{"product_id":"the-crystilleries-of-echoland-black-white-edition-paperback","title":"The Crystilleries of Echoland: Black \u0026 White Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDew Pellucid\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePAPERBACK EDITION with BLACK \u0026amp; WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS\u003cb\u003eAn award-winning teen fantasy-mystery\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDescribed by readers as \"complex\", \"intriguing\", \"imaginative\", \"gripping\", \"Harry Potter-like\".\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHOUSANDS OF CHILDREN disappear from our world. No one sees the kidnapping; or if they do, they forget. But one toddler returns after a week, riding a wolf with a falcon circling over him. That boy is Will Cleary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill tries to live a normal life. But his twin sister is still missing, and their parents never stop searching for her. Then just before his thirteenth birthday, Will's pets reveal a secret to him. (Though how it happens will remain a secret, until you read the book.) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA HIDDEN WORLD lies beneath our feet, a land filled with see-through trees and lucent people. They call us Sounds, and they are our Echoes; for each one of them is a reflection of one of us. It is a sparkling, beautiful place, a winter wonderland. But there is evil there, a terrible law, the Law of Death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a Sound dies in our world, his Echo is executed in Echoland. And there are those who reverse the order of things, to achieve their wicked ends. They hunt the Sound of the Echo they want to kill. Then the first death leads to the second as surely as lightning leads to thunder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs that what happened to the missing children in Will's realm? Did someone want to murder their Echoes? Or are these Sounds still alive, trapped somewhere in Echoland? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill tries to escape the frightening answer. But dangers sweep him into that magical, see-through land. And there, in a fortress filled with castaway children, a two-hundred-year-old riddle lies buried. The most important boy in Echoland will help Will solve it, with a handful of other kids. For the fate of Echoland, and of the Sound realm, depends on the answer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn answer hidden in an ancient book...Deep in a frozen lake of gems...Beyond a buried door...At the foot of the greatest Crystillery of all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut many men and monsters, crystal balls and spying eyes, will try to stop the brave teens. For how see-through your skin is is all-important in Echoland. And when this ancient hate will end, the realm of the Echoes will change forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003eWINNER of 7 BOOK AWARDS \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"A young hero must ally with his alter ego in an intricate parallel universe in order to rescue his sister and save his own life. A gripping...fantasy coming-of-age novel.\" -Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIN A SEE-THROUGH LAND our reflections live. They call us Sound; they are our Echoes-and they think that they must die when we do. Is this why children are disappearing from the Sound realm? Because someone wants their Echo to die? Twelve-year-old Will Cleary tries to escape the frightening answer. But dangers sweep him into that magical, see-through land. And there, in a fortress filled with castaway children, a two-hundred-year-old riddle lies buried. The most important boy in Echoland will help Will solve it, with a handful of other teens. For the fate of Echoland, and of the Sound realm, depends on the answer. An answer hidden in an ancient book... Deep in a frozen lake of gems... Beyond a buried door... At the foot of the greatest Crystillery of all. But many men and monsters, crystal balls and spying eyes, will try to stop the brave teens. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e 2018 Pacific Book Awards WINNER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 2018 Purple Dragonfly 2nd Place Winner \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 2018 Los Angeles Book Festival Runner-up \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 2018 Readers' Favorite Honorable Mention \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 2018 New York Book Festival Honorable Mention \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e 2018 San Francisco Book Festival Honorable Mention \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 2018 Royal Dragonfly Middle Grade Fiction Honorable Mention \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 374\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.83 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51795017335072,"sku":"9781980546597","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/548972033bf6350aeb884646baa8b49b.webp?v=1780740786","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-crystilleries-of-echoland-black-white-edition-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}