The Cabinet of Earths
HarperCollins, 2012
Anne Nesbet’s debut novel for tweens, blends fantasy, science, and horror into an irresistible story in the vein of the classic His Dark Materials series.
Twelve-year-old Maya is miserable when she has to move from California to Paris. Not speaking French at a school full of snobby French girls is bad enough, but Maya believes there is something sinister going on in her new city. A purple-eyed man follows Maya and her younger brother, James. Statues seem to have Maya’s face. And an eerie cabinet filled with mysterious colored bottles calls to her.
When James becomes the target of dark forces, Maya decides she must answer the call of the Cabinet of Earths, despite the danger.
[Foreign edition: A Szalamandrás Ház titka (published by Fönix Könyvmühely, Hungary, 2012)]
HONORS AND REVIEWS:
Chicago Public Library's "Best of the Best" list, 2012
Winter 2011-2012 Kids' Indie Next List
2013 Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year list
2012 Cybils Award finalist
“A-shimmer with magic…” (Horn Book)
“Charmingly creepy…” (Kirkus)
“Evocative prose and a confident narrative voice…” (Publishers Weekly)
“Readers will be swept along by the novel’s swift pace…” (Shelf Awareness)
“A unique, interesting fantasy with just enough suspense to keep readers turning the pages into the night…” (VOYA)
