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In a time of deadly crisis, Linden alone has the power to save her people.

The faeries of the Oak are in danger of extinction, and their only hope for survival rests in fifteen-year-old Linden. Armed with the last of her people's magic, she travels bravely into the modern human world. Along the way she makes a reluctant ally—a human boy named Timothy.

Soon Linden and Timothy discover a danger much worse than the Oakenfolk's loss of magic: a potent evil that threatens to enslave faeries and humans alike. In a fevered, desperate chase across the country, Tim and Linden must risk their lives to seek an ancient power before it's too late to save everyone they love.

R. J. Anderson has artfully crafted a world of stunning magic, thrilling adventure, and delicate beauty, where the key to the future is in an unexpected, forbidden friendship.

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Anderson's second book to feature the faeries from the Oakenwyld pairs two characters that come from backgrounds that render them vulnerable in modern life: Linden, a faery girl from the Oak, and Timothy, the son of missionaries who has been sent from Uganda to England for schooling. After getting suspended for fighting, Timothy visits his cousin Paul and Paul's wife, Peri (both appeared in Spell Hunter; Peri was the faery, Knife). Timothy discovers that their property contains the gateway to Linden's world, which has been stripped of magic, and when Linden turns Timothy into a vehicle for her quest to restore her kingdom, the two find themselves adrift in London, the target of a ruthless enemy. Questions of faith and allegiance loom as large as physical dangers, and Anderson generally handles her material without preaching ("So you have to be able to see something to know it exists?" questions Linden when Timothy expresses doubt in God). In their own ways, Linden and Timothy are ordinary individuals facing challenges and expectations unique to their situations: readers will likely be swept up in the fantasy, yet believable characters offer verisimilitude. Ages 12–up. (July)

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“Readers will be racing through the pages right along with Knife to discover the fate of her world and her love.”

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ISBN-13: 9780061554773
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 6/22/2010
Pages: 296
Sales rank: 828,771
Age range: 12 - 14 Years
Product dimensions: 5.70 (w) x 8.30 (h) x 1.10 (d)

Meet the Author

R. J. Anderson was born in Uganda, raised in Ontario, schooled in New Jersey, and has spent much of her life dreaming of other worlds entirely. At the age of twelve she borrowed her parents' electric typewriter and began hammering out her first fantasy novel. Now married and the mother of three young sons, Rebecca reads to her children the classic works of fantasy and science fiction that enlivened her own childhood, and she tries to bring a similar sense of humor, adventure, and timeless wonder to her own work. She is also the author of Faery Rebels: Spell Hunter.

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wistuco

Posted January 3, 2012

Seventh Grade Perspective

A Book review of Wayfarer by R.J Anderson
By Shehreen, Grade7, Yangon International School
Many girls dream of being a princess or a fairy. No one considers about the conflicts
they might face. Everything cannot be puffed away by pixie dust. When a quest reveals,
the problem is too dangerous to ignore or eliminate, will she be able to succeed? Will
she able to save her beloved ones before it¿s too late? R.J Anderson answers these
questions in his novel Wayfarer. Anderson creates an extraordinary world of fantasy
with a gripping tale of forbidden friendship, thrilling adventure and lost magic, in which
the fate of an entire realm depends on one brave fairy. Anderson, author of Fairy
Rebels: Spell Hunter wrote another best-selling novel Wayfarer.
The queen is dying, which leaves the fairies in danger of extinction. Linden, a fifteen
year old fairy, is their only hope. In a time of deadly crisis, Linden alone has the power
to save her people. She is trusted with the remaining power to enter the human world
and find fairies to help the Oak tree fairies survive. In the human world, Linden meets
Timothy, a human boy. Together, they discover that the danger is much worse than the
Oak fairies lost of magic, an evil fairy threatens to enslave fairies and humans. To
prevent this, Timothy and Linden have must risk their lives to find an alleged ancient
power. Will they find what they seek or risk their lives for nothing?
Anderson creates a vivid world with suspense which leaves the reader clinging from
one page to another. ¿Timothy shivered, stuffing his cold hands into his pockets, and
began picking his way back through the garden toward the house. Yet even as he
walked he felt his spine tingle, as through something- or- someone was watching him.¿ I
like how she does an amazing job creating the characters, making them seem so real.
Linden, for example, is young but filled with hope and faith. She is confident in who she
is and what she believes. Her strong-willed personality helps not loose her trust on this
adventure. Timothy, on the other hand, is the complete opposite of Linden. He is not
sure about himself and doesn¿t have a lot of faith, but the time he spends with Linden
seems to change him. This story might be one about fairies but it¿s mostly set in the
human world. Anderson worked hard to keep things as realistic as possible. I thought
the climax was a little fast and ended quickly. I felt that she skipped some parts that
might have been important to the story.
I would recommend Wayfarer to mostly kids from 11 through 14 years old. It is a
perfect book for them because, it has a bit of romance, adventure, mystery, and fantasy,
that most kids their age enjoys reading. On a scale of 1 to 5, I give this book a 4
because the characters were so realistic, the setting was amazing, and Anderson wrote
with great finesse that I couldn¿t put it away until I finished reading it.
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writingirl_15

Posted June 26, 2010

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When I first starting reading this book, I didn't know that one of the main topics of the book was religious faith. Although it isn't in an IN YOUR FACE type of writing. Timothy didn't know what to believe anymore and Linden believed in the "Great Gardener" and most of the book had undertones of how Timothy felt lost and betrayed by his faith. I believe the book centered around believing in your religion, having faith in yourself and others, and doing the right thing, even if it is hard to do. Having said that, I have to say I'm not a very religious person, and even though this book has religion in it it was still pretty good. Throughout the whole book Timothy and Linden are on the run, searching for something that could save Linden's people ( a small group faeries that lives in the Oak) while trying to avoid being caught by the Emperess's people. Along the way discover friendship and (for Linden) maybe even love. Overall, it was a good book.

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Posted May 6, 2010

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I'm having a hard time putting into writing why I liked this one better than the first. I didn't get a real feel for the characters in the first one. There is some of the same ones in this one, but the main characters are different. I felt like I knew them better. It was faster paced, so I felt the story flowed better. It also changed locations, which maybe added that little bit of extra spark to the story. I liked all of the events that took place in London. It just exciting and I wasn't sure what would happen next. I'm probably one of the few who likes Linden better than Knife. She seemed more genuine. I was unsure of Timothy for awhile, but once I knew what was troubling him, his character made more sense. The faery lore that was included in this story was awesome. I'm not real familiar with these legends, so I feel like I'm learning things as well. The surprise twist towards the end wasn't so much of a surprise for me. Will be looking forward to the next book in this series.
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