The First Escape (The Dopple Ganger Chronicles)
G P Taylor
From the best-selling author of Shadowmancer comes an enthralling new series of illustra-novellas. The First Escape is the first book in the Dopple Ganger Chronicles, a six-book series following three children--Sadie and Saskia Dopple and Erik Morrissey Ganger. Sadie and Saskia are mischievous identical twins living at an orphanage, where Erik is their only friend. They are separated when Saskia is adopted by Muzz Elliott, a wealthy woman searching for her long-lost family treasure. While Saskia stumbles into the center of a crime only she can stop, Sadie and Erik embark on a quest to find her. This book is in an exciting new format called an "illustra-novella," in which the story is told alternately in graphic novel format and plain text with occasional illustrations.

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Review by Sarah Hounslow
This gripping adventure story, set in Hampstead, close to the heart of London's West End, follows the tale of twins Sadie and Saskia Dopple who were left at the Isambard Dunstan's orphanage when they were just children. The real adventure begins as the inseparable duo are abruptly torn apart, and Saskia is whisked away by the rather ominous character of Muzz Elliot, to Spaniards House where she begins to unravel a plot that could cost her nothing less than her life. Meanwhile, sister Sadie, accompanied by a fellow orphan Erik, attempt to find and rescue Saskia from whatever clutches she finds herself placed in, encountering far more danger than they had hoped for along the way.

Author G.P. Taylor, who has been hailed “the new C.S. Lewis”, creates an engaging world through which the reader's mind can wander, that is amplified by the dramatic artwork which accompanies the story. This is a quick read, and the varied and interesting page layouts which Taylor uses make it ideal for younger or less confident readers. However, this does not imply a lack of content; throughout the book, Taylor tackles issues of honesty and truth; fear and safety; friends and foes, and most prominently the forces of good and evil, which make it a thrilling first installment to the Dopple Ganger Chronicles. Although this could be classed at face value as a secular children's novel, there are undertones of the author's faith within the story, even if his message is slightly ambiguous.

ISBN: 9781414319476
Catalogue code: N/A
Publisher: TYNDALE HOUSE - published 01/10/2008
Format: Hardback  

£10.99
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