![]() With an ability to create worlds with invented words, Ankido may be able to rescue Mesopo, as its many books are “the pillars of mankind’s literacy.” Ankido is a well-rounded protagonist, wielding words as a weapon but also struggling to overcome sporadic fits of anger. Evidently, the Book (Habubti’s) has chosen Ankido as the new Tale Smith indeed, the boy lately has been dreaming of entirely new words. ![]() Mesopo is made of words and a thief, Humbaba, is gradually stealing all of them. On the way, the boy loses consciousness, awakens, and soon finds himself in a “crossroads between worlds.” He meets Zinaida, a wanderer, who tells Ankido that “the Land of Mesopo”-the title of Habubti’s book-is dying. In Habubti’s absence, Geraldine makes a grab for the Gulzar estate by sending Ankido, the heir, to a boarding school. An acclaimed fantasy novelist, Habubti asks her grandson to care for her latest, unfinished book, cryptically specifying to keep it out of the hands of Aunt Geraldine. Unfortunately, Habubti, Ankido’s beloved grandmother, is leaving him behind as she searches for his father. ![]() A 12-year-old boy tries to save a world made of words in this middle-grade fantasy novel.īritish-Iraqi Ankido Gulzar is saddened by the news his archaeologist father has disappeared in Iraq. ![]()
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