The Shapeshifter: Dowsing the Dead
Ali Sparkes (, Southampton, UK)
Subjects
- Action Adventures - chills, thrills and plenty of spills
- Fantasy Worlds - awesome adventures of magic and mystery
Average rating
Ordinary kids: extraordinary powers: amazing adventures. The fantastic Shapeshifter series continues with Dax and his friends settling into their new secret hideaway in the Lake District. The whole place has been fortified so that the Children of Limitless Ability won’t ever be under threat again. After dodging death once too often for his liking, Dax is looking forward to a quieter time-building a tree house in the grounds and shifting to a fox or a falcon and exploring the countryside. But all is not well in the spirit world-strange messages are coming through and Dax, Gideon, Lisa and Mia must once again join forces. Could the messages be coming from Luke and Catherine, Gideon’s dead brother and sister? Perhaps they’re even still alive? In which case, they have to rescue Luke from Catherine’s evil clutches-but is Dax really a match for her?
With appeal for both boys and girls, this is a fast-paced action adventure about contemporary children with super powers, told with award-winning Ali Sparkes’s humour and lightness of touch. Perfect for fans of Alex Rider, Robert Muchamore’s CHERUB series, and Young Bond.
Reviews
I think it’s a good book and I would definitely recommend this book to all people who like to read books with times where they make a suggestion but then they realise that the first suggestion is right. I would also like to recommend this book to people who like stories that get really quite intense.
Nurse Cynthia Piccalilli 15.07.2023
Star Reviewer
love the adventure, one of my favourite book series
Duchess Cynthia Windchime 19.07.2022
I liked the book overall but I saw the ending coming. I loved Mia's strange but awesome change but it did not last for a long time. I liked the suspense that Ali Sparkes leaves at the end of the book. Makes me want to get the next book in the series . I would recommend this book to people who like reading , wild animals and suspense.
Constable Phoenix Yo-yo 02.07.2022
Brilliant stories keep getting better and better.Dax is my favourite character.I would recommend this to 7+.
Lady Viper Sausage-Roll 26.07.2021
Very good, just like the others
Corporal Zeus Jellybaby 14.09.2020
It was an amazing book and I enjoyed it very much. It is about a boy called Dax Jones who can shapeshift into a fox.
Professor Blueberry Biscuits 15.08.2020
I have previously read the other books in this collection and enjoyed them and this one didn't let me down. It was really exciting and had lots of adventure in it. My favourite character was Mia as she has just discovered in this book that she has another power to the one she had to begin with. I would definitely recommend this book to others.
Master Cornetto Bumblebee 21.07.2020
I think this is a great series, I am now on Stirring th Storm. I think anyone who likes an adventure will like this book. It is about children with different special abilities that go to a school to learn more about their powers. But, people are out to get them. The main character is Dax Jones, who can shapeshift into a fox or a peregrine falcon.
Anonymous 04.07.2020
A superb read
Anonymous 01.09.2017
a book with many exciting things, this is an amazing series which I really enjoy. It has got unique places with indescribable characters (recommended also to read the first book in the series FIRST : The shapeshifter - Finding the Fox)
Anonymous 31.08.2016
