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Over sea under stone book5/12/2023 The children begin working to decipher the clues on the manuscript and follow the trail they put down in order to find the Grail meanwhile, they have to work hard to dodge the antagonists who dog their every step. The children find an ancient manuscript and decide it has to be a treasure map, a deduction later confirmed by their ephemeral Great-Uncle Merry, who keeps disappearing at the most inopportune times. From the beginning, the story has a fantastic, Narnia-like quality to it: an old house not their own, with a hidden world (in this case, a room) behind a forgotten wardrobe. It’s evident in the way her characters speak and the way she describes their environment. They run up against a contained cast of characters all bent on acquiring the Grail for unspecified, but no doubt nefarious reasons-and they don’t think twice about stooping to the level of threatening children.Ĭooper obviously understands the ingredients needed to capture a child’s imagination. In this case, Simon, Jane, and Barney work together to decipher a medieval treasure map that could lead to the Grail of Arthurian legend. Children get into real danger and use a combination of courage and clever planning to defeat the bad guys and save the day. You know the ones I mean- The Goonies is probably the most famous example, but there are others. Over Sea, Under Stone reminds me of that endless string of ’80s and ’90s movies featuring plucky groups of child protagonists outwitting bumbling adult villains.
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