The Shadow Spies (Elsewhere Chronicles Series #2) Book

With the Shadow Door shattered and the passageway closed, Rebecca and Max set out across the dangerous lands of ElseWhere to find a way home. Wherever there is darkness, the Shadow Spies—servants of the Master of Shadows—lie in wait to stop them. Back on the other side of the door, Noah and Theo are working on a rescue. With the clues left behind by Grandpa Gabe and the help of new allies, can they find another passageway and keep the Shadows from destroying our world?

Children's Literature

In Book One of "The ElseWhere Chronicles," kids Max, Rebecca, Theo, and Noah open a portal to a dangerous world of living shadows and dragons using Rebecca's dead grandfather's strange movie projector—only to see Rebecca and Max get pulled into the portal by a tentacled monster. In Book Two, Theo and Noah launch a rescue mission, but end up trapped in the alternate world also. Now, surrounded by dangerous shadows and deadly infections, the four kids must find each other—and search for another way home. This second installment in the French graphic novel series moves at a much faster pace than the first book and showcases many exotic creatures and locales, brilliantly depicted by Bannister's fanciful artwork. While the plot is a fairly standard "kids marooned in a strange land" tale, it is put together well and should please both newcomers and longtime fans of the fantasy genre. Reviewer: Michael Jung