Endling #2: The First

Name: Endling #2: The First
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Katherine Applegate
ISBN: 9780062911889

Author: Katherine Applegate

Narrator: Lisa Flanagan

Unabridged: 8 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Storytide

Published: 05/07/2019

Categories: Children's Fiction, Action & Adventure Stories, Fantasy Stories, Animal Stories

Synopsis

Endling #2: The First is the second book in an epic middle grade animal fantasy series by Katherine Applegate, Newbery Medal-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of The One and Only Ivan, Wishtree, and Crenshaw! Perfect for fans of Rick Riordan, Brian Jacques, and Tui T. Sutherland.To learn if she truly is the last dairne in the world—the endling—Byx and her friends must travel into the snow-covered mountains of the country of Dreyland, where they hope to uncover the truth behind the legend of a hidden dairne colony. But the threat of war across the lands continues to grow with each passing day. As the group confronts untold dangers at every turn, they will ultimately uncover a treacherous plot that involves the other powerful governing species. With both her dreams and all the creatures of Nedarra on the brink of extinction, Byx and her friends are determined to never give up hope.Soon they find themselves the unlikely leaders in a simmering rebellion that risks everything they hold dear. Byx may be the last of her kind, but will she also be the first to lead the revolution? Beloved author Katherine Applegate concludes her “simply sublime” (Kirkus) epic middle grade animal fantasy trilogy with Endling #3: The Only. Read all three!

About Katherine Applegate

Katherine Applegate is the Newbery Medal–winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous books for young readers, including the One and Only series, the Endling series, Crenshaw, Wishtree, the Roscoe Riley Rules chapter books series, and the Animorphs series. She lives with her family in Nevada.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Caitlin on July 06, 2019

I really liked the first book in this series so I was really excited to read this one. Maybe this is stupid of me (considering who the author is) but I guess I didn't realize this was going to be a long series. Now that I look it up, its labeled as "an epic middle grade animal fantasy series". I just......more

Goodreads review by Skip on June 29, 2019

The continuing story of the intrepid team of Byx (the Dairne), Tobble (the Wobbyk), Khara Donati (human), Renzo (human thief), and Gambler (the Felivet) to find out if Byx is the last of her species as they seek Dairneholme, a mythical sentient island. Meanwhile, war is coming between species and Kh......more

Goodreads review by Jaiden on September 14, 2022

Language: Clean Violence: Clean, mentions of blood, people dying, but not too graphic. Magic: A little bit of magic, just mentions of small spells. like a concealment spell on sword and small stuff, nothing weird. Eeee!!! Yay! I loved this!!!!!!!!💖💖💖 Renzo is the bestest-bestest-bestest!!!!!🥰 I love th......more

Goodreads review by Fiebre on May 20, 2020

Yo diría que, aparte de lo genial que es la trama, lo que más me gusta de estas novelas son sus personajes: de diferentes razas, en principio, también de diferentes "estatus", pero al final el grupo principal ha logrado crearse una pequeña familia, pese a chocar de vez en cuando, y me encanta cómo h......more

Goodreads review by Sandy on May 31, 2019

I have to thank Byx and his friends for the 3 hours of sleep that I got the other night. When I finally shut off the light early in the morning, I couldn’t get Byx and his journey off my mind so I woke up early grabbed my book light and finished it. I only had to reread a small section of this book......more