![]() There is a lake in which anything that stops moving for even an instant gets sucked down, a tree (in the middle of a swamp well-stocked with giant carnivorous toads) that robs interlopers of their short-term memories, a deadly political battle waged with riddles and other tests. Each of that Word’s six syllables are hidden behind different defenses, and Jason and sidekick Rachel-a lost Beyonder like him, who proves to be just as intrepid and at least as pig-stubborn-face a series of trials. ![]() Middle-schooler Jason falls through a zoo hippo’s mouth into Lyrian, a land ruled by a wizard named Maldor, whose only weakness is a magical Word that will unmake him. ![]() Inventive trials and supporting characters boost this otherwise standard-issue quest fantasy. ![]()
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