Amy is your average 14 year old girl. One day while her family is sitting shiva for her dead Couisn Shelly, Amy escapes the house to go rollerskating. As she's wobbling around borrowed skates, who does she bump into--literally--but her old neighborhood bully Kevin Malone....
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Amy is your average 14 year old girl. One day while her family is sitting shiva for her dead Couisn Shelly, Amy escapes the house to go rollerskating. As she's wobbling around borrowed skates, who does she bump into--literally--but her old neighborhood bully Kevin Malone. When he pins her old rhinstone rose onto her sleve, she chases after him. He leads her under one of Central Park's many stone arches, and into a patchwork of other worlds from many fantasy novels--the Fayre Farre, Kevin's Kingdom, where Kevin has dubbed himself the Promised Champion of his dark and dangerous world.
But every hero has to have a villian. Anglower, a very real villian from Kevin's past, threatens to throw the Fayre Farre into turmoil--unless Kevin can defeat him first. And he needs Amy's help.
The thing is, Amy doesn't trust him or his starnge world. She doesn't even like him. But if she doesn't help Kevin, it could mean the end of the Fayre Farre.
When I first got my hands on this book, I couldn't put it down. I was sucked into the Fayre Farre as much as Amy was. Being a 14 year old girl, I could really relate to Amy. When Kevin appeared, I shared Amy's mixed feelings of doubt about him. What makes this book so believeable is that all of the characters are like someone we know (or at the very least have heard of), but they've been plunked into an incredibly difficult and seemingly impossible situation. Even our heroine Amy doesn't believe that it's completely real for much of the book.
The Kingdom of Kevin Malone is one of my favorite books. For me, it's right up at the top of the list with Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Artemis Fowl, and Ender Wiggin.
If you're a fan of fantasy novels, get your hands on this book!
