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Summary for *TodHunter Moon, Book 1: PathFinder*

Tod is 12 and finally old enough to hear the secret of her people, the
PathFinders. At a special dawn ceremony, her father reveals that their
ancestors were renowned for navigating something called the Ancient Ways,
paths they no longer remember. Because of their skills, they were even sent
to the stars. And, even crazier, many of the PathFinders today could still
have gills like their ancestors who traveled in fluid through space. This
is a lot for Tod to take in, and she has little time to process it before
her father goes missing from his fishing boat one day. He leaves a note
behind telling Tod yet more secrets. Her long-deceased mother had magical
abilities and wanted her to study magic. Tod hops on a ship to meet
Extraordinary Wizard Septimus Heap, not knowing that her village is in
serious danger. Fires burn down most of the houses and most of the
villagers go missing at the hands of strange nocturnal snake-like creatures
called garmin. But Tod still has a chance to help them when the garmin
start abducting people near the Magical Tower and Septimus finds out
they're sneaking around through the Ancient Ways. The kidnapped will need
Tod's help as a Pathfinder to navigate through the labyrinth of tunnels and
save them on time.

On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 2:42 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> "TodHunter Moon, Book 1: PathFinder" is the book. Not sure if my reply
> email is going through.
>
> On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 12:21 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> I have not figured it out.  We don't know the date, but she read it b/c
>> the school librarian book talked it.  So I would assume it was newer, but
>> that's not necessarily true.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 11:11 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> Do you have any idea about the publication date? This sounds like a film
>>> I watched when I was a kid, and it has been bugging me! I'm wondering if
>>> there was possibly a film adaptation in the 90s? That still hasn't helped
>>> me find anything, but it might be something to go on if it is indeed an
>>> older title.
>>>
>>> I take it that it wasn't any of the suggestions offered to your first
>>> email?
>>>
>>> I'm really curious to hear if you ever find out what this is!
>>>
>>> Michele McDaniel
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
>>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>
>>>> In today's game of Name That Book, we are looking for the title of this
>>>> book:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    - Fisherman town, people live in houses on stilts.
>>>>    - Children learn information about their ancestry when they reach a
>>>>    certain age. The elders take them out on the beach and there is a
>>>>    storytelling ceremony.
>>>>    - Children in a certain lineage have gills, but they don't know
>>>>    about it until they reach a certain age or milestone.
>>>>    - The main character is at a friend's house, and they get attacked
>>>>    by some kind of demon because he can smell her / sense that she is one of
>>>>    the "special" people who have this power.
>>>>    - The demon ends up kidnapping some siblings. The rest of the book
>>>>    is the characters trying to rescue the siblings.
>>>>    - They watch a demon ritual and one of the characters has to jump
>>>>    in, which is when they find out they have gills.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>> Amy Hamernick
>>>> Media Specialist
>>>> Apple Teacher
>>>> Century Jr. High
>>>> @AhamernickCJH
>>>> #CenturyWildcats
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "If we always do what we've always done,
>>>> we will get what we've always got."
>>>> ~Adam Urbanski~
>>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Sincerely,
>> Amy Hamernick
>> Media Specialist
>> Apple Teacher
>> Century Jr. High
>> @AhamernickCJH
>> #CenturyWildcats
>>
>>
>> "If we always do what we've always done,
>> we will get what we've always got."
>> ~Adam Urbanski~
>>
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