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Book: Shinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coatl
Author: Julie Kagawa
Book Series: Society of Explorers and Adventurers Book 1
Rating: 4/5
Diversity: Wheelchair user side character, Japanese American MC
Recommended For…: middle grade readers, fantasy, mythology
Publication Date: April 26, 2022
Genre: MG Fantasy
Age Relevance: 9+ (parental death, grief, violence, kidnapping)
Explanation of Above: There is some mention throughout the book about the main characters’ parent’s deaths. There is some grief mentioned in the book and there are a few scenes with light violence. There is also a kidnapping in the book.
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 320
Synopsis: Shinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coatl is the first book in a globe-trotting adventure that combines high-tech wizardry, old-world legends and a little bit of magic.
Shinji Takahashi is just an ordinary kid. An ordinary homeschooled smart-alecky orphan kid being raised by his aunt Yui. But when a magical guardian decides to use him as a conduit to awaken its power, Shinji’s life takes a turn for the extraordinary. Captured by the menacing Hightower Corporation, which is bent on using the guardian’s magic for its own nefarious purposes, Shinji must team up with a brilliant young tech whiz named Lucy and her robot mouse, Tinker, to escape the Corporation’s evil clutches.
Together Shinji and Lucy turn to the venerable Society of Explorers and Adventurers and its ragtag cast of spelunkers, hackers, mapmakers, pilots, and mythology experts (among other things) to return the guardian to its rightful home and release Shinji from its magic—which seems to be draining his life force. Time is ticking, the Hightower Corporation is hot on their tail, and success or failure might depend on one small thing—Shinji finally coming around to the belief that he is anything but ordinary.
Review: For the most part I thought the book was well written. It was a fun read and I loved every moment of it. The story was expansive and I loved that it was Aztec inspired mythology and that the main message of the book is righting the wrongs of the past. I thought the book was well developed story wise and the book did well pacing wise.
However, I do think that the books needed a little bit more character development and world building. I also wish that the book had fully fleshed out a lot of the ideas that it had in it.
Verdict: It was good! Great for kids!
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About The Book:
Author: Julie Kagawa
Pub. Date: April 5, 2022
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook
Pages: 320
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Shinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coatl is the first book in a globe-trotting adventure that combines high-tech wizardry, old-world legends and a little bit of magic.
Shinji Takahashi is just an ordinary kid. An ordinary homeschooled smart-alecky
orphan kid being raised by his aunt Yui. But when a magical guardian decides to
use him as a conduit to awaken its power, Shinji’s life takes a turn for the
extraordinary. Captured by the menacing Hightower Corporation, which is bent on
using the guardian’s magic for its own nefarious purposes, Shinji must team up
with a brilliant young tech whiz named Lucy and her robot mouse, Tinker, to
escape the Corporation’s evil clutches.
Together Shinji and Lucy turn to the venerable Society of Explorers and
Adventurers and its ragtag cast of spelunkers, hackers, mapmakers, pilots, and
mythology experts (among other things) to return the guardian to its rightful
home and release Shinji from its magic—which seems to be draining his life
force. Time is ticking, the Hightower Corporation is hot on their tail, and
success or failure might depend on one small thing—Shinji finally coming around
to the belief that he is anything but ordinary.
Based on the Society of Explorers and Adventurers lore that exist across the Walt Disney Parks, Shinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coatl is the first book in an all-new action-adventure series that brings S.E.A. into the twenty-first century through a blend of science and magic, and a focus on two young characters on an epic journey through time and place.
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About Julie Kagawa:
Julie Kagawa is the New York Times bestselling author of the Iron Fey, Blood of Eden, Talon, and Shadow of the Fox series. She was born in Sacramento, California. But nothing exciting really happened to her there. So, at the age of nine she and her family moved to Hawaii, which she soon discovered was inhabited by large carnivorous insects, colonies of house geckos, and frequent hurricanes. She spent much of her time in the ocean, when she wasn’t getting chased out of it by reef sharks, jellyfish, and the odd eel. She worked as a professional dog trainer for several years, dodging Chihuahua bites and overly enthusiastic Labradors, until her first book sold and she stopped training to write full time. Julie now lives in North Carolina with her husband, two obnoxious cats, and a pair of Australian Shepherds that have more Instagram followers than she does. You can follow her on Instagram or Twitter @JKagawa or check out her website at juliekagawa.com.
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