Superior Saturday by Garth Nix
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(Keys to the Kingdom series) Allen and
Unwin, 2008.
(Ages : 10+) Saturday's adventure in the Keys to the Kingdom
series has been much anticipated, and does not disappoint. Arthur
is in receipt of the fifth key, but has realised that the Nothing is
growing ever more rapidly. He tries to find help, firstly from Dr
Scamandros, who makes Arthur realize that he is growing bigger and
stronger, and then from the Old One, but none can answer his questions.
Using the fifth key to go through the mirror to the citadel, Lord
Arthur is held back a little by Scamandros holding onto his shirttails.
But once there, they are galavanised into action. Suzy has taken on the
mantle of general, wearing the clothing which denotes her status, and
she is amazed at the powerful, strong man before her. Lord Arthur is
expected to save the House.
Nix always creates a most magical place where ideas, words and
descriptions meld into one, making a story line at once easy to follow,
but demanding that the readers always use their imaginations, taking
hold of the ideas presented, using their intelligence to make sense of
the world created before them. Arthur and his allies must hold out
against the increasing power of Superior Saturday and find the sixth
key to stop the destruction happening all around them.
The many followers of Arthur's quest will be eager to read this and
then the seventh and last in this excellent series. For those impatient
to find out more, then the website,
can be trawled.
Fran Knight