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Released: 28/01/2016

ISBN: 9781785890451
eISBN: 9781785894503

Format: Paperback/eBook

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City of the Yeti

by Robert A. Love

It’s October 1922, and Danny Hawthorne is searching for the truth about the Yeti. During a family horseback trip in the Himalaya foothills, an accident isolates Danny and his younger sister Rachel in a remote valley, where they encounter tall strangers who are neither ape-like nor quite human. The children are escorted to an ancient, uncharted city, and invited to stay awhile. Communication is possible thanks to the creatures’ telepathic abilities. Every century, this community entrusts a few, select humans with far-reaching secrets, and the two are now given the opportunity. Meanwhile, their parents arrange search parties, and soldiers prepare to move in. However, Danny and Rachel are sympathetic toward their hosts, and must devise a way to preserve the lost culture, while also ensuring a family reunion. Set in the evocative and mysterious mountains of Nepal in the 1920s, this book takes a refreshingly different and compassionate look at the Yeti, and the consequences of human encroachment on their territory.

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This book is absolutely brilliant! I could not put it down once I started it! I fell in love with the characters, both the human characters and the Sramana characters. I would love to see a sequel set many years in the future to see how Danny's journey ends.

The plot line moved at a pace that was just right - not too fast or too slow. The characters were well-rounded and realistic. The description of the settings were just right, not too wordy but they gave me enough information about the setting that I could imagine it. Yes, some of the wording isn't really 1922 language, but I think most children won't even notice that.

I would highly recommend this book to any reader looking for a great adventure story, not just children and teens. I sent an e-mail to our children's material selector and highly recommended that we purchase the book for our collection. In fact, I even purchased a copy of the book on Amazon even though I got an e-book here for free. That's how much I enjoyed it!

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