[ISLMA-Share] Name of book

Wed Dec 13 15:17:50 CST 2017

Yep!  That's it!  Thanks so much!

On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 2:46 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> 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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-- 
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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