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Happenstance Found (The Books of Umber) (edition 2009)

by P. W. Catanese

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A boy awakens, blindfolded, with no memory of even his name, but soon meets Lord Umber, an adventurer and inventor, who calls him Happenstance and tells him that he has a very important destiny--and a powerful enemy.

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Title:	Happenstance Found (The Books of Umber)
Authors:	P. W. Catanese
Info:	Aladdin (2009), Edition: Reprint, Paperback, 368 pages
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I liked this book a lot during my early teens, although I thought it lacked some more exciting details. Pretty average fantasy stuff which didn't make me want to jump into the sequel - although the setting was quite original. I loved the idea of a boat attached to a whale. (

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Councillor3004 | Sep 1, 2022 |

LOVED IT!!!!! LOVE THIS SERIES!!!!!!!!! *swoon*
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Mithra_Azad | Mar 26, 2021 |

After reading a few heavy WW2 books, I desperately needed something fun and fantastic. I had heard of this series but knew nothing about it. I just grabbed it off the shelf of the library and brought it home.
This book isn't life altering or knock your socks off amazing. It's just what I needed though. It's fun. It's got some great characters and just enough mystery and suspense to keep me turning the pages. I would say that readers of Fablehaven, The Books of Pellinor, the Inheritance Cycle, and other similar fantasy books would really enjoy this series. I am planning on diving into book 2 tomorrow. (

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mollypitchermary | Oct 11, 2017 |

This book took me a few chapters to get into. The book gets better as it goes on. It has a few fun characters, but is mostly just okay. (

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mtunquist | Nov 29, 2015 |

This book took me a few chapters to get into. The book gets better as it goes on. It has a few fun characters, but is mostly just okay. (

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mtunquist | Nov 29, 2015 |

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Though some may lament the uneven characterization, there's plenty of adventure and mystery to appeal to fans of Catanese's earlier works.

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A boy awakens, blindfolded, with no memory of even his name, but soon meets Lord Umber, an adventurer and inventor, who calls him Happenstance and tells him that he has a very important destiny--and a powerful enemy.

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Happenstance, a boy with unusual green eyes, awakens with no memories. Falling in with the adventurer Lord Umber and his band of misfits, this boy with many uncanny gifts soon discovers that he may be the strangest one of all.

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