Interest Level:
6-8
Lexile Framework:
620L
Grade Level Equivalent:
6.1
Guided Reading Level:
W
Age:
12-18
Genre:
Adventure, Fables, Folk Tales and Myths, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Series
Subject:
Courage, Bravery, Heroism, Confronting and Resolving Fears, Friends and Friendship, Ghosts, Monsters, Vampires, Witches, Magic and Supernatural
There is a place that shouldn't exist — but does. There are creatures that shouldn't exist — but do. Welcome to a land where all of your dreams and nightmares are very real — and often deadly. Welcome to Everworld.
David's life was pretty normal. School. Friends. Girlfriend. Actually, Senna was probably the oddest aspect of his life. She was beautiful. Smart. But there was something very different about her. Something strange. And on the day it began, everything happened so quickly. One moment, Senna was with him. The next, she was swallowed up by the earth. Her screams echoing from far, far away. David couldn't just let her go. Neither could the others. His friends — and hers. So, they followed. And found themselves in a world they never could have imagined. Now they have to find Senna and get home without losing their lives. Or their minds. Or both . . .
The creator of Animorphs has brought fans an incredible fantasy series featuring a parallel universe in which mythology becomes reality. The five teens who find themselves trapped there must battle to return — or die.
Praise for Search for Senna
"With a seemingly boundless capacity for imagination and humor, the author of the Animorphs series takes older readers on a journey to a bizarre world, where elements of the past coexist with the fantastical, in this first volume of the Everworld series.
"Applegate conjures a thrilling land inhabited by trolls, a gigantic snake "the size of a derailed Amtrak," evil winged creatures called Hetwan, unicorns and a colony of crude Vikings. Taken as prisoners to the court of Loki, the Norse god of destruction, the quartet again encounters the supernatural wolf Abut it seems that Senna has disappeared. When they fall asleep and find themselves back in the "real world," the four realize that Everworld is a parallel universe, and they are existing simultaneously in both places. As the book closes, narrator David and his friends have joined the ranks of the Vikings in battle against the army of the Aztec god Huitzilopoctli. Loki's treacherous castle is as gruesome as Huitzilopoctli's island is dazzling.
"With her blend of accessible story and mythological cast of characters, Applegate is sure to attract a host of new fans." — Publishers Weekly


