When they explore the house, they come across a secret room with a mysterious book. The new town and house they move to is odd and there’s something that just isn’t right. When they are kicked out of the worst orphanage of all, they end up at a huge house under the care of Dr. Over the next ten years they are bounced around from orphanage to orphanage – getting in trouble and meeting some very crazy would be parents. Kate, Michael, and Emma’s parents send them off when they are babies to protect them – from what we have no idea. And this book did not disappoint.įrom the very beginning, Stephens pulls you into the story with non-stop action. I love fantasy/adventure stories and kept hearing this was Harry Potter-like. When I first started seeing this book around the web I knew I had to get my hands on it. High early reader marks for strong characterization and battle scenes.

With that discovery, a decade of tedium dissolves into cascades of dangerous time travel adventures and struggles with a beautiful witch and decidedly less attractive zombielike Screechers. While exploring their new home, the children discover a magical green book. Kate, Michael, and Emma have suffered through ten years of odious orphanage “care” now they have slipped into the care of the eccentric, disturbingly mysterious Dr. John Stephens’ aptly-titled new fantasy trilogy begins auspiciously with a nimble, fast-paced tale of three siblings. The Emerald Atlas (Books of Beginning) John Stephens

The emerald atlas series in order