[ISLMA-Share] Name of book

Wed Dec 13 15:40:10 CST 2017

I had to Google a few times but got a hit with using the words "book with
creature that kidnaps kids with gills" lol. It was the forth link down for
a Common Sense Media link :)

On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 3:28 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> 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
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> South Side Elementary School
> Champaign Early Childhood Center
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