The Cursed by Michael Panckridge
Thank goodness for Michael Panckridge. He has incredible skill when writing short, adventurous stories for kids entering secondary school. This book is no different, and it serves well to introduce kids to the new archaeological adventure genre.
Lewis is a young man attending boarding school. His mother disappears early in the book leaving him a letter that sets Lewis off on a search to find her. It also puts the young man in conflict with the Light Society, a group of crusaders determined to rid the world of evil. But is every definition of evil the same?
This book was easily read in one sitting. It gets the reader in quickly and won’t release him until the story is finished. I hope it is the first in a continuing series of Light Society novels.
