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Title: Gertie Milk and the Keeper of Lost Things
Author: Simon Van Booy
Narrator: Miriam Margolyes
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-03-17
Publisher: Listening Library
Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10
Publisher's Summary:
Award-winning author Simon Van Booy introduces listeners to a magical, whimsical world, perfect for fans of Circus Mirandus and Serafina and the Black Cloak.
When 12-year-old Gertie Milk washes up on the island of Skuldark, she finds that all of her memories are gone. Home to helpful Slug Lamps, delicious moonberries, and a ferocious Guard Worm, the island is full of oddities, including a cozy cottage containing artifacts from every corner of history.
It is there that Gertie discovers she has been chosen as the next Keeper of Lost Things, tasked with the mission of returning objects to history's most important figures right when they need them most. With the help of a time machine disguised as a vintage sports car and the guidance of her fellow Keeper, Kolt, Gertie dodges an elephant army in ancient Alexandria, crashes a 1920s flapper party, and battles a ruthless Zhou Dynasty king.
But soon, Gertie encounters an enemy that threatens everything the Keepers stand for: The Losers, villains who don't want to keep order, but destroy it. Now, Gertie must uncover the truth of her own past if she wants to stop the Losers and set history back in place.
Members Reviews:
Can't wait for the next one!
An amazing and wonderful tale. Highly entertaining from Middle School to 80 and beyond. I found the book to be creative, funny, touching, and unexpectedly educational. Fun facts about different cultures and periods in history are artfully woven into the text in a delightful way as the characters travel through time. I appreciated the strong, courageous and compassionate Gertie, a great character and heroine for both girls and boys. Themes such as loyalty, honorable choices, truth to self and empathy for others are smoothly worked into the story.
I'm excited about this new venture by author Simon Van Booy. You won't be disappointed!
Beautiful, lovely, magical
Simon van Booey introduces us to a wonderful cast of characters in a world of adventure and whimsy.
Like all his writing, I and my niece enjoyed every syllable! There is a a scary bit with the story Xiao Jian that might be a little rough for more sensitive young readers, but overall the book is a delight!
Highly recommend!
Once again Simon Van Booy delivers in spades! I have read all of his works, and this one is as delightful and magical as the rest. Highly recommend!
Fun, whirlwind adventure.
A tale of lost memories, time travelling cars, and lots of cake, Gertie Milk and the Keeper of Lost Things has all the adventure one could want in a middle grade fantasy in which the heroine must return lost artifacts to historical figures and attempt to recover her memory.
The story opens with 12-year-old Gertie waking up on an island with no clue as to her identity, other than (presumably) her name embroidered on her dress. Stumbling away from an incoming tide and up a cliff, Gertie meets Kolt, a Mad Hatter-esque character that introduces her to her destiny as a Keeper.
The strange things he introduces her to are whimsical and sound like just the thing a young child would like. Cakes of all kinds, jams, tea, and a convoluted house with towers and hundreds of bedrooms to house the Lost Things.
Beneath all this wonder is darkness, however, and more so than that of the enemies of Keepers, the Losers who want to destroy the Keepers and their work.
