Serafina and the Seven Stars (Serafina Series #4)

by Robert Beatty

Overview

Serafina and Braeden make an epic return in the hotly anticipated fourth installment of Robert Beatty's #1 New York Times best-selling Serafina series.


Serafina, the Guardian of Biltmore Estate, has won battle after battle against the dark forces encroaching on her home. Now, tranquility has returned to Biltmore. Serafina doesn’t trust it. She patrols the grounds night and day, hardly sleeping, uncertain of her place after her best friend Braeden Vanderbilt’s departure for boarding school in New York.


When Mr. Vanderbilt, the kind master of Biltmore, asks Serafina to move upstairs into one of the house’s grandest rooms, she’s sure it’s to keep an eye on the guests who have arrived for the estate’s annual hunt.


But as Serafina investigates, she becomes more and more unsettled by what Biltmore has become—a place haunted by nameless terrors where no dark corridor is safe. Even worse, she begins to doubt her own senses. Is Braeden really hundreds of miles away, or did he return to Biltmore for one strange night before vanishing? Is the bond between them truly broken or is it stronger than ever?


Then Serafina witnesses a crime that turns her world upside down. How can all that once seemed good and worthy of protection now be evil? And how can she guard those around her when she can’t even be sure of the truth of her own heart?


Serafina and the Seven Stars marks the return of a heroine like no other, asmaster storyteller Robert Beatty weaves his darkest, most astonishing tale yet.

Read the whole series!

• Serafina and the Black Cloak (book 1)
• Serafina and the Twisted Staff (book 2)
• Serafina and the Splintered Heart (book 3)
• Serafina and the Seven Stars (book 4)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781368007597
Publisher:	Disney Publishing Group
Publication date:	07/09/2019
Series:	Serafina , #4
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	97,504
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 5.50(h) x 1.20(d)
Lexile:	940L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Robert Beatty is the author of the #1 New York Times best-selling Serafina series published by Disney Hyperion, a spooky mystery-thriller about a brave and unusual girl who lives secretly in the basement of the grand Biltmore Estate.


Serafina and the Black Cloak was a #1 New York Times best seller, has been on the list for more than 59 weeks, and won the prestigious 2016 Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize. The second book in the series, Serafina and the Twisted Staff, became a #1 New York Times best seller in the first week of its launch and earned a "Starred Review" from Kirkus Reviews, which said, "Even better than its predecessor, a sequel that delivers nonstop thrills from beginning to end." Enjoyed by both young readers and adults, the books are being taught in over a thousand classrooms nationwide. The third book in the Serafina series comes out in July 2017.


Robert Beatty lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville, North Carolina with his wife and three daughters, who help create and refine his stories. He loves to explore Biltmore Estate and the darkened forest trails where his novels take place. He writes full-time now, but in his past lives, Robert was one of the early pioneers of cloud computing, the founder/CEO of Plex Systems, the co-founder of Beatty Robotics, and the chairman/CTO of Narrative Magazine. In 2007, he was named an Entrepreneur of the Year. When asked about the inspiration for his books, Robert said, "Serafina's journey grew out of my desire to write a story about an unusual and heroic young girl for my three daughters."

Editorial Reviews

07/12/2019

Gr 5–7-In this fourth installment of the popular series, Serafina, also known as Guardian of Biltmore Estate, feels that something isn't right in her beloved North Carolina mountain home. Her fears are heightened when she has an encounter with her best friend Braeden, whom she knows was sent away to attend school in New York. She wonders whether she is so heartbroken over his leaving that she is hallucinating. This self-doubt is pervasive throughout the narrative as Serafina's worst fears are realized. Something darker and more evil than ever before has come to kidnap and even kill those she loves most at Biltmore. As the death toll rises, Serafina struggles to protect them. Beatty deftly illustrates that Serafina has learned many lessons along the way and the emotional toll that they have taken on her. Deaths of humans and animals are hard to swallow but are a necessary evolution of the evil that inhabits Serafina's story. The action is nonstop, and there are many edge-of-your-seat moments that will keep readers up at night. Fans of the series will applaud Serafina's bravery, purity of heart, and role as champion of all creatures. It is recommended that readers start the series from the beginning. VERDICT A strong addition to an addictive series that features a brave heroine who triumphs over the evil forces that threaten to destroy her home.-Julie Shatterly, W. A. Bess Elementary School, Gastonia, NC

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