Leven Thumps

Leven Thumps

Orbert Skye

848 pgs

Aladdin (2005)

Subject Matter: fantasy, orphans, runaways, magic, fate, adventure, super powers

Leven Thumps is an orphaned child given to his aunt for caregiving. He is abused and does not have a happy childhood. At age fourteen he discovers he has a gift for vaguely seeing into the future and being able to manipulate it. He runs away from his home, not knowing the destiny that lays ahead of him. A small squirrel like magical animal accompanies Leven on his escape from his home, insisting that they need to find a person named Geth who can help Leven save the world. Winter is another child who has had a rough childhood and discovers her own special gift of being able to freeze things - water, people, animals, what-have-you. She also runs away, in search of Leven, though she does not know it at the time. The two of them meet and soon-after, by much fate, find Geth. Their object is to save Foo (a land of dreams and fantasy) from the evil villain who wishes to combine this world that allows people to hope and dream to the real world, ruining them both. Leven must get to the one and only portal between the two worlds before it is too late with the help of Winter and Geth.

Review: A fast adventure that is very well done with enough detail to fill a reader in but not so much to keep the story from moving along.

Now You Know: A lot like Harry Potter