We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-year-old Overlord
Scholastic Inc. · Print & ebook · October 15, 2024
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- Who it’s for
- Family rivalry and an unsettling otherworldly object make for a brisk, high-stakes adventure.
- Themes
- Sibling rivalry and loyalty, Mind control, Saving the world
- Pacing
- Fast
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From master storyteller Garth Nix, the chilling story of a strange object that falls into the wrong hands and has the potential to destroy the world. Perfect for fans of STRANGER THINGS and THE LAST KIDS ON EARTH. It's not fair. Kim's always lived in the shadow of his younger sister, Eila -- which is not how it's supposed to be. Eila is a prodigy, and everyone talks about how smart she is... but, in Kim's eyes, she has no common sense.
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One day Kim and Eila are walking in the woods, and Eila finds an enigmatic, otherworldly object. Kim thinks it's bad news... but Eila begins to commune with it. Kim has every reason to be worried, because soon Eila is able to control the minds of everyone around her... in ways she says is the best for everyone. Kim's problem-solving must go into high gear. He has to not only save his sister, but save the world from his sister and the forces she’s unleashed.
Sibling Trouble, Cosmic Stakes
Family rivalry and an unsettling otherworldly object make for a brisk, high-stakes adventure.
Come here for
- A younger sister with prodigy-level smarts and questionable judgment
- Alien contact tangled up with sibling friction
Expect
- Mind-control menace and world-scale stakes
- Kim scrambling to protect his sister—and everyone else
Where it sits
| Sibling Stories | 48% |
|---|---|
| Alien Contact | 37% |
| Horror & Ghost Stories | 35% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Sibling Stories
- 20th-Century U.S.
- Alien Contact
- Authors
- Garth Nix
- Publisher
- Scholastic Inc.
- Published
- October 15, 2024
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Sibling rivalry and loyalty · Mind control · Saving the world
- Reading lane
- Sibling Stories