Free Kindle Theodosia And The Serpents Of Chaos ebooks Download
Theodosia Throckmorton has her hands full at the Museum of Legends and Antiquities in London. Her father may be head curator, but it is Theo—and only Theo—who is able to see all the black magic and ancient curses that still cling to the artifacts in the museum. Sneaking behind her father’s back, Theo uses old, nearly forgotten Egyptian magic to remove the curses and protect her father and the rest of the museum employees from the ancient, sinister forces that lurk in the museum’s dark hallways.
Lexile Measure: 780 (What's this?)
Series: Theodosia (Book 1)
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition (May 5, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0618999760
ISBN-13: 978-0618999767
Product Dimensions: 1 x 5.5 x 7.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (96 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #188,923 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #76 in Books > Children's Books > Literature & Fiction > Historical Fiction > Ancient Civilizations #170 in Books > Children's Books > Literature & Fiction > Historical Fiction > Europe #706 in Books > Children's Books > Animals > Cats
Age Range: 7 - 10 years
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Things That Are Difficult To Do:1. Eating broken glass2. Changing a baby's diaper for the first time.3. Digesting aforementioned broken glass.4. Selling a boy on a great adventuresome novel with a female heroine.It's a bit of a stereotype but one with at least a grain of truth to it. Certain boys of a particular literary persuasion will offer an unpleasant amount of resistance to reading a book when its protagonist is of the feminine variety. This is understood. Few quibble the point. As a result, nine times out of ten a hero who discovers a fantastical world in a fantasy novel will sport a name like Harry or Percy or Sebastian (no one said they had to be manly names). This can make it difficult for girls heroes. Either they have to share the spotlight with a boy (and is pictured on the cover with him if the publisher has their way) or their heroine already exists in a world of her own when the action begins. The latter is the case with one Theodosia Throckmorton. If you called her "spunky" to her face she'd probably grind your foot beneath her boot heel. Theodosia isn't cute or plucky or wide-eyed. She's sly and clever with just half a sandwich more intelligence than her fellow man. "Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos" is not a perfect creation, but it has enough originality and sheer verve to make up for those imperfections a reader might find.When you're living in Edwardian England as the child of easily distracted museum curators, you have to do a lot of growing up on your own. Theodosia Throckmorton , for her part, has done her fair share.
Who could resist Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos, by R. L. LaFevers? The book is dedicated to "clever girls everywhere who get tired of feeling like no one's listening". Set in the early 1900's, it's the story of young Theodosia Throckmorton, who more or less lives in London's Museum of Legends and Antiquities. Her mother is an archaeologist, frequently away excavating tombs in Egypt. Her father is museum-obsessed, and frequently works through the night. Theodosia, who has managed through her parents' inattention to dodge both boarding school and governesses, has her own little room at the museum, where she sleeps in a sarcophagus. This alone would be interesting, but it gets better.Theodosia, who is "cleverer than most", has a rare natural gift for sensing ancient curses, and removing them. When her mother brings home a very important, and seriously cursed artifact, the Heart of Egypt, Theodosia finds herself at the heart of a conspiracy. She has to recover the artifact, after it's stolen by evil-doers, and go to great lengths to un-do the damage wrought by the Heart of Egypt. She wrestles with a secret brotherhood, German troublemakers, an appealing young pickpocket, and her pesky younger brother, Henry. Not to mention stowing away on a ship, facing scorpions, and removing a curse from her black cat. Through it all, Theodosia remains strong and smart, considerably more on top of things than her relatively hapless parents and snooty grandmother. She's very cool.Theodosia has an appealingly snarky voice (the story is told in the first person). Here are a couple of examples:"I weighed my options: being followed through the streets of London by a menacing stranger or catching a lift with Grandmother Throckmorton.
Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos Theodosia and the Last Pharaoh (The Theodosia Series) Thor's Serpents (The Blackwell Pages) Chaos, Gaia, Eros: A Chaos Pioneer Uncovers the Three Great Streams of History Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris Theodosia and the Eyes of Horus No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind The Queen of Distraction: How Women with ADHD Can Conquer Chaos, Find Focus, and Get More Done Chaos, Territory, Art: Deleuze and the Framing of the Earth (The Wellek Library Lectures) Sync: How Order Emerges From Chaos In the Universe, Nature, and Daily Life Deep Simplicity: Bringing Order to Chaos and Complexity Deep Simplicity: Chaos, Complexity and the Emergence of Life (Penguin Press Science) Spy High Mission Two: Chaos Rising (Spy High (Little Brown and Company)) Three Kingdoms 01: Heros and Chaos (Legends from China: Three Kingdoms) The Ask and the Answer (Reissue with bonus short story): Chaos Walking: Book Two Chaos and Organization in Health Care (MIT Press) Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck--Why Some Thrive Despite Them All Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley Chasing Chaos: My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid Fractal Market Analysis: Applying Chaos Theory to Investment and Economics
