As a fourth grade teacher, it was part of my job to encourage students to read as much as possible. When Harry Potter came on the scene it took the world by storm. Everyone was reading and discussing the books including students in my classes.
I had a problem because of the subject matter in the Harry Potter series. Other teachers in my building, my district and other districts were promoting the books even to the point of reading them aloud to their classes. Since I disagreed that the books were wonderful, I was an island of negativity in the ocean of promoters. I chose not to recommend the books to my students, but I didn't refuse to let them read the books. I didn't have anything to suggest in place of them.
It's too bad that I'm now retired. Landon Snow And the Island of Arcanum would be one book I could recommend to students to read. Instead of evil and sorcery, Landon Snow depends on the power of the Auctor, R. K. Mortenson's term in this series of books for God, to help him defeat evil.
Written for the upper elementary school age child, Landon Snow And the Island of Arcanum is book three in Reverend Mortenson's series. Landon Snow and his sisters, Holly and Bridget, are drawn into another world when they visit the Button Up Library. Characters from the first two books in the series reappear in this current installation when the three siblings are transported to what appears to be another time period, that of Noah's Ark.
All the animals from a place called Wonderwood have been sent to the island of Arcanum where they are held captive by the evil presence of Malus Quidam. Landon and his sisters learn of the animals' disappearance when they are confronted by the arrival of a vessel on their lonely ocean that seems to be Noah's Ark and is manned by friends Landon has encountered before, Vates, Epops, Trumplestump, Wagglewhip, Melech, Hardy, Ditty and Ludo to name a few.
The mission Landon and his compatriots must complete is an important one to the world of Wonderwood and carries much danger with it. Can Landon and his troupe save the animals of Wonderwood and return them home again? Or will Malus Quidam succeed in destroying the whole group and drawing them into his evil world?
Children will find Landon Snow And the Island of Arcanum entertaining, especially if they read the first two books in the series, Landon Snow and the Auctor's Riddle and Landon Snow and the Shadows of Malus Quidam, prior to reading this third installment in the series.
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