Wing & Claw #2: Cavern of Secrets

Name: Wing & Claw #2: Cavern of Secrets
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Linda Sue Park
ISBN: 9780062661630

Author: Linda Sue Park

Narrator: Graham Halstead

Unabridged: 6 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 03/07/2017

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

Synopsis

In the second installment of the spellbinding Wing & Claw series, Newbery Medal—winning author Linda Sue Park takes a young apothecary hero to new heights of danger, exciting adventure, and intriguing botanical magic.Raffa Santana has spent all winter hiding in the harsh wilderness of the Sudden Mountains, and now it’s time to return home. Home, where his parents will help him fight back against the vile Chancellor who has captured and altered the wild creatures of the Forest of Wonders. Home, where Raffa’s beloved companion, Echo the bat, will recover from his mysterious sickness.To get there, Raffa must make a treacherous journey across Obsidia. Along the way, he will discover a luminous plant that might be the key to saving the creatures stuck in the Chancellor’s grasp… if only Raffa can unlock the plant’s secrets and deliver the cure to the captive animals.Cavern of Secrets masterfully explores one boy’s responsibility to his friends, family, and the wider world.

About Linda Sue Park

Linda Sue Park, Newbery Medal winner for A Single Shard and #1 New York Times bestseller for A Long Walk to Water, is the renowned author of picture books and novels for young readers. She lives in Western New York. Learn more at lindasuepark.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Josiah on April 26, 2021

Book one in the Wing & Claw trilogy, Forest of Wonders, ended with twelve-year-old Raffa Santana and his thirteen-year-old cousin Garith in serious trouble. They had just fled the big city of Gilden with Kuma, a girl their age who is friends with a massive, ferocious bear named Roo. As Cavern of Sec......more

Goodreads review by Emily on December 16, 2024

This middle-grade book is great! It’s engaging, entertaining, and walks through some excellent topics in an age-appropriate manner. Main themes: 1) Exploring how to interact with a person who recently became deaf 2) Learning about leadership and power 3) Navigating morality / ethics in a developing fi......more

Goodreads review by Mary on June 23, 2017

This is a very solid sequel. I must confess I was a little annoyed at the ending of "Forest of Wonders". Sure, I said to myself. These kids are going to survive the winter in the mountains, with no shelter but a cave and no food but what they manage to gather. Right. Well, the kids do survive, but we......more

Goodreads review by Jan on November 14, 2021

A solid sequel to Forest of Wonders picking up right at the end of book one where the kids are heading into a winter spent in the mountains against all odds they do survive. The author is realistic in telling the events the kids went through and the results of being hidden in a cave over winter with......more

Goodreads review by Lizanne on March 26, 2017

Intermediate, fantasy, dystopian, intermediate......more