Sky Raiders

Marc Notes: Whisked through a portal to The Outskirts, an in-between world, sixth-grader Cole must rescue his friends and find his way back home--before his existence is forgotten.; Ages 8-12. Publisher Marketing: Adventure awaits in the Five Kingdoms--come and claim it in this start to a new series from the #1 "New York Times "bestselling author of the Fablehaven and Beyonders series. Cole Randolph was just trying to have a fun time with his friends on Halloween (and maybe get to know Jenna Hunt a little better). But when a spooky haunted house turns out to be a portal to something much creepier, Cole finds himself on an adventure on a whole different level. After Cole sees his friends whisked away to some mysterious place underneath the haunted house, he dives in after them--and ends up in The Outskirts. The Outskirts are made up of five kingdoms that lie between wakefulness and dreaming, reality and imagination, life and death. It's an in-between place. Some people are born there. Some find their way there from our world, or from other worlds. And once you come to the Outskirts, it's very hard to leave. With the magic of the Outskirts starting to unravel, it's up to Cole and an unusual girl named Mira to rescue his friends, set things right in the Outskirts, and hopefully find his way back home...before his existence is forgotten. Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2013 (EAN 9781442497009, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 12/23/2013 (EAN 9781442497009, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Booklist 01/01/2014 pg. 114 (EAN 9781442497009, Hardcover) School Library Journal 03/01/2014 pg. 146 (EAN 9781442497009, Hardcover) Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2014 (EAN 9781442497009, Hardcover) PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/01/2014 pg. 70 (EAN 9781442497009, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2014 pg. 85 (EAN 9781442497009, Hardcover) Bookpage 03/01/2014 (EAN 9781442497009, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 05/26/2014 (EAN 9781442367678, Compact Disc) School Library Journal 06/01/2014 pg. 64 (EAN 9781442367678, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review Audio File 08/01/2014 pg. 62 (EAN 9781442367678, Compact Disc) Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2014 (EAN 9781442497023, Open Ebook) Contributor Bio:  Mull, Brandon Brandon Mull is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fablehaven and Beyonders series. As a kid, he had a dog, a cat, a horse, some goldfish (won at a school carnival), and briefly a tarantula (captured in his neighborhood). He now lives in Utah with his wife, four kids, and the family dog.