Saving Fable, Scott Reintgen
Saving Fable, Scott Reintgen
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Saving Fable

Author: Scott Reintgen

Narrator: Nancy Wu

Unabridged: 9 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/17/2019


Synopsis

Side characters can be heroes too in this charming and fast-paced adventure that is The Land of Stories meets The Phantom Tollbooth!

Indira has been a character-in-waiting her entire life. So she can't believe her luck when she's finally chosen to travel to Fable and study at the renowned Protagonist Preparatory, a school known for producing the best heroes.

But Indira's dreams of achieving hero status don't exactly go as planned. A failed audition lands her in the school's side-character track, and her best efforts to prove advisors--famous characters like Alice from Wonderland and Professor Darcy--wrong are constantly sabotaged. Indira is starting to feel like an evil antagonist might be to blame.

As the danger spreads, Indira discovers all of Fable is under siege. With her friends Maxi and Phoenix by her side, she pieces together clues that will reveal who is behind the dark magic threatening them all. But the more Indira uncovers, the more doubt she feels about her place in this world of stories. After all, can a side character really save the day?

About The Author

Scott Reintgen is a former public school teacher and still spends summers teaching middle schoolers dark fiction and fantasy at Duke Young Writers' Camp. The birth of his son has convinced him that magic is actually real. He lives in North Carolina, surviving mostly on cookie dough and the love of his wife, Katie. Scott is the author of the Nyxia Triad, and Saving Fable is his middle-grade debut. You can follow him on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter at @Scott_Thought.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Scott on December 09, 2017

This book is a love letter to the world of literature. I wrapped up everything we love about books and shoved it all inside a breathless adventure story about a girl trying to figure out what it means to be a hero. As you enter a world where everything about books has literally come to life, I'd enc......more

Goodreads review by Odette on December 06, 2022

Heel leuk en origineel idee, maar iets in de uitwerking mist de sprankel waardoor dit een memorabel boek had kunnen worden, want het idee is geweldig. De uitwerking had gewoon beter gekunnen.......more

Goodreads review by Tim on January 02, 2024

Update 1: 24/02/2023 Update 2: 01/01/2024 Every cage has a key. This is by far not the first children's book that I ever read that is about, well, books. Scarlett Thomas has done it already, Anna James too, and there are others as well. The important thing is to remain original, and the same questi......more

Goodreads review by Alexandra on September 22, 2019

Stories were a team effort. Everyone had an important part to play in creating them. Ever since I read Nyxia by Scott Reintgen two years ago, I fell in love with his engaging writing style, the intricate worlds that he creates and also his characters. I've mentioned before h......more


Quotes

Imaginative, fast-paced, and fun.” –Kirkus Reviews

Fast-paced chapters of mystery, suspense, twists, and turns, will keep pages turning long into the night, and the satisfying ending—or rather, beginning—to Indira’s story will leave readers eager for a return trip to Fable.”Booklist

”Will draw in reluctant and fervent readers alike....Thankfully, this is the first in a series." —School Library Journal


Awards

  • Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award