The unfortunate responsibilities of Leopold Berry
"The magic was failing. The monsters were coming. Sunder was desperate for a hero, and Leopold Berry was certain he'd been chosen to save it. He was wrong. After flunking his channeler test in spectacular fashion and getting kicked out of Sunder in record time, Leopold swore he was done with magic f...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Dutton Books,
[2026]
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| Series: | Riggs, Ransom. Sunderworld ;
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| Summary: | "The magic was failing. The monsters were coming. Sunder was desperate for a hero, and Leopold Berry was certain he'd been chosen to save it. He was wrong. After flunking his channeler test in spectacular fashion and getting kicked out of Sunder in record time, Leopold swore he was done with magic for good--until a trail of clues from his late mother dragged him back in, then led him to a mysterious ring that might just be the most powerful object in magical history. If only he can figure out how the damn thing works. Now the walls are closing in. Famous in Sunder for all the wrong reasons, Leopold is being stalked by paparazzi, threatened by government agents determined to get their hands on the ring, and hunted by terrifying creatures hungry for its power. His only hope is to learn to wield the ring before someone kills him for it and then use it to uncover his family's buried connection to Sunder before the trail goes cold--and the magical world collapses around him. Because the magic is still failing. The monsters are everywhere. And Sunder still needs a hero. With loyal friends Emmet and Isabel at his side, Leopold must decide who he can trust in a city built on illusion--and whether the kid who was never chosen is willing to risk everything for the world that didn't want him. Welcome back to Sunderworld." -- |
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| Physical Description: | 472 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Audience: | Ages 14 and up. |
| ISBN: | 9780593530962 0593530969 |
| Author Notes: | Ransom Riggs is a writer and filmmaker. He was born in Marland in 1980 and attended the Pine View School for the Gifted in Florida. He studied English literature at Kenyon College and studied film at the University of Southern California. His work on short films for the Internet and blogging for Mental Floss magazine got him a job writing The Sherlock Holmes Handbook which was released as a tie-in to the 2009 Sherlock Holmes film. Riggs had collected curious vernacular photographs and approached his publisher, Quirk Books, about using some of them in a picture book. On the suggestion of an editor, Riggs used the photographs as a guide from which to put together a narrative. The resulting book was Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children which made The New York Times Best Seller list. One of his other books inspired by old photographs entitled Taking Pictures was published in 2012. Hollow City, the sequel to Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, also made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) |
