Sir Thursday (Keys to the Kingdom, Book 4)

<p>on The Fourth Day There Was War... <p> Following Their Adventures In The Border Sea, Arthur And Leaf Head For Home. But Only Leaf Gets Through The Front Door. Arthur Is Blocked Because Someone . . . Or Something . . . Has Assumed His Identity And Is Taking Over His Life. <p> Before Arthur Can Take Action, He Is Drafted By Sir Thursday And Forced To Join The Glorious Army Of The Architect. While Leaf Tries To Banish Arthur's Doppleganger On Earth, Arthur Must Survive His Basic Training, Avoid Getting Posted To The Front And Work Out How He Can Free Part Four Of The Will....</p><h3>michael Levy - Voya</h3><p>this New Installment In Nix's Fertile And Outrageous Keys To The Kingdom Series Takes Place Immediately After <i>drowned Wednesday</i> (scholastic, 2005/voya August 2005). Having Withstood The Latest Attack By The Renegade Trustees Of The Architect's Will, Won The Third Key To The Kingdom, And Further Strengthened His Claim As The True Heir To The House (the Primary Universe To Which The Current World Is A Mere Secondary Appendage), Arthur Wants Nothing More Than To Return Home. Unfortunately A Spirit-eater, An Evil Duplicate Of Arthur, Has Taken His Place In The Real World, Trapping This Hero In The House. Things Go From Bad To Worse, However, When Simultaneously Arthur Is Suddenly Drafted Into The Army By Sir Thursday, One Of The Renegade Trustees Who Still Remains At Large, And The House Itself Is Invaded By A Large Force Of Nithlings, Monstrous Creatures Who Come From The Nothing That Surrounds The Architect's Entire Creation. While Arthur's Friend Leaf Returns To The Real World To Do Battle With The Spirit-eater, Arthur Is First Trained As A Soldier And Then Sent On A Near-suicidal Mission By Sir Thursday. Nix's Series Is One Of The More Original And Complex Fantasies Currently Being Published. It Is Well Written, Action Packed, Imaginative, And Full Of Quirky Memorable Characters, But Readers Attempting To Enter The Series Through This Volume Are Likely To Be Quickly Lost. It Is Best To Begin With The First Book, <i>mister Monday</i> (2003/voya February 2004). Voya Codes: 4q 4p M J (better Than Most, Marred Only By Occasional Lapses; Broad General Ya Appeal; Middle School, Defined As Grades 6 To 8; Junior High, Defined As Grades 7 To 9). 2006, Scholastic, 336p., Ages 11 To 15.</p>