Wednesday, 20 August 2014

The Battle for WondLa - Review





Author:
Tony DiTerlizzi
Title: The Battle for WondLa
Publisher: Simon and Shuster (HBK)
Published: 2014

The future holds a mysterious world and Tony DiTerlizzi wields the full extent of his imagination to bring us on a spell-bounding adventure. What we knew as Earth is now Orbona and it is no longer ruled by the humans who are fighting for a place in this new world filled with alien immigrants.

12 year old heroine Eva Nine and her reluctant companion, Hailey Turner, are on a quest to stay alive long enough to stop the powerful and sinister Arsian being, Loroc, from overthrowing the Ojo royal family and claiming power. Each page turned brings you deeper into a compelling story filled with hope, betrayal, friendship, and a fight for survival for Eva Nine and her friends against seemingly impossible odds.

The artistic brilliance of DiTerlizzi is conveyed not just through his words but with illustrations with each one providing a visual glimpse of the unusual characters and the strange world that Eva Nine and her companions are navigating through. The book also contains a glossary, a map, and even the Orbonian alphabet.

The Battle for WondLa is the third instalment in Tony DiTerlizzi’s WondLa trilogy and it is highly recommended that you read The Search for WondLa and A Hero for WondLa before preparing for battle. Despite the available glossary, to fling straight in will leave you initially struggling to come to terms with the commonplace terminology but once you do, prepare to be captivated in Eva Nine’s engrossing adventure in this modern day classic.

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