The Pillars of Ponderay (Balance Keepers, #2)

by Lindsay Cummings

In The Pillars of Ponderay, Balance Keepers Albert, Birdie, and Leroy enter the underground watery Realm of Ponderay along with their archrival, Hoyt, in an attempt to reset the Balance of the Realm. If they don’t succeed in time, all of California above could be consumed by tsunamis and hurricanes.

• ISBN10: 0062275216
• ISBN13: 9780062275219
• Publish Date: 22 September 2015
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Out of Print: 13 May 2023
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
• Imprint: HarperCollins
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 384
• Language: English
• URL: http://harpercollins.com.au/9780062275219

Reviews

[tweetybugshouse]

I love how this book was stronger in the action in adventure then the first book. It was perfect for a book two you knew the characters and how things worked so all that set up has all ready been taken care. You get all story and action. I also love how you are scared and on the edge of your seat all the way to last few chapters. I also love how not all the questions are solved in this book so their plenty of story left for another book or maybe a lot more books. Lots of potential for this book series.

[limabean74]

My Review:

This is book two, please note that it might contain spoilers if you have not read the first book

This is without a doubt one of my favorite middle grade series. I read the first book last year and totally loved how different it was but it has the same feel, similar to Harry Potter in the way of the friendship between the characters and the secrets of the world they live in. The story brings Albert, Birdie and Leroy back to the Core during the off season of balance keeping. They usually spend the summer at the Core but during winter break something is amiss and the kids are called back to help save the world again. This time it looks like the realms have been sabotaged and might have been all along. It's up to Albert and his friends plus a few enemies to help get the world back into balance.

I adore these kids, I love the bond they have they all take very good care of each other and love what they are able to do. Using there tiles they can control different things. If you read the first book you will know that the tiles give each holder a different sort of power that only works in the Core. I love how much the kids have grown in this book but not a lot, they still have a playfulness to them but you can see they are true heroes. This book has action and adventure from start to finish. I love books that get moving right at the beginning and since this is book two you already had the world build and character development so it was nice to jump right in. However the world build is like never ending since you have another realm to explore and the explanation takes you right into the action. All the twist and turns had me seriously at the edge of my seat wanting to make sure the kids and the core were going to be ok. At times I thought the story may have been a little rushed and some of the training seemed long but over all this was a very enjoyable read and the end left me wanting to find out what happens next. I am eager for the next book.

This is a great series for MG, YA and Adults, packed with lots of adventure, action, humor and lots of twists & turn. This is one series that you will devour after the first page.

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