Maradonia and the Guardians of the Portal

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Author(s)

Sofia Nova

Publisher Name

Mascot Books

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Age Range

13+

Release Date

August 06, 2024

ISBN13

978-1637557617

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Siblings Maya and Joey are forced to embark on a perilous journey when they are shipwrecked off the coast of Maradonia. After encountering fierce warrior mermaids, the siblings find out that their only way home is through a teleportation portal . . . which doesn’t work!

If they want to get home, the siblings realize they must join the mermaids and find a way to revitalize the portal before it falls into the wrong hands. Just when all seems to go smoothly, a United States military expedition arrives on the shores of Maradonia and begins their own search for the portal. To make matters even worse, the Dark Realm declares war on the mermaids. Fighting one enemy is bad enough, but contending with two invasive opponents may prove too much for the mermaids. In Maradonia and the Guardians of the Portal, Maya and Joey are in for more trouble than they ever imagined: the ultimate battle for control of the universe.

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Mermaid and more

June 21, 2025 (Updated: June 06, 2026)

Overall rating

4.3

Writing Style

4.0

Plot

5.0

Characters

4.0

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At its heart, Maradonia and the Guardians of the Portal is a battle to protect an essential and valuable portal. There is an evil king who wants to use it for his gain, and there are also humans searching for it. As these stories usually go, there are chosen humans who will help save it, revive it, and defend it from those who want to harm it. I found some severe levels of violence in this book, and the death of mermaids and humans alike. I enjoyed learning about the Mermaids who are protecting the kingdom, exploring the other kingdoms, and the interesting side angle of the human military wanting to find the portal as much as the evil king did. The story, though hard to read and hard to understand, the amount of destruction people will wreak on animals and the world around them to achieve control of something kept me on the edge of my seat, and I highly recommend this to any young adult reader who wants a chosen one story with mermaids.