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Reader reviewed by mega bookworm

Welcome to the land of Elyon, were the people build walls around thier cities and roads to protect them from an unknown evil that lies in the wilderness of Elyon.

Twelve-year-old Alexa Daley has always yearned for adventure and felt like a prisoner trapped behind thier towns walls. Alexa and her father travel from their hometown of lathbury to bridewell for the summer, as they do every year so her father(the mayor of lathbury)can attend meetings with other important people in bridewell.

Soon everything changes with the death of warvold,(mayor of bridewell and the man responsible for the wall being built) whom Alexa takes a mysterious silver key from on the night of his death. Soon after she discovers a secret underground passage in the library that she unlocks with the siler key, that leads beyond the towns walls into the wilderness of Elyon. Once through the passage she meets a two-foot tall man named Yipes. Yipes leads her to a srange pool of water were she attains a green glowing stone that allows her to talk to animals, but she will lose her power forever if she ever leaves the wilderness. Yipes than takes her to a large but friendly wolf named darius who has been separated from his family on the other side of the wall. she than learns of an evil plan of the convicts that are hiding in the Dark Hills. Alexa than meets a bear that is the king of the forest, she learns that their is a traitor living among them that goes by the secret name sebastian that is in charge of the convicts, and that the creator of Elyon, a man named Elyon has disappeared. She must find sebastian, reveal him and stop the convicts. Can she do it and save all that she loves in time?

This is an imaginative and well written book that has some twists and turns that will keep its readers on thier toes. It is a good begining to the series. I enjoyed it and think many fantasy lovers will like it to.