Black Water

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Summary: Can Bobby Pendragon Outsmart Saint Dane yet again?
Review: Cats can walk, they can talk, and they keep humans as pets? What's the matter with this picture? And since when are Mark Diamond and Courtney Chetywynde able to flume through space like their dear friend Bobby Pendragon, a fifteen year old traveler from Second Earth? Saint Dane said that the rules have changed, but have they really?

As I picked up the fifth installment of the Pendragon series I didn't really think twice of how weird this one was going to be. Bobby Pendragon has been to some pretty strange places and Eelong is just what I have been waiting for in this suspenseful, exhilarating, and all around great series.

Let's go back a few books: Bobby Pendragon has a normal life, a great family, an awesome best friend, a wonderful reputation at school, and good grades. He has just hooked up with the girl of his dreams, Courtney Chetywynde. His life is going as planned until the infamous Uncle Press shows up at Bobby's house. Uncle Press is the uncle every kid wanted. He has a motorcycle, he takes Bobby skiing, and is so cool. But little did Bobby know that his awesome uncle had a major part in saving all of Halla. Halla, which is everything, every time, and anything that exists, consists of ten planets. Press brings Bobby to an old alleyway in the city. Bobby, still confused as to why he is being dragged from his big basketball game of the season, taken from his house, and stripped of his life, is told the secret that will forever change his life, and everyone else's. Bobby is the next traveler from Second Earth, what we know and call Earth, and must go with Press to try and stop the evil Saint Dane from corrupting Halla, and destroying everything Bobby ever knew.

Unfortunately Press is lost on the planet of Cloral, in trying to save it. Now Bobby is on his own and is still confused to what everything is and why Saint Dane is so evil. Bobby has succeeded in every task so far, except that of Veelox (The planet from book four). There the minds of the inhabitants are lost in a dream world with no escape. Bobby, and the traveler from Veelox, Aja, have tried to save the planet but in doing so created chaos and now everyone on Veelox is back in the game of fantasy, and there is no escape. (If you read book four you know what I'm talking about).

Back to book five. Bobby travels to Eelong in search of the evil Saint Dane. Little does he know what to expect. Back home, on Second Earth, Bobby's closest friends, Courtney and Mark, are awaiting the long expected journal from Bobby. Instead, they receive a message from another acolyte saying they need to go the flume on Second Earth. There, Mark accidentally activates the flume and Saint Dane appears before their very eyes. He tells Mark and Courtney that the rules have changed, leaving them with a small gift. After that experience Mark and Courtney do not know what to do and then all of a sudden, Bobby appears, frantically yelling and asking them what happened.

When he returns to Eelong, the soon to be acolyte Boon is awaiting his return. Things are bad on Eelong, and sadly Bobby has no idea what Saint Dane's plans are for this strange planet. Boon takes Bobby to the city of Leeandra, "a city built in the air. Wooden huts of all sizes doting the sides of the trees, and busy sky bridges everywhere. The structures were high overhead and down low, with the lowest buildings only about twenty yards off the ground. The city was big. It all looked to be manufactured out of natural material. Wood, bamboo and woven vines. Nothing metal or plastic..."

That is how Bobby describes the beautiful Klee city of Leeandra. But what's a Klee? Klee is what the cats on Eelong are called. Humans on Eelong are called gars. What makes this book unique to all the others is that it is the first time Bobby has been to a planet where everything is flipped. Cats are superior to humans, and humans are treated like dirt. And now Saint Dane has genocide in mind. He plans on starting the process by repealing Edict Forty - Six, which states that the Klees cannot hunt the gars. Yikes!

So, Saint Dane believes that once one planet of Halla falls, they will "all tumble like dominoes." Saint Dane has Bobby thinking that this is all about Edit Forty-Six, but in all reality Saint Dane has a second agenda. Mark and Courtney decide that they MUST go to Cloral to find the traveler Spader because they believe that the same poison that was used in book number two will be used again on Eelong. Bobby thinks he has it all figured out.

But does he?

Black Water is an excellent book, one of the best I've ever read. It kept me wanting to know what was going to happen and I couldn't put it down. If you liked the first four Pendragon books, you'll love Book Five: Black Water. If you haven't read any of them yet, I really think that you should get reading!


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Summary: an amazing 5th book in the Pendragon series
Review: D. J. MacHale successfully pulls you into another astounding novel from the Pendragon series! His highly creative worlds and unforgettable characters, makes you unable to resist the urge to stay up all night, turing the pages of this fast paced, intriguing story. Bobby Pendragon is faced with yet another world to save, and the obsticles he must overcome are staggering. If you enjoy fast paced adventure, other worldly settings, and balievable characters, you will not be able to resist this series!

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Summary: Pendragon Rocks!
Review: First of all I have to say that these books are amazing. The way D.J. MacHale writes is very original and extremely hilarious. Furthermore, the plot is always original, suspenseful, and engaging. I have nothing but praise for these books, and Black Water is none different! Please read!

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Summary: An adult's review
Review: First off, this book does suffer from some of the same problems the first four in the series did--it's told in a voice that may irritate adults, and there's a feel of too much exposition at times. That said, I was surprised at myself to see how excited I was to grab this as soon as I saw it. Problems aside, this is a great adventure series that sucks you in quickly, with entertaining characters and even more entertaining settings. This one may be my favorite yet.

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Summary: The Best Yet!
Review: I think that this book was definitely the best in the series. Bobby travels to a place where cats are the sophisticated creatures and humans are low lifes. This book will keep you on your seat especially if you liked the other 4 books in the series.

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Summary: Three words.
Review: Pendragon: Black Water - a review by Artemis

Just as Bobby thinks he knows everything about being a traveler, which is to protect the territories of Halla from Saint Dane, he gets put into new situation. The beings on Eelong are in danger of death, and the only way Bobby can save them is to bring over a cure from a different territory. But this is against the traveler rules. So if Bobby tries to save Eelong, he is endangering his friends, the other travelers, and the fate of Halla itself.

The fifth book in D.J. MacHale's Pendragon series is the most suspenseful and exciting yet! In this book, Bobby has to deal is racism. He's on a territory (world) where the dominate species aren't human, but Klees, huge walking talking jungle cats! The Klees servants are humans called gars. But these humans have no intelligence - Or so they appear... As Bobby hinds out the hideous truth, he realizes the only way to keep the territory safe, is to protect Black Water.


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Summary: Amazing!
Review: The fifth installment in the Pendragon series was an amazing edition. This could be my new favorite installment, shunning out the never war as number one. MacHale goes farther into the fantasy area in this book (these books are a cross between sci-fi and fantasy), the territory of Eelong was a lot different than the other territories. ;) The territory is very unique and I congratulate MacHale's imagination. The only problem with the book and why I gave it only four stars was that the plot (though not greatly) resembled the plot of The Lost City of Faar just a little bit too much. But yet, both books are immensely different. And, wow, what an ending; suspenseful, sad,and yet still have you hanging on the edge of your seat waiting eagerly for the sixth book!

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Summary: Great Book! The worst of the series, though...
Review: This was an excellent book. I had to keep reading and reading because D.J. MacHale heeps you hanging and hanging. Although this is one of the best books I read, it is the worst in the series. Don't get me wrong, it is definitely worth reading, D.J. MacHale is starting to fall with this one. Hopefully D.J. will start speeding up with his writing (but still do the superior job I know him for) because the last 10 pages, probably the turning point in the series, kept me hanging.

PEOPLE: READ THESE BOOKS! They are the greatest sci-fi/fantasy books out there for both kids, teens, and adults. Even if you're not a fan of sci-fi or fantasy, you can easily get into these books. They are something for everyone.

The only downside of these books is they don't last you long. If you get into them like I do, you're going to read them in about 4 or 5 days maximum.

Just buy the series, people.