Keeper of the Lost Cities (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #1)
Shannon Messenger
Sophie Foster is a twelve-year-old girl who lives with her mom, dad, sister, and cat. Sophie is exceedingly smart for her age, and is already a high-school senior. But Sophie has a secret. She is a Telepath, and can hear the thoughts of everyone around her. In Sophie’s town, there are strange, white fires burning. Human arsonists are suspected, but what’s really behind it? Sophie’s life is as normal as it can be for a twelve-year-old telepath, until she meets a mysterious boy named Fitz. Fitz is also a Telepath and lives in a world where telepathy, among other abilities, is considered normal. Fitz and the people in his world are elves, but not the pointy-eared Christmas kind. These elves live in a world of magical creatures, like gnomes, alicorns, and many others. Sophie Foster’s life is about to change forever.
Sophie is an elf. Neither Sophie nor her family knew it, and the elf community cannot risk exposing themselves to tell them. Soon, Sophie is forced to leave her human family for this new world of elves. There, Sophie has many problems to face. Will she like her new foster family? What will the kids at her new school think of the “human girl”? Will she do well in her studies? Sophie has a lot to worry about before a mysterious criminal organization starts wreaking havoc among the elves. Who are these elves? What does the banned ability of Pyrokinesis have to do with them? What is this group planning? And what do they want with Sophie?
I loved this book and the entire series. My friends and I are totally obsessed with Keeper of the Lost Cities, and we can’t wait for the sixth book to come out in November! I loved Shannon Messenger’s writing style and the characters are so relatable. If you like books set in magical worlds such as the Unwanteds series or the Land of Stories series, you will like this book. – Madeleine D.