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Queste with Mini CDROM (Septimus Heap)

Author: Angie Sage
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

3 reviews
Sales Rank: 87398

Media: Hardcover
Edition: Har/Com
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 608
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 5.8 x 2.1

ISBN: 0060882077
EAN: 9780060882075
ASIN: 0060882077

Publication Date: April 8, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days

Also Available In:

•	Library Binding - Queste (Septimus Heap)
•	Paperback - Septimus Heap, Book Four: Queste (International Edition) (Septimus Heap)

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars

Great Read - what happened to the print quality June 6, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I can't fault this series of books regarding the storytelling - fast paced, humerous - great entertainment. My 11 yr old son had not read any books of a "weighty" variety until I introduced him to this series - he has read one Septimus Heap book a week and is now about to embark on Queste.

With regard to the print quality though - I purchased Physik and Queste together and on their arrival immediately noticed a variation in print quality. The earlier books appear to have been printed in the UK whilst Queste has been printed in the USA. The way the pages have been trimmed in Queste is very ragged - and even if it is done to create an aged effect and make the pages easier to turn the book feels inferior.

As a father of undoubted grumpiness I'd reflect that the books were cheaper to produce and a CD was thrown in to keep the punters happy - but who's to know?

Anyway - don't let this put you off the book - its brilliant - just felt shortchanged when I put the two books side by side!

5 out of 5 stars

Your first QUESTE is to read the other books May 20, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

This is the fourth book in the Septimus Heap series, and also the biggest at 596 pages. The first three books, in order are:

Magyk
Flyte
Physik

In order to fully appreciate book four, I would recommend reading the three preceding books first, to make sure that you don't miss a thing.

The main character is Septimus Heap, the seventh son of a seventh son, apprenticed to the Extra-Ordinary Wizard, and always finding himself in the middle of perilous adventures. Septimus and his friends are usually found battling against DARKE magyk, and this book is no exception.

One of his enemies has returned, bringing the nasty old remains of the evil DomDaniel, and with it the DARKE magyk plus all the creepy things that come with the package.

But that's not all.

This fast-paced book also has Septimus, his adopted sister Princess Jenna and his friend Beetle trying to save his brother Nicko and his friend Snorri, who are trapped five hundred years in the past. While all this is going on, Septimus is tricked into embarking on a QUESTE, from which no apprentice has ever returned. With the help of the alchemist Marcellus Pye and restoration expert Ephaniah Grebe, the QUESTE leads them to the House of Foryx where all time meets.

Angie Sage has created a wonderful fantasy series for readers from around ten years old, and I'm looking forward to 2010, when the movie based on Magyk is due to be released.

Note: This book also includes one of those cute little CD-ROMs, and when you play it through your computer, you get a choice of eight "questing stones" leading to information and activities, as follows:

1. About Queste
2. About the Author
3. Ice Tunnel Sledding (a game)
4. Trading Cards for supporting characters Lucy Gringe, Ullr, Ephaniah Grebe, Tertius Fume and Boris Catchpole, with a link to the interactive website where you can find all the characters.
5. Spells for "Pure water" and "Darkening"
6. Tips for traveling to the House of Foryx
7. Top selling sweets at Ma Custard's All-Day-All-Night Sweet Shop
8. QUESTE screensaver for PC and MAC

Worth the money and then some

Amanda Richards

5 out of 5 stars

consistantly great April 28, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful

Well worth waiting for! The whole series is great I love the characters the humour and the adventure. There are books you read once and pass on but these deserve to be treasured. These are beautifully presented they look great so you would want to keep them just for that reason alone. You can enjoy reading them again and again.