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Mister Monday and Grim
Tuesday
Garth Nix Scholastic 2003; 2004 |
Arthur Penhaligon is about to die due to the deadliest asthma attack he's ever had on Monday. If it hadn't been for two oddly shaped and dressed men by the names of Sneezer and Mister Monday, he would be. When they arrived in his world, they brought with them the first part of the first Key(that is in the shape of a minute hand of a clock) to the Lower House of the Epicenter of All Creation. Part One of the Will has chosen Arthur as the Rightful Heir to the Architect's House. First, he must battle Mister Monday to get the second and greater half of the Key, which is the hour hand. Together, these two hands will form the first Key, Monday's Key. After he has accomplished this, he goes back to the Secondary Realms, his home. On Tuesday, he's going to have to go back to the House that had nearly killed him on Monday. There he must battle Grim Tuesday to get the Second Key of the House. This time, though, he doesn't get help from the first Part of the Will as he did when he went up against Mister Monday. His Lord Tuesday is also a lot smarter than his rival Lord Monday was. Arthur isn't quite ready to go up against what Grim Tuesday has in store for him. The adventure he has begun to embark on continues after Tuesday in the upcoming books and isn't about to end any time soon.
I loved both of these books. I'm going to make sure to get the rest of the series as the books come out because they were so good! I was reading well into the night each day after I finished all of my activities because they were so excellent! I would recommend the entire series (even though some of the books aren't even out yet) to grades 4 through 12 because they're extremely entertaining, better than a lot of books that I have read and that's quite a lot! I really enjoyed these books and I hope that anyone else who reads them likes them as much as I did.
~Kayla Aldan, 8th grade, Boardman Center Middle School, Boardman, Ohio