Saving Mim by Nan
McAdam is an adventure story about a young man who is awkward and often bully.
Charlie Kadabra is 12 years old and he was left on the doorstep of a church as
a baby. He was placed in foster care and has become low on the social ladder at
his school until one day.
Charlie has a run in with his science teacher when he
experiences strange sonic waves coming from his fingertips. He is soon whisked
off to a magical land called Mim. He learns that he is the last of the
Magicians when his parents sent him away and they disappeared. He learns from
Alfreda, an old seer, that he is Mim’s last hope to defeat the evil Dr. Pi from
destroying the magic left in Mim. He is joined by Fen, a Haroon, his guardian
as well as his dragon, Galza. Together, they must retrieve the five magical
stones and replace them in the magician’s staff and defeat Dr. Pi. While on his
quest, Charlie will learn the history of Mim, the origins of Dr. Pi and the
mystery that surrounds his parents’ disappearance. Will he gather the stones in
time to defeat Dr. Pi? Will he finally find out what happened to his parents?
I enjoyed Saving Mim.
It was a fun adventures will magical and mythical creatures will great lessons
in the story. My favorite line is “The power of a bully thinks he has is given
to him by the person he is bullying” (page 111). This is an important lesson to
convey to the young readers because bullying has become an epidemic and kids
and adults need to know that bullies only stop when you stand up to them. The
story of a young man who discovers that he is much more important than he
thinks reminds me of the Percy Jackson series. Saving Mim is a wonderful adventure story and I look forward to
read more adventures of Charlie in the magical land of Mim.
Saving Mim
is available on Amazon
free for Kindle
Unlimited
and in paperback for
$10.99
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