For Ages
8 to 12

The Uncommoners #2: The Shadows of Doom is a part of the The Uncommoners collection.

Anyone with a Hogwarts-shaped hole in their lives can't miss the second book in this fantasy series. Dive into a secret underground city where nothing is as it seems...

"Part Tim Burton, part J.K. Rowling! A terrific series." -Soman Chainani, New York Times bestselling author of the School for Good and Evil series

Ivy and her older brother Seb are back in Lundinor--the underground city where enchanted objects can do incredible things, if they're uncommon. But not…

An Excerpt fromThe Uncommoners #2: The Shadows of Doom

Ivy hurtled headfirst through the darkness. Her brown curls blew into her face as the bag walls flapped noisily around her. “Seb!” she shouted. “Are you still there?”
 
A crack of light appeared in the distance.
 
About time.
 
She slowed as the crack grew into an opening, and then squeezed her way out of the burlap bag, her body expanding back to normal size like a balloon filling with water.
 
She found herself in a small, lavishly furnished room. Moonlight streamed through a single porthole window, illuminating a polished oak desk, leather armchair and deep-pile rug. Leaning against one wall was a boy with pale skin, green eyes just like hers and messy blond hair.
 
“Seb, where are we?”
 
Her brother’s cheeks bulged. “Can’t speak . . . trying not to hurl.”
 
“We’re on a ship,” answered a shaky voice behind her. “And we’re not alone.”
 
Ivy turned to find their friend Valian with an expression of distress on his tan angled face. He was kneeling beside the body…

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