Review 5 star
Find It on Amazon Jimmy Crikey’s Adventures in the Sky Islands (and beyond) is a children’s novel by Wallace E. Briggs. Jimmy, also called Commander McGellan, is the son of travelers from a distant planet. He now lives in a fantasy version of Earth filled with different “worlds”—ecosystems with their own natural phenomena and creatures. When a malicious race called Zyrons invade the Sky Islands situated in the remote top of the atmosphere, the powerful Weatherman Lord Oron uses a risky magic spell to banish them. He returns home to find his portable dwelling, the Cloud, has been stolen. And when he tries to find it, he disappears along with the thieves. With no one to control Earth’s weather, Jimmy and his computer friend XRU must team up with the four witches of Earth, blending magic and science into harmony to travel the solar system and find the Weatherman before it’s too late. Jimmy Crikey’s Adventures in the Sky Islands (and beyond) really lives up to its name as a gentle-paced, sprawling adventure tale that takes the characters and any lucky readers into one interesting world after another. There is a leisurely richness to the story and it introduces continually interesting new places as Earth becomes a fantasy land before the reader’s eyes. There is an unpretentious, sincere quality to the building of each invented place on Earth and the effortless combination of science fiction with fantasy and magic was beautifully managed. Wallace. E. Briggs’ book is natural to read and easy to enjoy, and children will find themselves transported into a wholesome storyline in which the qualities of friendship, hope, persistence, and courage are not only brought forward, but fully realized through characters that shine off the page. A real treat and a lot of fun, this book is a quiet delight. Comments are closed.
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