| Henry is a boy who lives with his mom, his dad, and his annoying little sister. After a while, Henry noticed that his mom and dad were not getting along very well. Actually they were getting along horribly, his dad was even sleeping on the couch. He finally confronted his dad about the problem because he thought his dad was having an affair, but it turned out that it was his mom that was having an affair, and it was with her female secretary. This really threw Henry for a loop and caused him a lot of stress.
This whole time he has been going and helping Mr. Fogarty, an old man. Mr. Fogarty is a very eccentric person. One day when Henry was going into Mr. Fogarty's backyard, he found a little animal. When he brought this animal to Mr. Fogarty, he found out that it was a Faerie. It just so happened that this was a faerie prince from another world with a very complicated story. Pyrgus cares very much about animals, and he was worried about the use of animals in a glue factory, so he went to investigate, he just did so in an illegal manor. Not only that but he got mixed up with a magician called Brimstone who got mixed up with a evil prince. He was going to sacrifice Pyrgus to free Beleth, the evil prince, but Pyrgus escaped, so now the Beleth is trying to hunt him down. Then he went through a portal which was supposed to be very safe, but instead of taking him where he wanted to go, it took him to our planet, earth. Now he needs a way to get home. Mr. Fogarty just happened to have the plans for a machine that would allow him, Henry, and Pyrgus to go back to the faerie realm, except there are some problems. To build the machine, Mr. Fogarty needs some equipment that he can only get by stealing it from Henry's school lab. Another problem is that Henry's parents are wondering what he is doing all this time with Mr. Fogarty and they are wondering if he is having a relationship with him the way his mom had a relationship with her secretary. Henry can not tell them what is really going on so they forbid him from going to Mr. Fogarty‘s. Henry is now in a very bad spot. Then the book moves to Pyrgus's family when they find out that when Pyrgus went through the portal, he was injected with a chemical that will, with time, cause his head to blow up until it explodes. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book - very upbeat FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - part earth & part fantasy world Coming of age Yes Youngster becomes - guardian of justice Political power play Yes Political plotlets - factions fight within govt for control Is this an adult or child's book? - Kid's book (ages 7-14) Descript. of chases or violence - 20 % planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30 % Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20 % Main Character Identity: - Male Profession/status: Age: - a teen Main Adversary Identity: - magical being Age: - long-lived adults Has magical powers? Yes Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - can change shapes How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting Earth setting: - current (early 21st century) A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - inhabited by friendly aliens Takes place on Earth? Yes Planet outside solar system? Yes Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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