(Summary of book 1-3… totally 5-6 sentences.) The 100 Cupboards is a series about a boy named Henry, who has discovered 99 cupboards behind his bedroom wall. The series starts off with him releasing the evil witch Niamine, who thirsts for blood and the life of others. As book 1 moves on Henry discovers he is from a completely different world and that his parents are not actually his parents. He, in fact, comes from the cupboards himself. In the end of the book, Henry is told to stay away from the cupboards from his uncle (whom he is currently living with). Book 2 begins with Henry receiving letters from the Faren, who seem to have control of the land. Henry then finds out that one of his cousins has stolen a key that he needed to travel the cupboards with, and he must get it back. He soon finds out she has buried the key in the field behind the barn. While she digs up the key, Henry stares into a dandelion, and sees flame. He reaches out and touches it, and gains the magical power of dandelions. As book 2 goes on, Henry disobeys his uncle Frank and travels back into the cupboards. He is dragged through the worlds, each to a different place. In the end, henry finds his own family, learning Frank is actually his uncle and that his father is Mordecai (whom is missing). His Faerie friend who has been accompanying him through this tells Henry that his father is alive, and that he has been imprisoned by the Faren. He also tells Henry the way to free him, which Henry does. In the end, Henry and his entire family are back together. The evil witch’s followers have been defeated. Book 3 is mostly about Henry and bringing down the witch. She is defeated and the book talks about how henry moves on to play baseball once he is old enough.
My series can connect to the world in a few different ways, but the biggest connection I can see is when Henry was reunited with his family, which he never met. There are many people in the real world who are separated from their families and or never met them before. This is like Henry, who was torn away from his family when he was a baby. This relates mostly with illegal immigrants, however. People come into the United States illegally, and then they have a child. Their parents are then found out and sent back to their own country while the child is a U.S. citizen. The only way this relates, however, is the fact that the family was split apart. “A couple has raised millions of dollars from thousands of people to reunite immigrant parents with their children.” (Social Media Generates More Than $15 Million to Aid Separated Immigrant Families)
In the end, this book series was an amazing series. I enjoyed reading every book and trying to figure out the mysteries myself. I can only relate to my text to world relation, however, in one way. That way would be when I was separated from my family in a theme park. I could not find them and I was lost. This was the only time I’ve been separated from my family, though. After reading the book series 100 Cupboards, I would like to recommend it to you, if you enjoy mystery, adventure, fantasy, and suspense.
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