Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret (Leven Thumps, #2)

Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret (Leven Thumps #2)

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After escaping a deranged dream-master and destroying the hidden gateway, Leven Thumps and his band of travelers must now journey across Foo and restore Geth from his shape as a toothpick to the rightful king he once was. But Foo is still in chaos, and Leven must overcome several adversaries and survive the Swollen Forest in order to save his friends and keep hope alive. A...more
Hardcover, 432 pages
Published October 1st 2006 by Shadow Mountain (first published September 27th 2006)
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Whitney
Tedious. Tedious, tedious, tedious.

Like the first book, The Whispered Secret managed to pick up the pace at the end, but that did not make up for the first three quarters.

Perhaps it would be a better read as a part of a nightly tradition in which you read a chapter or two to your children. That would break up the tedious repetition of the same plotline.

I'm amazed I feel this apathetic about the book, because I do like the storyline and the setting. The writing and the world of Foo itself are m...more
Laura
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Lindsay Heaton
Pretty good, but somewhat a hodgepodge of other popular kids' fantasy books. That being said, my son really enjoyed it, and I appreciated its lack of swear words and such.
02ShaneA
In leven thumps and the wisperd sceacret leven has just made it into foo and destroide the gateway killing sabiean in the process. His next task is to take geth to the fire turuts and restor geth to the way he was. this is needing to be done fast as geth's toothpick body is harding into a reguler tothpick. they all get seperated when giant birds dig a deep trench and throw leven and his friends into it. they all fall into it geting seperated as they fall. when winter finlay gets out she is captu...more
Beth A.
When we read Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo, we actually listened to it in the car. We all enjoyed it. Little Miss wanted to continue with the series, and for a month or so often had us read a chapter of Whispered Secretout loud at bedtime. Unfortunately, this book was painful to read out loud. It's pretty verbose, with extended silly metaphors, long descriptions, and random asides. I had trouble staying awake some nights.

It was so much nicer reading the audiobook, because I could tune out...more
Jessica
Synopsis:
You must be ready to join Leven Thumps, Clover Ernest, and Winter Frore as they journey across Foo to free Geth from his existence as a toothpick and restore him as the rightful heir to the throne. It won't be easy. Foo is in chaos, and Leven must overcome several adversaries and survive the Swollen Forest to save his friends and keep hope alive. As fate would have it, bad goes to worse when Leven digs up a buried secret -- one that stalks him, determined to whisper a truth that could b...more
08jaimev
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Mel
This one, I found myself zipping through, but at the end, I thought, "Hmmm, and the significance is...?" Entertaining, definitely has the "what happens next" factor, but unlike the Harry Potter where each story is complete in and of itself, this one felt a little like the middle book/movie of a trilogy--you know, the one that is all about "getting there"? More is revealed about Foo--props to Skye for his imagination about creatures, etc.--definitely entertaining there. And more scrapes for Leven...more
Nessa
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Brianna
Nov 26, 2009 Brianna rated it 5 of 5 stars  ·  review of another edition Recommends it for: leven thumps fans!
Recommended to Brianna by: Trisha
The leven thumps series sucked me in and I had to read more! I HAD to! Check out Obert Skye's website-it's good if you haven't read the fourth book yet. You can write a letter to him,too! It's really good, he makes it look real! Again, check it out!

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Taylor
Leven is now in Foo, but his journey is far from over. Leven Winter, and Clover must now find a way to restore Geth from his current form as a toothpick back to his human self. As the friends are travelling they realize Foo is more dangerous than they realize as they are stalked by a secret desperate to Leven what has been embedded in its mind no matter how deadly the information may be. Leven now has a whole new enemy to face, but can he escape the secret?

Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret i...more
Janeen-san
This book was as good as the first one, fulls of great characters and lots of laughs.

After traveling across the world in book 1,Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo, Leven Thumps and Winter Frore finally enter the magical land of Foo.
They fall asleep, exhausted, only to wake 3 hours later in the first pages of book 2, Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret. The action begins quickly, as horrible Rovens arrive, destroying Amelia's house and creating a giant rip in the ground, into which all the her...more
Katie
At Alex's urging, I read this book after him. He really liked it, and I'd say it was a solid B. I just had a hard time keeping everything straight!

I think I waited too long between reading book 1 and book 2. It took me a while to come back up to speed with the purpose of Foo, and all the magical creatures who inhabit it...cogs, nits, offings, lithens, rants, not to mention the many new creatures Leven meets...tharms, onicks, rovens, siids, sarus. AGH!

As I turned the last page, I realized that th...more
Randy
This was good. It is neat to see a Fantasy book that is completely original. Obert Skye is an inventor, and it's worth reading to just feel the raw fun creativity. Plus, if you don't care what happens to Leven, Winter, and Tim . . . you're really missing something.
Natalie
Leven is a very likable character and this story is more complex than the first book, taking the story from several points of view. The book however contained a bit too much specialized language making the story confusing at times. Also, by the middle of the book, the strange and awful characters Leven meets seem to be there to lengthen the story rather than advance it. As we follow Leven and Winter into Foo, things keep getting worse and worse before they get better. But the side story of a jan...more
Joanna Brauckmann
I would like to give this book 6 stars....WOW!!! If I couldn't put the first one down, I always had my nose in this one over each meal, and back and forth to work! It is a superb adventure through Foo! I really like the idea of bad secrets being burried in the Swollen Forest...and after they get let out, prepared to be chased until they trick you into looking them in the eyes....run as fast as you can, even from the decoy secrets!!!! Who is the Want? Why is Leven growing so quickly? Ever had to...more
Travis
So I approached this book with a little trepidation after reading book one, wondering if it would be worth my time reading. Right in the first couple of pages I ran in to a discrepancy - when Jamoon was described as being well over six feet tall, but when he was introduced in book one, he was only five-ten. As I continued in the story, which at times was tedious, I concluded that the reason I don't really get into the story is that it is so far removed from any known reality that I don't have an...more
Tami
Aug 22, 2012 Tami rated it 3 of 5 stars
Shelves: 2012
Leven, Winter, Clover and Geth are now in Foo, but things still aren't too good. For one, Geth is still a toothpick. Jamoon, Sabines second, is as evil as Sabine and trying to finish Sabines work. They must travel across Foo to restore Geth to the king he once was, and along the way try not to create too much destruction.

My mom bought these books at a yard sale and my nephew loved them so I thought I would read them. While they are interesting enough to read I wasn't blown away like I wanted to...more
Lindsay
I normally don't believe in rating books I don't finish, but I'll make an exception for this book. First of all, this author's literary devices drive me absolutely crazy--in my opinion, he's just a bad writer. Second of all, his ideas are completely off the wall. Don't get me wrong--I like zany or creative--but this guy's books (particularly this one) read like indigestion-induced dreams: just when you think it can't get weirder or more random, it does. I got over 250 pages into this book (I rea...more
Anna
I liked this book fairly well. I enjoyed the descriptions of Foo, and it was interesting to find out more about Winter's past. I was kind of fascinated by the magical candy supplied by Clover. It was pretty creative. As with the first book, I could have done without Leven's eyes "burning gold" every ten minutes or so. I'm not sure how I feel about the way in which Sabine reappears; kind of creepy, if you ask me. I also thought there were way too many main characters in this book. It seemed as th...more
Sarah
I definitely liked this one better than the first. Maybe because I read them right in a row and so I was used to the writer's narration (which drove me nuts in the first one and only bothered me a bit in this one)? Or maybe it wasn't as awkwardly written? I'm not sure which. I do feel like there is way too much action. It's like nothing is ever completed because some new disaster is waiting immediately after the characters finish with one. At least one character is always separated from the othe...more
Little Miss and the Legomeister
When we read Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo, we actually listened to it in the car. We all enjoyed it. Little Miss wanted to continue with the series, and for a month or so often had us read a chapter of Whispered Secretout loud at bedtime. Unfortunately, this book was painful to read out loud. It's pretty verbose, with extended silly metaphors, long descriptions, and random asides. I had trouble staying awake some nights.

It was so much nicer reading the audiobook, because I could tune out...more
06Jonah K
Jonah Knight
Mrs Deppes review
The main problem is that sebem the bad guy is trying to make a portal back into foo.
The setting of this book goes bac k and forth between reality and foo. It is in the present.
Main characters are leven and winter. The antagonist is sebem and his hench man jamoon.
I dislike the way sebem is so creepy when ever he is talking because it just makes you think he will kill everyone.
one of these creepy quotes is "I know of the boy named leven" he said through Dennis....more
Cliff
There was less effort on my part this time around to enjoy the book.

Skye is clearly still setting up the overarching story arc, as past characters return in considerably different roles than they held at the start.

But as with the first book, there's a pronounced lack of logic involved. It's fairly well established that when writing fantasy or science fiction, there needs to be a set of ground rules defined for the reader. Without them, what the author might write as a pleasant surprise for the r...more
Shelby
I LOVE this book. It's not as good as the third, but that's just my opinion. It doesn't get too good till towards the end.
Blythe
I read this because I was hoping it was an improvement on the first book. The story is clever enough but the author really tries too hard. There are too many characters, creatures, etc. thrown in without much introduction and without a whole lot of purpose. He tries too hard with his metaphors and similes and a lot of them come across exactly that way. I just felt bogged down by a lot of it.

Now on the bright side, my twelve year old son LOVED these books (thus the reason I read them). As far as...more
Heather
Barely got through this book and I couldn't even start on the third book...thus I didn't finish the series.
Madeline
Leven thumps, Winter, Geth and Clover have all made it to foo. Leven gets to meet His Grandmother Ameilia. They are getting to know each other, then the rovens come. They all get seperated. Geth told them if we get seperated go to the turrets. Clover and Leven get seperated from Winter, Geth, and Ameilia. They have to be carful because the lore coil has spread word that they destroyed thge gateway. Will they make make it safely? Will they run into trouble? Read Leven Thumps and a whispered secr...more
Eoin
Finally finished this. I liked the beginning then the middle petered out a little but then I was amazed by the ending. a lot of new characters were introduced and some minor ones from the first book were given their own plot-line. I really liked the introduction and Ezra and enjoyed his character but felt that after he had lost a lot of his anger and frustration he wasn't quite as enjoyable. I liked the Tuttle family but I was annoyed when Tim started searching for the gateway because it felt li...more
Brianna L.
The adventure continues as Leven, Clover, Winter and Geth return to Foo. Thy finally get a chance to rest in Amelia's, Leven's grandmother's, cozy little cottage. Sadly, their luxury was not meant to last. Rovens, pterodactyl like creatures, came and completely destroyed Amelia's home. Leven and Clover got separated from everyone else. Now Leven has to try and save Winter and Geth from Jamoon's evil grasp. And he must get Geth his body back before it is to late. He must, must, MUST get the king...more
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Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret (Leven Thumps, #2)
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Obert Skye read his first book at age two. He wrote his first story at age four. And he was nearly trampled by a herd of water buffalo at age six. For a short time, he lived on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, where he spent time as a candy-taster. Several years ago, Obert Skye says, he discovered the existence of Foo. Publishing his story as a fictional series was not Obert’s first choice. Neverthel...more
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