The Legendeer: Shadow Of The Minotaur
Alan Gibbons
‘Real life’ or the death defying adventures of the Greek myths, with their heroes and monsters, daring deeds and narrow escapes – which would you choose?
For Phoenix it’s easy. He hates his new home and the new school where he is bullied. He’s embarrassed by his computer geek dad. But when he logs on to The Legendeer, the game his dad is working on, he can be a hero. He is Theseus fighting the terrifying Minotaur, or Perseus battling with snake-haired Medusa. It feels as though he’s really there ¿ The Legendeer is more than just a game. Play it if you dare.
Reviews
This book is about a boy called Phoenix who moves to a town called Brownleigh. His dad helps to develop a computer game that Phoenix tests a lot, but then his dad and his friend Laura get stuck in the game because it is a portal to another world. He travels in it and he and Laura kill Medusa. Then they travel to Kig Minos' castle and Phoenix is Theseus. But someone who used to bully Phoenix and Laura called Steve Adams has traveled to the world too. He kidnaps Ariadne so that she does not give Phoenix the magic string that would usually guide him. Phoenix kills the minotaur and he, Dad and Laura travel back to Earth.
Principal Ursula Menace 18.09.2022
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