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Quest for the Secret Keeper (Oracles of Delphi Keep #3)
by
Victoria Laurie (Goodreads Author)
Delphi Keep is awash in activity, and for Ian, Theo, and Carl, their safe haven might be nearing its end. The Royal Navy has taken the keep to use as a hospital and the tunnels running under the keep and the castle are ideal to set up a central communications outpost for the approaching war. The earl is happy to help the effort, but now the keep is no longer safe for the o...more
Hardcover, 384 pages
Published
February 14th 2012
by Delacorte Books for Young Readers
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This is an adventure book with lots and lots of amazing characters like Caphiera and Atroposa the evil twins who are looking for the Secret Keeper, their brother, and Ian, Carl and the rest of Delphi Keep Orphanage.
Vocab. to understand.
Sundial- The way people back in the day told time with or in this story a magical trinket.
Jacks- it is a game played with little pointy things and a ball often not played in this time period.
Trinket- It is a small item that can be used to help you find something...more
Vocab. to understand.
Sundial- The way people back in the day told time with or in this story a magical trinket.
Jacks- it is a game played with little pointy things and a ball often not played in this time period.
Trinket- It is a small item that can be used to help you find something...more
In 1232 BC, Laodamia of Phoenicia, the Oracle of Delphi, is dying in Morocco. She gives her bronze cuffs to the Carthaginian General Adrastus because they activate the portal for the United. Laodamia is about to die, so makes the general her Secret Keeper and swears him to delivering boxes of secrets and marrying Adria. Fast forward to 1940, where the orphan Ian is mourning the death of the man with whom his mother left him before he ended up in the Delphi Keep orphanage. Ian has other worries--...more
Nov 21, 2012
Emily Leathers
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Shelves:
advanced-reading-copy,
adventure,
fantasy,
fiction,
ghosts,
historical-fiction,
magic,
psychics,
prophecy
Sfpl friends, owned,
The writing is pretty good, but the author is falling into the trap of assuming a reader has read the entire series and not giving basic explanations of some things. For example, 100 pages in we have physical descriptions of exactly two characters - the protagonist (because another character mentioned some physical traits in dialogue) and a character that was first introduced in this book. It's very possible that the author just doesn't think about such descriptions in genera...more
The writing is pretty good, but the author is falling into the trap of assuming a reader has read the entire series and not giving basic explanations of some things. For example, 100 pages in we have physical descriptions of exactly two characters - the protagonist (because another character mentioned some physical traits in dialogue) and a character that was first introduced in this book. It's very possible that the author just doesn't think about such descriptions in genera...more
Good book, plenty of action and adventure. This is Book 3 in the Oracles of Delphi Keep series. I would have given it 4 stars but I got lost in places--I'd read Book 1 last year, hadn't read Book 2, and clearly missed large portions of the plot by not reading that one.
Good for boys about 4th grade and up who are good readers, but I would recommend reading the series in order.
Good for boys about 4th grade and up who are good readers, but I would recommend reading the series in order.
This series is positively epic. I can't believe the depth and complexity of the characters and storyline, yet it remains middle-grade friendly. For readers who love books like the Narnia series and Deltora Quest, this is a perfect fit.
Quest for the Secret Keeper is the third book in the Delphi Keep series, and it moves the plot forward brilliantly. I continue to grow more and more attached to the characters and their efforts to fulfill the prophecies. I also appreciate the use of historical det...more
Quest for the Secret Keeper is the third book in the Delphi Keep series, and it moves the plot forward brilliantly. I continue to grow more and more attached to the characters and their efforts to fulfill the prophecies. I also appreciate the use of historical det...more
I keep reading this series to see if the author can keep to the main story line but so far she hasn't. Lots of adventure that doesn't help the main story move along.
IT WAS AMAZING!!! I stayed up until all hours of the night to finish it- another phenomenal book in a phenomenal series!!!
I wish I could afford to own the whole series instead of taking them from the library.
Awesomazing :) Waiting for the next book
Great adventure for all ages.
E
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Third in the Oracles of Delphi Keep series. Ian, Theo, Carl and others continue to try to follow the scroll prophecies left for them by Laodamia. They visit Paris just as the German soldiers take the city. They visit Germany through the portal. They must find the Thinker.
Ian wonders who his parents are and clarity comes by the end of the book.
Ian wonders who his parents are and clarity comes by the end of the book.
This book was amazing! I absolutely loved it!
I was so happy with the ending... It was nice to finally know who Ian's parents were!
It made it even better because I've been waiting for almost a year and a half!
EDIT: I can't believe the fourth (and final I might add) will not be published! I am so upset!
I was so happy with the ending... It was nice to finally know who Ian's parents were!
It made it even better because I've been waiting for almost a year and a half!
EDIT: I can't believe the fourth (and final I might add) will not be published! I am so upset!
Book, why you make me cry?! Why you make my favorite characters sad? Why you during WWII?!
It was good...
Mar 14, 2012
Annalise
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Best book ever!! I finished it all while ago but I was really really good enjoyed it alot!!
Nice continuation of the series. V. Laurie doesn't disappoint.
I really enjoyed this book and the whole series. Fun read!
I thought this was the best of the three.
Love this series. Can't wait for book #4
May 18, 2013
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Victoria Laurie is the New York Times bestselling author of 21 books and counting. With three separate series in full swing, Victoria divides her time between her two adult mystery series, (The Psychic Eye Mysteries, and The Ghost Hunter Mysteries), and her children's middle-grade adventure series, Oracles of Delphi Keep.
As a professional psychic, Victoria's protagonists - psychic Abigail Cooper,...more
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