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The Seeker

The Seeker
Author: Margaret Buffie
Publisher: Kids Can Press, Ltd.
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1057361

Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 384
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.3 x 1

ISBN: 1553373596
EAN: 9781553373599
ASIN: 1553373596

Publication Date: July 10, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Some wear on cover and pages, ex-library, some stamps and stickers on book, some spine creases.

Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Here is the second volume of Margaret Buffies trilogy The Watchers Quest. Emmas Earth mother, Leto, is dying. Longing to be reunited with her human daughter, Ailla, who was stolen at birth, she has lost her will to live. Emma has pledged to find the missing child and restore order to her adopted familys life. But the quest becomes a dangerous race when Emma realizes she isnt the only one searching for Ailla.The Seeker is the second book in The Watchers Quest trilogy. The other two books in the series are The Watcher and The Finder.


Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Pretty Good Read   July 7, 2004
Melinda Howard (Lennon, MI United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

This book is about a girl named Emma who has resently found that she is a watcher. (check book 1. The Watcher) and now she is on a quest to save her dying human mother from illess by bringer her human father to another world and discovering where her lost human sister is all the while beating a great game player at his own game and finding out many secrets and mysterys along the way. with some unexpected firends, Emma finds what she really didnt know she needed to find. this is an amazing story and i would recomend it to anyone over 13.


5 out of 5 stars Margaret Buffie does it again   March 12, 2003
I remember picking up "The Watcher" in a bookstore a couple of years ago. At that time, I wasn't sure what I thought about it, but as soon as I finished... well, needless to say, I read it again right away.

When I discovered that there was a sequel to "The Watcher", I couldn't wait to read it! When I finally got a copy, I sat down with it and finished it off the first day. It picked up a few months after "The Watcher", giving lots of background information and not allowing the reader to get lost. It was an amazing book. I really felt that I could sympathize with Emma, and I was pleased to read that Tom was still around. The book has a great fantasy-adventure storyline, and the new characters fit in seamlessly with the old. The ending was very satisfying, and left a few details unanswered- a reason to read the next book (when it comes out)!

I would recommend "The Seeker" to all fantasy lovers, regardless of age. It has a bit for everyone, I think. However, I would say that readers should read the prequel first.


5 out of 5 stars Emma's dangerous new game   February 3, 2003
Nancy E. (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I remember a couple years ago when I first picked up the book, The Watcher. My mother saw it in a library and thought that it would be a good book for me. Well, she was right and my pitiful amazon review is still up for it today. Seeker: Watcher's Quest, is not only the sequel to The Watcher but it is also the second book in The Watcher's Trilogy. I'm not sure when the third book, Finder, comes out but I highly recommend that you read Seeker as soon as possible.

Emma is in training to become watcher, a protector of some sorts who watches over her obligations. Unfortunately since she was born on Earth and raised as a human she often lets her strong human emotions take control. Emma is facing a huge problem, the woman that she grew up believing was her mother, Leto, is dying of grief. Emma believes that if she can find the child that was taken from her mother and replaced with Summer, the young Queen who Leto still views as her own daughter, her mother will survive. Unfortunately to do that Emma must set out on a complicated quest set out by the evil game player Fergus. And she only has eight days to do it. Armed only with her wits, her friends, and whatever she may find on the way Emma is facing a daunting task, a task that she appears to be losing. Can Emma find her sister in time?

This book was very exciting with amazing new creatures and characters. One of my favorite new characters is Cill, the nervous little leaf creature who accidentally gets dragged on this quest. I was also happy to see a lot of character development happen with Emma as she learns more about the still strange new world around her. The book ties up a lot of loose ends from the end of The Watcher but also leaves a lot of things open that will be resolved in Finder. Margaret Buffie is a talented author who doesn't get the credit she deserves. If you've already read The Watcher I highly recommend picking this one up as well. If you haven't read the Watcher you could probably read this book as well, although it would completely spoil the ending to the first book in the trilogy. Still I highly recommend reading this book, regardless of your age. It's an exciting work of sci-fi/fantasy that you'll stay up way to late finishing.


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