Neopets: Ghoul Catchers: The Quest Continues (Paperback)

by Vivian Larue (Author), The Neopets Art Team (Illustrator)
Key Phrases: snow beast, three travelers, Terror Mountain, Kiko Lake, Haunted Woods (more...)

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Product Description

Our heroes are back!

In this second book of the Ghoul Catchers trilogy, Liva, Sarn, and Kyrok are more determined than ever to save their beloved Neopia! With perilous adventures ahead and enemies at every turn, will they succeed in sending the evil ghouls back to the prison world?

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: HarperFestival (September 30, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061432172
• ISBN-13: 978-0061432170
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #374,856 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fun adventure with ghouls, ghosts and neopets, September 18, 2008

By	Reader Views "www.readerviews.com" (Austin, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Neopets: Ghoul Catchers: The Creeping Danger (Paperback)

Reviewed by Eric Zeda (age 10) for Reader Views (9/08)

This book is the first story in the "Ghoul Catchers" series. The story is about a group of neopets that decide to dabble in dark magic. The neopets turn into ghouls. As ghouls, they go around stealing other neopet's life forces. To stop them, Professor Vinsjin, a teacher, writer, and ghoul catcher creates a spell and sends them to another world.

Two neopets named Sarn and Liva go into the haunted woods and find a ghost. The ghost tells them that the ghouls escaped with a book of spells and they must stop them. Sarn, Liva, and the ghost set out to stop the ghouls. Will they accomplish their mission? Read this book and find out. "Neopets: Ghoul Catchers: The Creeping Danger" by Vivian LaRue is an adventure you do not want to miss.

3.0 out of 5 stars Not quite as good as Nomi's Quest, but still exciting., March 30, 2009

By	Robert P. Beveridge "xterminal" (Cleveland, OH) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Neopets: Ghoul Catchers: The Creeping Danger (Paperback)

Vivian LaRue, The Creeping Danger (Harper Festival, 2008)

So Neopets have started book lines? Why not? They've got just about every other kind of merchandising going. They kick off their fantasy-novels-for-young-readers line with two trilogies, both authored by Vivian LaRue. After reading volume one of each, it's pretty obvious they're sexed; the Ghoul Catchers trilogy, of which this is the first book, is the series for boys, while the Grey Faerie Chronicles (see below) is the series for girls. (One wonders about having the same author write both, but hey, whatever works.)

If you've read a few fantasy or horror novels (or played Dungeons and Dragons), you've got a good idea of what the general definition of a ghoul is. In the happy-bunny-fluffy-kitty world of Neopets, however, ghouls are an entirely different sort of beast; they're essentially evil sorcerors who plan to take over Neopia by paralyzing the living and draining their life essence (not permanently, natch) to power their spells. Some years ago, the ghouls were banished to a kind of in-between plane of existence, but now they've returned and are ready to get back to the whole takeover gig. But they were stopped last time, right? This time, it's up to Liva, an adventurous Wocky, and her best friend Sarn, a reserved Kacheek. The two stumble upon the ghouls' conspiracy during a hike in the Haunted Woods after meeting a ghostly Eyrie named Kyrok, and find themselves the reluctant saviors of the planet. That is, if they can prevent the ghouls from paralyzing them...

As you can expect from a hundred twenty-eight-page book set in sixteen-point type, this isn't exactly a masterpiece of complex plotting, but it's readable, its characters are engaging, and it should keep the kiddies entertained. Not bad. ***