Land of Loss (Everworld, 2) (Paperback)

~ K.A. Applegate (Author) "In the real world the Vikings never fought the Aztecs..." (more)
Key Phrases: Olaf Ironfoot, New Tenochtitlan, Sven Swordeater (more...)

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David, Jalil, April, and Christopher have been pulled into a world that defies everything they once believed. Wolves the size of elephants, beings who consider themselves immortals, mythological gods. Nothing is like what they're used to. And it doesn't look like they're going to find a permanent way home anytime soon. It all started with Senna. Now she's missing. David and all the others don't know if she's in Everword. They don't even know if she's alive...in the human sense...

Product Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks; 1st THUS edition (July 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590877518
• ISBN-13: 978-0590877510
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #157,977 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Book!! I loved it!, August 15, 1999

By A Customer

I really liked this book, and the others in the series. I agree with some reviews that there is a little more cussing than is needed, but I am 12, and I dont mind a bit. Animorphs are great, but the storyline is kinda old, and I read them a lot, so I wanted an older book to read. One that wasnt so easy. Animorphs I can predict what is going to happen, because for cryin out loud there are about 35 of them! In Everworld there are twists and turns that kept me reading! And I totally dissagree that the charaters dont have personality. They are belivable personalitys of teens, these books tell the truth. I give KA snaps for showing the real thoughts of teens, not a Brady Bunch senario. Bad stuff happens to them plenty, I mean almost getting your heart carved out isnt bad enough for ya? If you like exiting, thrilling, mysterious books with a little bit of magic and a teens perspective you should deffanatly read this!! Again I LOVED this book, its great!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Even better than the first..., June 16, 2001

By	Alaria (England) - See all my reviews

Land of Loss picks up right where the first book left off. David, Christopher, Jalil and April have travelled to an Aztec City with a group of Vikings who are preparing to go to war. Their target: the Aztec God, Huitzilopoctli, whose head is the bargaining tool needed for the return of the Norsemen's own God, Odin. Armed with the legendary hammer of Thor, the Vikings were confident of victory. But when the plan didn't go as expected, Christopher and the others found themselves caught in the centre of a battle to the death...

Land of Loss is the second book in KA Applegate's Everworld series and if anything, it's even better then the first. I found Christopher a more likeable narrator than David and his commentary adds plenty of humour to the book. The descriptions of Everworld are so vivid you can actually imagine being there, and the books manage to entertain as well as educate with a mix of history, mythology, fantasy, action and suspense. I find myself liking the characters more and the author really manages to get inside the heads of teenagers. Yes, there's swearing, but it only adds to the realism. I love the Animorphs series, but these books are just so much better, less predictable and more complex. I recommend this to all fans of the Everworld series.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An interesting second book in an interesting series, January 17, 2001

By	"kandladin" (Castle) - See all my reviews

Interesting. Very interesting. These books are not what I'm used too, in terms of the foul language and violence and stuff, but I have no trouble handling it. Though I think that they would be as welcome, if not more welcome in the horror section than in the fantasy section. For parents, I would not recomend these books to anyone under fourteen or so, because of the almost constant swearing and intense violence. So, anyway, this time Christopher tells the tell as he, David, Jalil, and April all struggle to understand the paradox of Everworld. It picks up almost exactly where the previous book left off, right in the middle of a battle, and the intire book pretty much consists of them trying to escape imprisnment with the Aztecs before they are sacrificed to the Aztec god. I thought it built nicely upon the first, deepening the adventure, and also giving an excellent choice of which character to pick up the story next. I had not been fond of Christopher at all before this, since he is exactly the sort of person I hate in real life, yet this book shows that even he has feelings and thoughts of his own that go beyond girls and food. It would be very interesting to also hear from April and Jalil, since so far they seem to be the most intersting, and I hope the series continues this book by book character switching. (I am on book three so I already know that they do. The next book is from the point of view of April) So, an interesting series, and one I would like to read the rest of.