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The Sphere of Secrets
Book Two of the Oracle Prophecies
By Fisher, Catherine
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-06057-161-0 978-0-06057-162-7
- Publisher
- Greenwillow
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2005
Gr 7-Up This second book in the series has the same power, adventure, and amazement as "The Oracle Betrayed" (HarperCollins, 2004). "Sphere" continues the story of 10-year-old Alexos, in whom an ancient god resides, and his friends: Mirany, one of the nine young women who cares for the Oracle; Seth, an ambitious scribe; and Oblek, a drunken musician. Although Alexos has been recognized as the god by his people and has been able to help them by bringing some rain, the land continues to s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2005
The richly imagined, Mediterranean/Egyptian-flavored Two Lands of the first book in the series, The Oracle Betrayed (rev. 3/04), still face a drought, so the newly installed Archon, Alexos, a ten-year-old boy with an ageless god within him, determines to travel across the desert to the Well of Songs to put right an ancient injustice and make the river flow again. He takes with him four traveling companions—friends Oblek and Set...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
