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Binding: HardcoverEAN: 9781416951070 ISBN: 1416951075 Label: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 384 Publication Date: October 21, 2008 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Reading Level: Young Adult Studio: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: On a September evening in 1931, John and Jack, two of the Caretakers of the Imaginarium Geographica, discover a cryptic warning on a medieval manuscript -- which is not only addressed to them but seems to have been written by their friend, Hugo Dyson! But before they can discover the origin of the strange book, Hugo walks through a door in time -- and vanishes into the past. And in that moment, the world begins to change. The Frontier, which separates our world from the Archipelago of Dreams, has fallen. Dark and terrible beasts roam throughout England. No one can be summoned from the Archipelago. And both worlds have fallen into darkness under the reign of a cruel and terrible king. The only hope to restore the proper order of things lies on a forgotten island at the edge of the Archipelago, where a time travel device left by Jules Verne must be used to race through history itself -- from the Bronze Age to ancient Alexandria and the founding of the Silver Throne -- in one night. And in that single night, John and Jack will find that the only way to save their friend and stop the chaos destroying the world is to solve a 2,000-year-old mystery: Who is the Cartographer? Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Take the time to read this awesome series. Pacing back and forth I debated starting with this book or at the beginning of the series. You just never know if you'll get lost by skipping around in the series. I was surprised and delighted to find I was instantly drawn into the pages of this story and catapulted through an awesome adventure starring some of my most favorite authors. Obviously, I now have to go back and read all of them. The Indigo King is full of marvelous creatures, imaginative plot lines and entertaining dialogues between ... Read More Rating:  - Good read for a someone new to the series.I read The Indigo King (Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica) as my introduction into the series. The story flowed naturally, and not having read the previous books, I easily kept up with the characters and their personalities. The story has a quirky humor, somewhat like Douglas Adams' Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul, that was very enjoyable. The historical references, mythologies, etc. fit amazingly well into the storyline. Owen's world seemed alive with his ... Read More Rating: - Nice mixtureThis book is a nice mixture of genres. From mythological to real people, the story has them all and remains interesting from beginning to end. For the age targeted the book is not too long and isn't a hard read for a child to read and understand. Depending on the age of child it is good to either read it to them or have them read it on their own and discuss the story with them. Rating: - A fantastical tale that will enthrall lovers of myth and legendI found this book, the third in James A. Owen's Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica, to be the best yet in this series, which features Jack (C.S. Lewis), John (J.R.R. Tolkien), Charles (Charles Williams), Bert (H.G. Wells), among other notable authors of works of imagination. John and Jack's friend Hugo Dyson vanishes through a door into the past, the world immediately changes for the worse, and John and Jack must also travel into the past to set things to rights. This complex tale features ... Read More Rating: - A celebration of imaginationMore than most novels of the imagination, The Indigo King makes the creative act the centerpiece of the plot. From its beautifully designed and executed cover art to the author's splendid ink illustrations that festoon the book, the novel's presentation celebrates the artistry involved in its own creation as well as others like it. With a plot that involves such masters of the imagination as J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Charles Williams and H. G. Wells, and an imaginary atlas called the Imaginarium Geographica ... Read More 
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