This book will also appeal to fans of Brian Jacques Redwall series (Penguin). Fans of the previous book and of the Deptford Mice trilogy (Chronicle) will not be disappointed. The well-rounded characters enhance the excellent plot, which is sure to keep readers on the edge of their seats up to the very last page. This second book in the series stands completely on its own. Readers will have a hard time putting down this dark, gripping tale of love, treachery, and the clashing forces of good versus evil. Their journey throws them into a terrifying world of pure evil, and the bat and the squirrel must overcome their differences and work together to defeat the forces that threaten to destroy their worlds. She and her traveling army of squirrels capture Vesper and decide to take him with them. When an army of bats massacres the Starwife, a young squirrel maiden, Ysabelle, must travel to the distant land to restore power and become the successor to the Oaken Throne. Unfortunately, he is too young to participate in the battle against their mortal enemies, the squirrels. Grade 6 Up–Vesper, a bat, dreams of following in his fathers glorified path as a Knight of the Moon.
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