Once again, I need to note that this book has amazing illustrations that I'd be more than happy to frame and put on the walls of my apartment. (Ever heard of a snake oil salesman? How about one that literally sells snake oils that he procures himself?) Unforeseen dangers, new allies, scarier enemies (in larger numbers), and the resilience of a hotel manager pack the pages of this fun little book. While Warren and his friends are unaware of the trouble brewing in their mists, Warren has set out on his own quest to find something to repair the hotel's control panel and lands himself in one mischief after another. However, trouble is brewing right around the corner in the Malwoods where the Witch Queen Calvina has decreed that she must have the hotel and its occupant Beatrice (remember she vanquishes witches). (Thank goodness for middle grade fiction when you're in a bit of a reading slump, ya'll.) After the events of the previous book, the hotel has become wildly popular as the world's only traveling hotel. Since I really enjoyed the first book in the Warren the 13th series (and reviewed it a few weeks ago) I thought I'd be safe reading its sequel Warren the 13th and the Whispering Woods by Tania del Rio & Will Staehle. Read moreĪnd thus continues what is possibly the slowest reading year I've experienced in a verrrrry long time. Thanks to the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book. A great addition to a school, public or personal library.
Once again the illustrations add so much to the story that children will love it. The messages of kindness, hard work, using your brain, loyalty, and the love of family and friends are strong in this book. We see new characters and new situations. The characters are stronger and their friendships have grown. Warren is able to escape and now must cross the Malwoods, a dangerous forest full of sinister trees to save his hotel and rescue his friends. The queen, an especially powerful and evil witch, plans to steal the hotel for her own purposes. I do not want to spoil the story except to day that once again the witches are involved. When the mimic traps him in a store and takes over the hotel, the trouble begins. In this story, the twelve year old orphan Warren the 13th is making a good living running the family hotel, that is until he gets taken in by a mimic.
It was discovered at the end of the first story that the hotel could walk, so it became the world's first Traveling Hotel.
Warren the 13th and the Whispering Woods picks up where Warren the 13th and The All-Seeing Eye left off.
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