Creativity as power
Matt and Emily can bring art to life, enter paintings and use drawings while pursuing the quill.
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Carole E. Barrowman - Author
John Scot Barrowman - Author
This is an imaginative fantasy adventure centred on artistic powers, paintings, supernatural creatures and a demanding conflict between family loyalty and protecting others.
"12-year-old twins Matt and Emily Calder are Animare: they can bring art to life and enter paintings at will. They must do everything in their power to prevent a breach in Hollow Earth: a supernatural place that holds all the demons, devils and creatures ever imagined. The Hollow Earth Society is getting closer to finding the key that will release the beasts: an ancient bone quill whose powers can be only be used by a powerful Animare. The quill has been lost for centuries, but important clues to its whereabouts lie somewhere on the island of Era Mina - as does the entrance to Hollow Earth itself. Matt and Em must find the quill and protect it through their drawings, through certain famous paintings and, ultimately, deep into the mists of time itself. But their lives in the relative safety of Auchinmurn Abbey are thrown into confusion with the arrival of a newcomer who threatens to ruin everything they have worked for.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is an imaginative fantasy adventure centred on artistic powers, paintings, supernatural creatures and a demanding conflict between family loyalty and protecting others.
Matt and Emily can bring art to life, enter paintings and use drawings while pursuing the quill.
The twins work together while facing a choice between saving their father and saving the world.
Hollow Earth contains demons, devils and imagined creatures, while the Hollow Earth Society seeks a key that could release them.
The central dilemma may invite discussion of competing responsibilities: caring for one’s family while considering consequences for a much larger group.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the current material supports only a cautious reading; another book-specific source is still needed.
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