This book is amazing! So a quick overview: Sophie Foster is always trying to fit in, but she started hearing voices in her head since she was five (she realized that it was thoughts of other people), she was amazingly smart, and met a strange boy who also seemed to be able to do the same thing. Fitz. When Fitz finally got to Sophie, he told her who she was: an elf. She turns out to be an elf with amazing abilities. And now, she has to, after all her years of trying to fit in with the humans, she has to try to fit in with the elves. She learns a lot of things (such as the fact that pretty much all elves attend Foxfire, a beautiful amazing school with different curriculums than human schools, who turn out to all be wrong), one more terrifying than all the others. Someone is out there trying to kill her. How she could possibly survive? After all, she already has a lot of problems, where to live, how to do well in school, and a bunch of other things. So how does she manage to keep herself alive, and make friends and family in the process? Read the book to find out! I would recommend this book to readers around Middle School. Thanks!
Keeper of the Lost Cities
By Shannon Messenger
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 3 - 5 | n/a | 4.5 | 98578 |
In this riveting debut, a telepathic girl must figure out why she is the key to her brand-new world—before the wrong person finds the answer first.
Twelve-year-old Sophie has never quite fit into her life. She’s skipped multiple grades and doesn’t really connect with the older kids at school, but she’s not comfortable with her family, either. And Sophie has a secret—she’s a Telepath, someone who can read minds. But the day Sophie meets Fitz, a mysterious (and adorable) boy, she learns she’s not alone. He’s a Telepath too, and it turns out the reason she has never felt at home is that, well…she isn’t. Fitz opens Sophie’s eyes to a shocking truth, and almost instantly she is forced to leave behind her family for a new life in a place that is vastly different from what she has ever known.
But Sophie still has secrets, and they’re buried deep in her memory for good reason: The answers are dangerous and in high-demand. What is her true identity, and why was she hidden among humans? The truth could mean life or death—and time is running out.
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I loved this book! The whole series was amazing too. I read this in a day. I don't know how anyone could not like this Keeper of the Lost Cities. Everyone should read it, and lucky for us there is seven more after it! (And maybe more after that!!!!!)
WOW... just WOW.
Sophie Foster is a Genius who doesn't fit in. At twelve years old, she is already preparing for college, do to her Photographic memory. She also guards a dangerous secret: ever since she fell and hit her head when she was five she has been able to hear other people's thoughts. Then she meets Fitz, a boy who can read minds and claims he's an elf and that Sophie is too- and that she doesn't belong in the human world. But as Sophie settles into her new life she uncovers messages and clues from a mysterious group called the Black Swan, and she realizes that even among her own kind she might not be as normal as she thought.
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The best book ever
This has got to be the best book I've ever read! Very compelling and mysterious, yet still humorous. A must read!
One of the best books I've ever read!!
Amazing book.full of right scoop of action, adventures , fantasy, plot twists , all with whipped cream and a cherry topped to show how awesome this book is. Seriously read this and you won’t regret it.
Team Foster-Keefe !!!!! The ship has officially set sail!
shannon messenger is just so talented with words, and i cannot wait for the next book! i love sophie and her character (sophitzzzzzz) and how she can play such a powerful part in her world.