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Griffin Speaker was a wonderful book. The Story starts with a girl named Rain who lives in Bottomseep. She's been told she's destined to chop root for the rest of her life, but what if things can change? All the characters in this story are lovable and have believable character development. This is the perfect middle grade book, definitely check this book out if you like adventures and fantasy ages 10+. It will be released May 5th 2026!

A boy who doesn't have any real name, just goes by his late mother's name, Asta as in just Asta's son. Until now. When Lord Furnival died, then Father Quinel died, too. Everything just falls in the secret which the poor boy feeling confused, scared, but also felt brave all at once. But when the young boy found out about the "wolf's head" meaning that he is/was considered as immortal which was common misconception back in the 1300s, the medieval era. The older man that the young boy has to run and hide from is John Aycliffe. Throughout Asta's son's long, scary journey and hiding from Aycliffe, he later met another man, Bear who later truly loved him as a son. Until it was revealed that Asta's son actually have the name, Crispin. It was emotional discovery but good one. Murders too were discovered/solved. This story is Christian with the young boy who he possesses; the cross and believed in God and his faith helped him throughout his journey. Bravery, faith, murders, and emotional discoveries are all in this book written by Avi. Great book! - Happy Reading!

Rain is an orphan grub. Sitting at the very bottom of the hierarchy, she works at her Aunt Willow’s farm helping with the animals. When she turns 13, she will be sent to spend the rest of her life working in the Tubes to collect Root for those higher up on the hierarchy. Problem being, she has Tube Terror. The dark narrow spaces of the Tubes cause her to panic, though she must hide her fear to avoid being dosed with Med, which turns grubbers into mindless, automated workers. During all this, she hears strange, piercing cries coming from her Aunt’s barn, which she has been ordered, under no circumstances, should she ever enter. You know what they say, “Curiosity kills the cat.” Rain’s curiosity gets the best of her, and upon entering, she finds… a wild griffin? That can’t be right, wild griffins haven’t existed for years. Turns out the wild griffin is being trained to help get Lady Orla, a girl at the very top of the social rung, into the Academy, where students learn to be Griffin Riders who enforce the law. Lady Orla plans to enter the Academy under the “Law Of The Chosen”, which dictates that if a griffin naturally bonds with you, you must be let into the Academy, no matter your rank. However, the griffin has now bonded with Rain, and won’t attach to Lady Orla. This, naturally, causes problems. The Griffin Land authorities hunted and disposed of all wild griffins long ago, and if this griffin won’t bond with Lady Orla, his life is at stake. A whirlwind of decisions leads to Rain deciding to take Griff (as he’s been so named) to get herself into the Academy. However, being a grub, the government isn’t so thrilled with the idea of the Griffin Land Order hierarchy being thrown into chaos. It’s a battle to survive and fight her way though challenges to prove that she, too, should have a choice in how her life should be lived. Overall, one of my favorite books I’ve read in a long time. Once started, it’s very hard to put down. Looking forward to future books in the series. 10/10, recommend for ages 10-15.

I read this for the first time a long time ago, and i just finished reading it again for the second time with my little sister. this book is very interesting and it has a very eerie feel to it at times. I enjoy the writing style of it, as it's very descriptive in a way that's not too clunky or hard to read. Would definitely recommend for anyone 9+ who enjoys a slightly eerie fantasy!

When we first meet Firestar, because that's who I know him as now because I'm on the third series, and the fifth book: Warrior cats: Power of Three: Long Shadows, but anyways, at first his name is Rusty and we meet his friend smudge, which is a really cute name for a cat, but then he goes on to be firepaw, because of his pelt color, and once you go on in the series and you get to the part, where he is then Fireheart, and he exposes Tigerclaw (Now Tigerstar, but then he died in the sixth book, The Darkest Hour,) and his plan to kill Bluestar, the ThunderClan leader. So I would recommend this series to EVERYONE who is a cat lover!