Greencloaks, those with spirit animals, are an important order that helped defeat the Devourer hundreds of years ago, with help from four Great Beasts who gave their lives to protect Erdas. In the world of Erdas, 11-year-olds must all drink the Nectar to see if they have the rare ability to summon a spirit animal. In this series with a fine action scene.Mull (the Beyonders books) kicks off the multiplatform Spirit Animals series with an exciting first installment (volume two arrives in January 2014, written by Maggie Stiefvater). Portrays the Green Cloaks with more authority and sets up the next book Hesitancy as they struggle to connect with their spirit animals. Meilin and Abeke have moreĬonfidence, while the boys Conor and Rollan are portrayed with more

This book focuses on the children…and Barber providesĮach one with a distinct accent and cadence. Learn more about him at .īarber provides an engaging narration of the first book in the SpiritĪnimals series. He now lives in Utah with his wife, four kids, and the family dog. As a kid, he had a dog, a cat, a horse, some goldfish (won at a school carnival), and briefly a tarantula (captured in his neighborhood). Brandon Mull is the #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of the Five Kingdoms, Fablehaven, and Beyonders series. Part engrossing book series, part action role-playing game - discover your spirit animal and join the adventure in Fall 2013. Now the fate of Erdas has fallen on the shoulders of four young strangers. A dark force has risen from distant and long-forgotten lands, and has begun an onslaught that will ravage the world. Suddenly the paths of these children - and the world - have been changed forever.Enter the world of Erdas, where every child who comes of age must discover if they have a spirit animal, a rare bond between human and beast that bestows great powers to both. Four flashes of light erupt, and from them emerge the unmistakable shapes of incredible beasts - a wolf, a leopard, a panda, a falcon.

#1 New York Times bestseller Brandon Mull launches Scholastic's brand-new multiplatform phenomenon.Four children separated by vast distances all undergo the same ritual, watched by cloaked strangers.

Wild Born by Brandon Mull