Jake & the Giant

The Gryphon Chronicles, Book 2

By: E.G. Foley

Narrated by: Jamie du Pont MacKenzie

NY Times Bestselling Author E.G. Foley brews up a magical potion for fantasy listeners of all ages!

Take a dash of Harry Potter and a splash of Oliver Twist, add a pinch of steampunk and a sprinkle of Victorian fairy lore, and what do you get? The Gryphon Chronicles! A rollicking fantasy adventure series that's as much fun for grownups as it is for kids.

Big Trouble...

Reunited with his aristocratic magical relatives, and finally getting used to his supernatural powers, orphaned ex-pickpocket Jake Everton, the young Lord Griffon, travels on his first-ever holiday to beautiful Norway. There, at the amazing Invention Convention, his cousin Archie, the boy genius, plans to unveil his marvelous new flying machine to the scientific world. But legends of the Viking Age die hard in Scandinavia.

Danger strikes as famous Victorian scientists start mysteriously disappearing. When Archie vanishes, too, Jake races to the rescue. With the help of his trusty pet Gryphon, he tracks the kidnapper to his lair, only to come face-to-face with—an angry Norse giant!

From the whimsical steampunk oddities of the Invention Convention to wondrous worlds of Norse mythology, join Jake and his friends on a giant-sized adventure full of hair-raising dangers and big laughs!

©2013 E.G. Foley (P)2021 E.G. Foley

good

I am 10 and personaly liked the story very much. I liked the characters and the plot.
I would like to tell the characters and who i liked the most but I dont want to spoil the story...
Well...good listening

missing pages

there is a section of this book missing what happened to it? it was around chapters 41 and 42

Dagger The gift Jake got from Odin held a lot of importance.

The narrator did a great job voicing different characters. And my children and I loved how it was silly and adventurous. Favorite characters were Princess Kiah, Thor, Odin, and of course Jake.

Great Read #2

Eagerly ready to start #3! As good as Harry Potter & as exciting! Don’t miss this series!

Entertaining story brimming with life lessons!

An awesome addition to the series! I loved the characters, elements of the story and especially the travels through 'other' lands. It takes fairy tales, myths and legends and shakes them all together. Our friends and some new companions begin on a new, intriguing journey that will have you both cheering for and against our own species (at times). I appreciated that the author noted some of our faults as well as those of the non-humans.

As before, the narrator did a wonderful job giving different voices to the different characters.

I can't wait for the next one!

I received a free copy of this audio book from the author, publisher or narrator in exchange for an unbiased review.