series
Series may refer to:
People with the name
* Caroline Series (born 1951), English mathematician, daughter of George Series
* George Series (1920–1995), English physicist
Arts, entertainment, and media
Music
* Series, the ordered sets used in ...
of children's fantasy novels by
Patrick Carman
Patrick Carman (born February 27, 1966, in Salem, Oregon) is an American writer and a graduate of Willamette University.
Carman's first book, '' The Dark Hills Divide'', was published in 2005 The book, and the subsequent books in the same serie ...
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The series consists of:
Book 1: ''
The Dark Hills Divide
''The Dark Hills Divide'' is a (2005) children's fantasy and mystery novel by Patrick Carman. It is the first book in '' The Land of Elyon'' series, which focuses on the adventures of Alexa Daley, who is the daughter of Mr. Daley, the mayor of ...
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Book 2: ''
Beyond the Valley of Thorns
''Beyond the Valley of Thorns'' is a children's fantasy novel, the second book in Patrick Carman's series of novels, The Land of Elyon.
Summary
Alexa Daley returns in the second book in the series. year has passed since her fateful adventure ...
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Book 3: ''
The Tenth City
''The Tenth City'' is a children's fantasy novel, the third book in Patrick Carman's series of novels, The Land of Elyon.''the ...
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Prequel: ''
Into the Mist
''Into the Mist'' is a children's fantasy novel by Patrick Carman. It is a prequel to the first book in The Land of Elyon series, '' The Dark Hills Divide''.Stargazer''
Prequel: Into the Mist is a prequel that tells of the early lives of Thomas and Roland Warvold and their introduction to Sir Alistair Wakefield and the Wakefield House. The Five Stone Pillars are introduced at the end of the book.
Book 4, Stargazer, takes place on the Five Stone Pillars, where the lost children of
Castalia
Castalia ( grc, Κασταλία), in Greek mythology, was a naiad-nymph, a daughter of Achelous who inhabited the Castalian spring in Delphi. In older traditions, Castalian spring already existed by the time Apollo came to Delphi searching f ...
live.
Abbadon
The Hebrew term Abaddon ( he, אֲבַדּוֹן ''’Ăḇaddōn'', meaning "destruction", "doom"), and its Greek equivalent Apollyon ( grc-koi, Ἀπολλύων, ''Apollúōn'' meaning "Destroyer") appear in the Bible as both a place of de ...
is still alive and in the form of a metallic electric sea monster who is trying to destroy the fourth pillar. Most of the book takes place over a few days that Alexa and Yipes spend on the pillars plotting an escape.
Throughout the series, various characters can speak with or understand animals.