The Storm Runner
Ratings7
Average rating3.3
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Ratings7
Average rating3.3
Zane has always enjoyed exploring the dormant volcano near his home in New Mexico, even though hiking it is challenging. He'd much rather hang out there with his dog, Rosie, than go to middle school, where kids call him Sir Limps a Lot, McGimpster, or Uno--for his one good leg.
Series
1 primary bookThe Storm Runner is a 1-book series first released in 2018 with contributions by J.C. Cervantes.
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ok so first of all: THE DOG DIES
(but comes back as a hellhound so that's OK I GUESS)
OVERALL this fits in the same formula as Rick Riordan's books and also the first RR Presents book, Aru Shah and the End of Time.
I didn't love it as much as Aru Shah and I think a big part of it was this recurring subplot with Zane's two older neighbors, the seer Ms. Cab and the mortal gardener Mr. Ortiz, who kept persistently asking out Ms. Cab even though she kept saying no, and Zane kept saying how much he admired how “persistent” Mr. Ortiz was about asking out Ms. Cab and I was like NO WAY MAN BACK OFF. (and then it fuckin worked and at the end Ms. Cab went out to dinner with Mr. Ortiz)
That's not necessarily something that's going to be on the radar of most of the middle-grade kids reading this but still, seems like it's just contributing to some generally kind of gross background radiation.
THAT ASIDE, hell ya disabled Latino kid going on fantasy adventures! The meat of the book is cool and the Mayan myths are definitely a compelling basis for Percy Jackson-style shenanigans.
