwork hermit crab, to help him quiet the monster but keep it alive. Said quest bears fruit, but only at the climax of a suspenseful narrative awash in old legends, secret codes, strange local characters, and hints of startling revelations to come. Finished illustrations not seen. - Copyright 2020 Booklist.
Booklist - 03/15/2020 - Copyright 2020 Booklist.
School Library Journal - 05/01/2020 Gr 5–7—In the opening scene of this sequel to Malamander, a dark and stormy night brings a sinister new guest to the Grand Nautilus Hotel who delivers a strange object to Lost-and-Founder Herbie Lemon—a spiky mechanical shell which scuttles about and plays a sea shanty. This launches Herbie and his spunky friend Violet on a perilous adventure. When a fish-shaped bottle with a mysterious light inside washes up on the beach at Eerie-by-the Sea, it is left in Herbie's care since both Mrs. Flotsam and Dr. Thalassi claim it for their respective enterprises. In pursuit of a fair decision as to who should have it, the young sleuths find themselves on a wild boat journey to find the source of a violent storm, personified as Gargantis, which is threatening the life of the town. Vividly drawn characters and setting, delicious humor, and Herbie's intimate second-person voice contribute to a thoroughly enjoyable story with many twists and turns—though Malamander readers might wish for a few more clues as to how Herbie came to wash up onshore in a lemon crate as a child and just what happened to Violet's parents who were somehow lost at sea. Black-and-white illustrations and a map appear liberally throughout. VERDICT Readers will gobble up this supernatural seaside adventure and eagerly await the next in the series.—Marie Orlando, formerly at Suffolk Cooperative Library System, Bellport, NY - Copyright 2020 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.
