THE EMERALD ATLAS by John Stephens

A.R. Book Level:  4.9
A.R. Points:  15.0
Pages:  417


Wow!  I just loved this.  It has all the ingredients of a perfect fantasy casserole: dwarves, an underground city, a wizard, a witch, an enchanted book, evil undead soldiers, a cursed town, horrible monsters, and three plucky orphans—at the center of it all—trying to save the town and, ultimately, the world.  The Emerald Atlas is skillfully written.  The three main characters are all lovable, and their personalities are believable.  Reading this reminded me so much of reading The Lord of the Rings, I couldn’t believe it!  Readers who love Brandon Mull’s Fablehaven, Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians, or J.R.R. Tolkein’s The Hobbit simply must read this.