The Cracks in the Kingdom The Colors..., Jaclyn Moriarty
The Cracks in the Kingdom The Colors..., Jaclyn Moriarty
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The Cracks in the Kingdom (The Colors of Madeleine, Book 2)

Author: Jaclyn Moriarty

Series: The Colors of Madeleine

Narrator: Peter McGowan, Andrew Eiden, Fiona Hardingham, Kate Reinders

Unabridged: 13 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/01/2014

Synopsis

The second in Jaclyn Moriarty's brilliant, acclaimed fantasy trilogy, The Colors of Madeline!Picking up where A CORNER OF WHITE left off, Elliot is more determined to find his father than ever, now that he knows he's still alive. But first he must help Princess Ko find her own missing family, as the secret search for the royals of Cello begins. As part of the Royal Youth Alliance, Elliot will travel all over the Kingdom of Cello looking for any clue or detail or spell that could bring them (and maybe his own father) home. But once he learns that the royal family has been trapped in the World all this time, with no memory of their former lives, his real value to the Alliance becomes clear: He's the only one with a connection to the World, through Madeleine.Together, through notes, letters, and late nights, Elliot and Madeleine must find a way to travel across worlds and bring missing loved ones home. The stakes are high, the writing both hilarious and heart-poundingly suspenseful, and the experience of reading it, sheer pleasure.

About Jaclyn Moriarty

Jaclyn Moriarty is the bestselling author of novels for young adults including Feeling Sorry for Celia, The Year of Secret Assignments, and the Colours of Madeleine trilogy. She has been the recipient of the NSW Premier’s Literary Award, the Queensland Literary Award, and the Aurealis Award for Fantasy. Jaclyn grew up in Sydney, lived in England, the United States, and Canada, and now lives in Sydney again. She is very fond of chocolate, blueberries, ice-skating and sleep.

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Goodreads review by Flor

Ya me acordé por qué considero a esta mina una de las mejores escritoras que tuve el placer de leer alguna vez.......more

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Praise for A Corner of White



"Moriarty is the queen of epistolary stories, and her fans will find the teens' letters a familiar entree into this highly unusual fantasy.... [H]er irresistible characters help readers navigate a tantalizingly complex plot that will leave them eagerly awaiting the next book." -- Horn Book, starred review



"Quirky, charming, funny, sad: another winner from this always-surprising author." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review



"Lovely fantasy... The story is told through the teens' communications and an omniscient narrator. This mix allows readers to know Madeleine and Elliot and their problems intimately, but it also gives them an aerial view of events, helps them meet the richly drawn secondary characters, and allows them to see the ingenious way in which the protagonists' lives ultimately combine." -- School Library Journal, starred review



"The plotting is as innovative and riveting as the world-making here, and the characters are drawn with the same rich dimensionality you find in Pratchett's Discword or one of Diana Wynne Jones's fantasies. Moriarty's wordsmithery likewise compares favorably with those two masters, delighting and surprising readers with quirky turns of phrase, evocative, synesthetic metaphors, and swift, effective shifts in register." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review



"A marvelous novel -- in every sense of the word -- with all the qualities of a literary classic. Just like the letters exchanged between the main characters, A Corner of White slips through a previously unnoticed crack in the reader's heart and changes everything." -- Deborah Harkness, author of A Discovery of Witches



"An absolute delight of a novel: strange yet familiar, whimsical yet real, beautifully written and completely captivating. I can't wait for the sequel!" -- Garth Nix, author of The Abhorsen Trilogy



"Supremely original, smart, and delightful, this treasure of a book will appeal to readers of both realistic fiction and fantasy." -- Rachel Cohn, author of BETA



"Jaclyn Moriarty makes me laugh, hysterically -- and cry, unexpectedly. A Corner of White is a startlingly original fantasy, a moving story of human resilience -- and a structural triumph." -- E. Lockhart, author of The Disreputable History of Frank Landau-Banks and The Boyfriend List

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