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The Lost City of Faar (Pendragon (Quality)) (edition 2003)

by D.J. MacHale

Series: Pendragon (2)

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Bobby finds himself in the territory of Cloral, a world entirely covered by water, which is nearing a huge disaster. He learns that it is up to him to help rid the area of marauders and locate the legendary lost land of Faar, which may hold the key to Cloral's survival.
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Title:The Lost City of Faar (Pendragon (Quality))
Authors:D.J. MacHale
Info:Aladdin (2003), Edition: Original, Paperback, 400 pages
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  BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |
In the continuing stories of Bobby Pendragon, this time around he has to save the ocean Territory of Cloral. It's a fascinating world, where at some point in the long past, the world flooded such that everyone now lives in floating cities. They have all sorts of neat water based technology and what seems like a pretty peaceful, fun loving society. Of course things are about to go wrong.

Plotwise, things seem mostly straightforward. There's a lost city (Farr; which of course turns out to be real), pirates, and an 'accidental' plague (oh! the horrors of GMO foods!). Nothing super surprising, but still enough tension to pull you through the book.

Characterwise, I liked the new traveler from Cloral: Spader. He's a lot of fun. I have a feeling he's going to be trouble in future books--consumed by the need for revenge. We shall have to see. Bobby is growing up a bit and Uncle Press still doesn't answer anything... And then that ending. Oy. Didn't quite expect him to end up dead so quickly...

That actually brings to mind one of my annoyances with this book. There are so many things that Bobby really needs to know, that he just doesn't. Either because Uncle Press says that he'll learn it in time or because he's still just 14. Example: Why in the world would he assume transpire means 'blow up'? /endrant. Also, Saint Dane's motivation isn't really explained. Still a rather flat baddie, evil for the sake of being evil. So it goes.

Overall though, it's a solid book. I like seeing the greater universe unfold. Onwards!

In my few short years I learned that seeing what's positive about a situation is a lot more fun and gets you a lot further than looking for what might be wrong with it.


Not a bad thought... at first read. ( )
  jpv0 | Jul 21, 2021 |
Okay, it's official. I am now fully hooked on the Pendragon series.

Bobby Pendragon, fourteen-year-old new and confused Traveler of space and time, is headed to his next territory. This time, it's Cloral, a water territory where dry land is unheard of and the people have discovered all kinds of cool ways to use and overcome their aquatic surroundings.

But Cloral is also at a tipping point, thanks to the evil Traveler Saint Dane, who seems to have a diabolical plan for destroying Cloral's peace and prosperity. Bobby will need the help of both his mysterious but dependable Uncle Press, and the energetic and charismatic Vo Spader, who is unaware that he is actually Cloral's own Traveler. And then there's the fact that the only way to stop Saint Dane may lie with a sunken city that is hardly more than a fairy-tale...

Cool gadgets, fun and engaging characters, and a image-rich world of water, this book is all the proof I needed that I'm going into a great series. Bobby has a fantastic first-person voice, and it's getting up there in my mind with Max and Percy Jackson from their titular series. Plus, more goes on back home on Second Earth with Mark and Courtney, and I'm looking forward to seeing them more in future novels. I am fluming full on into the next one! ( )
  booksong | Mar 18, 2020 |
Listening to this good story, not impressed with the audio book reader person. Good young adult series.heavy content good vse evil. Life vs death. It was a good book young adult. If you can deal with whining once I a while from a teenage boy then this shouldn't be an issue.... serious situations though persist and I would caution younger then 10 to 12 read this. ( )
  nraichlin | Jan 26, 2016 |
This is the second book in this series, and I've really liked them both so far. A fun young adult read about a teenage time/dimension traveler. ( )
  biggs1399 | Jan 19, 2016 |
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Bobby finds himself in the territory of Cloral, a world entirely covered by water, which is nearing a huge disaster. He learns that it is up to him to help rid the area of marauders and locate the legendary lost land of Faar, which may hold the key to Cloral's survival.

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FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD Bobby Pendragon is not like other boys his age. His uncle Press is a Traveler, and, as Bobby has learned, that means Uncle Press is responsible, through his journeys, for solving interdimensional conflict wherever he encounters it. His mission is nothing less than to save the universe from ultimate evil. And he's taking Bobby along for the ride.

Fresh from his first adventure on Denduron, Bobby finds himself in the territory of Cloral, a vast world that is entirely covered by water. Cloral is nearing a disaster of huge proportions. Reading the journals Bobby sends home, his friends learn that the desperate citizens of the endangered floating cities are on the brink of war. Can Bobby - suburban basketball star and all-around nice guy - help rid the area of marauders, and locate the legendary lost land of Faar, which may hold the key to Cloral's survival?
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