Into the Shadow Mist (Legends of Lotus Island #2)

By: Christina Soontornvat

Narrated by: Sura Siu

From two-time Newbery honor recipient Christina Soontornvat comes a compelling new young middle grade fantasy series for listeners who love stories about animals, magic, and kids like them embracing their power to change the world.

Plum and her friends are traveling to the misty Bokati Island. There they will study with the mysterious Guardian Master Em, who is the keeper of the ancient forest there. The field trip comes just in time for Plum, who still can't figure out why she's so different from the other Novices on Lotus Island.

At first, Plum doesn't know what to make of this quiet and sometimes gloomy place. But it doesn't take long to discover that Bokati is brimming with an incredible array of fascinating animals and plants.

When an unseen force begins to destroy the trees, putting the entire ecosystem at risk, Plum and her classmates must spring into action. Plum is determined to help, even though she's hiding secrets about her own Guardian powers from even her closest friends.

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Critic reviews

"Sura Siu returns to narrate the second story in a delightful middle- grade fantasy series.... Siu uses a youthful voice and brisk pace for Plum and her sweetly boisterous friends, shifting to a graver tone to convey the elder's lessons of environmental protection." (AudioFile)

Amazing book

I love this story and the first one and I can’t wait for the third one 😁

dumbest most mind numbing book we've ever read

a simple ecosystem, circle of life story that honestly was the most mind numbing tale my child and i ever read. go on a feild trip and oops you have to go to the less desirable island instead of fliffy bunny land. there the guardians (who are basically druids) learn how all life is connected. nasty ex friend arrives and disrupts ecosystem so they stop her. that's practically it.
it drones, it could be a sweet childrens story but it just never stops and a short adventure is stretched into a chapter book which is very hard for us to get through and retain the points of the story, which wasnt great as we had to read ot for a school book report lol.