2019 Q4 Literature Appreciation Blog

     In the story Keeper of the Lost Cities Exile , Sophie is facing a lot of emotional problems and is really struggling with her friends. While she was in the core of the Earth going to help Alden with a memory break, his mind was drifting away and Sophie had to do everything in her power. It took a lot of strength, but she did it. While they were leaving Alden collapsed and Sophie had to bring him back again. Days passed and everyone thought Alden was okay, but then he passed out and nothing the doctors were doing was helping. They realized his mind was broken, and there is no way to fix a broken mind. Sophie immediately blames herself, and so do some of her friends. Sophie is really crushing herself and letting the grief overcome her.      This can be very similar to lots of people all around the world. Not only can some people connect to Sophie, they can connect with everyone in the situation because it happens all the time; sadly. When people in fami...

I am currently reading the book  Keeper of the Lost Cities #7: Flashback  by Shannon Messenger. Flashback is the most recent book in the keeper of the Lost Cities series. This series is about an elf named Sophie and her friends Fitz, his sister Biana, Keefe, Sophie's cousin Dex, and the twins Tam and Linh. In this book Sophie learns that she is not as strong as she thinks and with the new threat of Shadowflux threatening to over they don't know where to turn. Like always, in the end they think life is better. Sophie and Fitz confess their love for each other and think that everything will be alright. Little do they know that their plans will be ruined.        In this book, one of the main problems is Sophie Foster's love life. There is a love triangle between Sophie, Fitz, and Keefe. It is suggested that both Keefe and Fitz are in love with Sophie and Sophie cannot choose between them. The only problem is that in the Lost Cities, relationships are difficul...

  In the story, Keeper of the Lost Cities Exile , which is the second book to this series. Sophie is still trying to recover from a life threatening, event that she had to go through. Sophie and her friend Dex were kidnapped, and drugged, etc. That was in the past, Sophie and Dex are back now, but things are different. Everyone thought they were dead before, so Sophie discover's she and her friends special graves that were made when people thought they were gone. Once Sophie comes to understand that and is back home, she connects with something, and after lots of mind connecting she discovers an alicorn, one of the last in the world. As Sophie finally adjusts, and is back to school, she is asked a very important question by her mind coach, Alden. He takes her down to the center of the Earth, which Sophie discoverer's is not as hot as the sun which she had been taught. He tells her they are in the most confidential prison in the world, in the center of the Earth called, Exile. ...

     I just finished reading Keeper Of the Lost Cities , which is the first book of Shannon Messenger's series. The book series has eight books so far. I am currently reading the second book of the series. The book is about a 12 year old girl named Sophie. She has been able to read minds since she hit her head really hard when she was 5. For the protection of herself she keeps it a secret. When she is out and about she sees a boy, as a group of small kids walk by their thoughts give her a headache, forcing her to push her head to cease the pain. Looking up, she sees that the boy did the same thing. They leave the building and he tells her that she is a telepath (mind reading ability) and that she is an elf. Her whole life changed as she leaves her family to forget about her, and moves to the lost cities to attend Fox Fire, a school for the elves. As the story continues her life is put in danger throughout many adventures with her friends. Near the end of the book, her and...