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The Specter in the Spectacles (Paperback)

~ Kyt Dotson (Author)
Key Phrases: faerie ring, nonfiction section, The Specter, Knight Investigators, Commissioner Huron (more...)
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Come with Alden MacAlrey and discover that there's more to a new town than busy grown-ups and school bullies. While unlocking secret doors and exploring mysterious streets, Alden learns that faeries are real and can get him in real trouble. He finds himself thrust into a world where his new best friend might be hiding more than secrets, and a trip to the library turns into a wild chase.

See magic at work when dragons appear, spells paralyze, and tulips turn to axes!

Join Alden's quest to retrieve a deadly artifact, save his new friends, capture an evil wizard, and prove himself worthy of being called a Knight Investigator!



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Come with Alden MacAlrey and discover that there's more to a new town than busy grown-ups and school bullies. While unlocking secret doors and exploring mysterious streets, Alden learns that faeries are real and can get him in real trouble. He finds himself thrust into a world where his new best friend might be hiding more than secrets, and a trip to the library turns into a wild chase.

See magic at work when dragons appear, spells paralyze, and tulips turn to axes!

Join Alden's quest to retrieve a deadly artifact, save his new friends, capture an evil wizard, and prove himself worthy of being called a Knight Investigator!

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  • Paperback: 126 pages
  • Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (August 10, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0595282512
  • ISBN-13: 978-0595282517
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,668,863 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Imaginative and engaging: appealing for all ages, November 18, 2003
Alden, a little kid in a new town and his friend Fay, run into a world full of fairies, wizards, dragons and elves right under their noses in this engaging and imaginative story by Kyt Dotson. With a fascination for detail and a narrative that walks the reader through the very same streets where the characters delve, Kyt takes you in a journey that -unlike most other fiction stories of the genre- doesn't take place in some ficticious world that never occurred or in a faraway land, but in the very same neighborhood where the characters inhabit, in a town where you very well could live and a school where you easily could have attended as a kid.

Not being a huge fan of fiction myself, save for some of Tolkien's books, I was gladly surprised by Kyt's innovative approach, one that made the story engaging and believable in spite of clearly being a fiction story, making it equally appealing for grownups or kids. In the end, when you flip over the last page, you have that same refreshing feeling you hopefully felt when you viewed (or read) "Never Ending Story" as a kid. I will look forward to future titles by Kyt, as the story of Alden progresses and he faces new enemies and cases as a Knight Investigator.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Imaginative, well thought out., October 29, 2003
By Luis Boisvert (Charlottetown, PE Canada) - See all my reviews
From beginning to end this book is full of vividly described characters and settings. The author has a talent for creative and interesting imagery, always treating the reader to something new.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I can believe it, August 28, 2007
By ice-queen (Cambridge England) - See all my reviews
This is an extremely charming, intelligently written book. I want to give it to both adults I know as well as very young people. It shows a believable world with its beginning of a detective, a crime, then swirling one into the suddenly well remembered magic of childhood fiction ... there are faeries and pixies with all of the comforting skills that one desires.
It is multi-layered so one has the magic world whose next tactic flames ones wonder and the so-called real world revealing its magic reality.
I look forward to further adventures of young Alden, Fay, Lily and their sober faced (magic carefully concealed) connections.
I am also curious as to the wellbeing of the dragon who transforms itself into a fabulous automobile.



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