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Sky Raiders (Reprint)
Sky Raiders (Reprint) | Brandon Mull
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In a world that lies between reality and imagination, a "fanciful, action-packed adventure" awaits (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Come and claim it in this first book of the Five Kingdoms series, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fablehaven and Beyonders series. Cole Randolph was just trying to have a fun time with his friends on Halloween (and maybe get to know Jenna Hunt a little better). But when a spooky haunted house turns out to be a portal to something much creepier, Cole finds himself on an adventure on a whole different level. After Cole sees his friends whisked away to some mysterious place underneath the haunted house, he dives in after them--and ends up in The Outskirts. The Outskirts are made up of five kingdoms that lie between wakefulness and dreaming, reality and imagination, life and death. It's an in-between place. Some people are born there. Some find their way there from our world, or from other worlds. And once you come to the Outskirts, it's very hard to leave. With the magic of the Outskirts starting to unravel, it's up to Cole and an unusual girl named Mira to rescue his friends, set things right in the Outskirts, and hopefully find his way back home...before his existence is forgotten.
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If you like books that demonstrate themes of friendship, loyalty and how creativity is power, Sky Raiders is for you. It follows the story of young Cole Randolph as his friends are kidnapped into another land called the Outskirts. Cole decides to follow his friends and their captors down a hole. When he arrives in the other world, he sees his friends being pulled away in cages on wheels. He follows them but is soon captured and receives a bond

Nicolas Galatonov mark, showing everyone he is a slave. He is quickly sold to an old man who takes him to the Sky Raiders base. He meets Jace, a confident but cocky boy; Mira, a nice and friendly girl and Twitch, a quiet skinny boy. They show him around and tell him he is a scout so he is brought onto the floating islands with castles and has to decide whether they have any items worth grabbing or if it is too dangerous to loot. On a mission, Mira and her shaping 3y
Nicolas Galatonov teacher join the looting team. Shaping is a power that people have in this kingdom that allows them to mold matter into items that can do a lot of things. Some people are more gifted with it while others aren't. They think Cole has defused the island but then a few monsters come out and attack. Cole risks his life to save Mira. They manage to kill the monsters but not before Mira's teacher is mortally wounded. Everyone else on the ships have to 3y
Nicolas Galatonov escape because the castle's crossbow's are attacking them. They go down bellow the castle and extract a few stones that keep the castle afloat and use them to shape a tiny flying vessel. They load it with jewels and treasures to bring back. Before they set off, Mira's teacher reveals that Mira isn't actually a slave but a princess who's powers were taken by her dad, the High Shaper(king). They were in hiding but needed to escape soon because the 3y
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Nicolas Galatonov High Shaper got word of their location. They barely get back to the base on the vessel. The next morning, a man named Joe shows up. He says an army of legionnaires are approaching. When they show up, they say they need to buy a certain slave. Cole makes a scene and escapes with Mira to the port. Jace, Twitch and Joe follow them. They take a flying vessel and escape. The legionnaires follow them but lose the group in the cloudwall. Cole and his 3y
Nicolas Galatonov friends find an old strong shaper named Declan. Him and his colleagues gives them items to help them stay away from the legionnaires. He also tells them that Mira's power is slipping away from the High Shaper and that it is taking form somewhere in the Kingdom. He tells the group to seek out Berta who will help them. They go all the way to Berta and she tells them that a monster named Carnag has been wreaking havoc in villages and that Carnag is 3y
Nicolas Galatonov probably the form that Mira's shaping took. They seek out Carnag and start to fight it. Carnag is a giant made of dirt, rock, houses and any other matter that it could get its hands on. Carnag shapes the ground around them to try to trap or hurt them but the group holds out. They are finally captured by Carnag and put into cages that she molded into her body. They use shaping to make their way into the center of Carnag and find a woman there 3y
Nicolas Galatonov “guiding“ Carnag. Carnag wants what is best for itself and thinks the woman is helping her but in reality shes's just helping herself. They fight them on the inside and finally defeat Carnag. They then discover that Mira's sister is in danger in the next Kingdom so they set course there. The point of view is third person limited. We know this because the narrator follows Cole and refers to him by his name. We also sometimes get a view at Cole's 3y
Nicolas Galatonov emotions and what he is thinking in that moment. Usually we just follow Cole and get to see what is going on though. 3y
MissYaremcio Thank you for the review Nic! This looks like an interesting book! 6/6 3y
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Jeanelle
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I was bored and needing a book over the break so my brother suggested this series. I have read some of Brandon Mulls books before (Fablehaven) so I thought I‘d give it a go. It is SO much fantasy. I don‘t mean that‘s a bad thing, just a little much at times. It exceeded my expectations and I‘m already reading the second book, onto the journey!

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RainyDayReading
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This month has been one of the worst of the year so far. So naturally I got some books to help my stress 😅 I‘ve really been enjoying Middle Grade lately so I picked up some new ones and some continuations of series I already have. Middle Grade fantasy just feels like a hug. So now I‘m going to curl up, paw through my new books and watch the great British baking show because it makes me happy.

Avanders 🤗🤗 4y
ChasingOm Have you read the series that starts with 4y
RainyDayReading @ChasingOm Not yet, I did just recently get the first book though. I‘m repairing the bookcase that it lived on so it‘s currently buried in a pile on the floor 🙈 4y
ChasingOm Haha, when you get around to it I think you‘ll really enjoy it! 4y
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CactiCake
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I enjoyed reading Sky Raiders and found the world Mull created to be interesting. I will definitely read the next book.

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BookaholicNatty
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This looks like a good series that I haven‘t read! @Madamereginald it made me think of you because he wrote the Fablehaven series that you introduced me to. That I absolutely loved by the way!!! Have you read this one?

Madamereginald I have not read that series! I will definitely look for it! Thank you! 6y
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Krisjericho
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Brandon Mull lives with an hour or so of the Library branch I work at, and he came to our Baker and Taylor event. I had him sign a copy of his first Five Kingdoms book for my daughter. He was funny and geeky.

Seekingtardis My son LOVES him! Yay! 7y
StaceyKondla ❤️❤️ He is a fantastic speaker and so great with his fans of all ages! 7y
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readbysuzanne
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Okay so here is a message!! I finally finished a book!!
So the book that I was reading was the ( Five Kingdoms : sky raiders) by Brandon Mull it's the first book in the series and I gave it a 4/5🌟
So here is another message for you!! If you love Harry Potter series and Percy Jackson series you will definitely enjoy this book because it has a touch of both like magic and weired creatures and many more!!

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readbysuzanne

My current read!! So excited to see how this book will turn out!!

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littlebeesreads
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I love Brandon Mull

#audiobooks #longdrivetowork

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AllisonLloydStone
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My baby looooves Brandon Mull's Sky Raiders. Other kids must, too. Today I'm re-gluing a well loved library book.