[ISLMA-Share] Name of book

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Wow, there are pretty much no keywords in any of the summaries I've
found... good job!

On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 3:17 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> 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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-- 
Emily Adams
Library Media Specialist
South Side Elementary School
Champaign Early Childhood Center
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