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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2011
Gr 6 Up—The Limping Man rules by bending people's minds so that they adore him. He fears anyone else who may have similar powers, burning women at the stake and drowning men whom he suspects. Hana flees the city, and her mother takes poison for a swift death. Hana doesn't travel far before she meets Danatok, one of the nonhuman Dwellers, who teaches her how to survive in the wilderness. In return, she bears a message to others of the Limping Man's plan...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on May 1, 2011
Like its predecessors in the Salt trilogy, Salt (rev. 1/10) and Gool (rev. 11/10), The Limping Man involves a save-the-world quest in and around Ceebeedee, the Burrows, and the surrounding mountains, jungle, and plains. This time, the Limping Man is the destructive force to be overcome by the young heroes: Hana, whose mother has been killed by the Limping Man; and Ben, grandson of the mind-...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
In this trilogy ender, young heroes Hana and Ben set off to complete a seemingly hopeless task: overcome the destructive Limping Man...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
