title: Spirit Animals: Book 1: Wild Born
author:  Brandon Mull 
description: Gr 4-7-In the world of Erdas, when children turn 11, they drink Nectar in order to see if they will have a spirit animal. Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan are chosen, and, with their spirit animals-a wolf, a leopard, a panda, and a falcon-they must summon the Four Fallen, Great Beasts that gave their lives many years earlier to defeat the Devourer. Now the Devourer is back, and the children have to use their animal powers to defeat it. Minions of the Devourer are hot on their trail and will do anything to stop them from succeeding. This story has a well-developed plot and likable, well-rounded characters. Mull masterfully draws readers into Erdas with his fast-paced scenes. His writing is smooth and easily transitions between characters' points of view without causing confusion. Fans of Mull's Fablehaven (S &amp; S, 2007), Peter Lerangis's The Colossus Rises (HarperCollins, 2013), or other page-turning fantasy adventures will have a hard time putting this book down.-Kira Moody, Whitmore Public Library, Salt Lake City, UT(c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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  Spirit Beings around the World
  
  
  Little People, Wild Men and
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A Study in Comparative Mythology
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Gary R. Varner
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Algora Publishing
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  New York
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  © 2007 by Algora Publishing.
  
  
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  ISBN-13: 978-0-87586-545-4 (trade paper)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Varner, Gary R.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Creatures in the mist: little people, wild men and spirit beings around the
  world : a
  
  
  study in comparative mythology 