{"id":12734,"date":"2022-04-01T10:20:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=12734"},"modified":"2022-04-01T09:48:10","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T14:48:10","slug":"a-is-more-adventure-than-the-accidental-apprentice-expected-by-amanda-foody-mg-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=12734","title":{"rendered":"A is more adventure than THE ACCIDENTAL APPRENTICE expected, by Amanda Foody (MG book review) #AtoZchallenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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No running, no dirt,
nothing exciting –
especially no magical beasts!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of Dullshire’s many, many rules: stay away from the Woods after one of its Beasts attacked the village and killed Barclay’s parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forced into the Woods, Barclay encounters Viola, a Lore Keeper whose trap summons a Beast that chases him\u2026 no, that runs with him! A wolfish Lufthund that chooses to bond with the 11-year-old orphan!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No place for him now in rules-restricted Dullshire, Barclay goes unhappily with Viola to the magical town of Sycomore, filled with all sizes of Beasts and all kinds of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barclay hopes that a Master can remove his Mark, the golden tattoo where the Lufthund dwells when not out in the world, but it’s not so simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only if he places first in the Exhibition testing new Lore Keepers will he have any chance of losing the Lufthund!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most youth preparing to test are jealous that such a powerful Beast<\/a> chose to bond with a boring outsider, but Viola and a few others decide to help him learn some Lore so he has a chance to pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barclay must quickly discover how he and his Beast can work together, avoid the bullies who will sabotage his Exhibition matches, and decide how much he’ll risk to go home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So many fantastical Beasts, so many Lore Keepers with different abilities, so many chances to fail – or to win!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First in the Wilderlore series, followed by The Weeping Tide<\/a><\/em> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which of your personal skills would you want your Beast to amplify?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info<\/strong>: The Accidental Apprentice (Wilderlore, book 1) \/ Amanda Foody. Margaret McElderry Books, hardcover 2021, paperback 2022. [author site<\/a>] [publisher site<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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