Umberland (Everland Series #2)

by Wendy Spinale

Overview

Forget the story of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland you know. Because in Umberland, the only way out is into the madness.

Gwen, Pete, and the others have escaped from Everland. But the safe haven they hoped to find at Alnwick Castle doesn't exist. With the Queen of England on her deathbed, Duchess Alyssa has stepped in, but things have gotten worse as the cure Doc created for the Horologia virus has mutated, accelerating the disease. The only possible solution he can think of is to go back to the virus's origin: an extinct poisonous apple. Legend has it a tree bearing the apple might be found at the center of a deadly labyrinth hidden deep within Germany. A place that no one in their right mind enters. With no other options, Alyssa sets out with only her sword, her wits, and the help of Maddox Hadder, a wild boy who oversees the castle gardens. To get to the center of the maze, she'll be forced to battle monsters more terrifying than her darkest nightmares. But can anyone truly survive the madness of the maze? And what if there's no apple to be found there?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780545953207
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	05/09/2017
Series:	Everland Series , #2
Sold by:	Scholastic, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	927,260
Lexile:	780L (what's this?)
File size:	4 MB
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

About the Author

Wendy Spinale is a former character actor for the Disneyland theme park (so she's very familiar with the world of make-believe). She is the author of Everland and its follow-up, Umberland, as well as Lost Boy, a prequel novella to Everland.Wendy lives with her family in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Everland"In an exemplary debut, Spinale uses Gwen and Hook's voices to offer glimpses into the psyche of a man desperate to please his cruel mother and a girl intent on saving the only family she has left. This is a magical, wondrous treat, with a conclusion that's nothing less than epic." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)"A fun and unique addition to the twisted fairy-tale genre, loaded with adventure, romance, and double crossing." —VOYA"Peter Pan goes steampunk in this debut, which twists the familiar tale into a survival story complete with well-drawn characters, a blistering plot, and plenty of adventure." —BooklistPraise for Umberland"An unpredictable page-turner spun with dread, humor, and unexpected alliances." —Kirkus Reviews"Dark in tone, desperate in intensity . . ." —Booklist"[A] captivating adventure." —School Library Connection

From the Publisher

2017-03-06
While the people who sought refuge behind the walls of Alnwick Castle suffer high casualties from the Horologia virus, Duchess Alyssa holds fast as all await Doc's search for a cure in this sequel to Everland (2016).When Doc discovers that the virus is poison, he identifies the only cure as a rare apple that he believes no longer exists. Alyssa and her comrades suspect that the now-evil Princess Katt and her eccentric comrade, Maddox Hadder, may have knowledge of it. Against all judgment, Alyssa enters the Poison Garden alone to meet with Maddox, its caretaker, who hosts a euthanasia party there, offering assisted suicide to the dying. Since both are infected, Alyssa and Maddox become unlikely allies as they travel to the Black Forest to seek out the mysterious apple tree, while those back at Alnwick ban together to fend off Princess Katt's attempt at usurpation. Told in rotation by returning characters Pete and Jack as well as Alyssa, this steampunk sequel expands from its Peter Pan premise to deliver an offbeat Alice in Wonderland-style jaunt through a psychedelic maze populated by quirky and sometimes-deadly threats as the characters race to see who can get to the apple tree first—some for a cure, others for control. Spinale makes nods to modern England's diversity, but the principal cast members, like the characters they are based on, seem to be white. An unpredictable page-turner spun with dread, humor, and unexpected alliances. (Urban fantasy. 14-adult)

Kirkus Reviews