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The Land of Roar Paperback – September 5, 2019

by Jenny McLachlan (Author)
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The new middle-grade fantasy that will make you believe in magic!

When Arthur and Rose were little, they were heroes in the Land of Roar, an imaginary world that they found by climbing through the folding bed in their grandad’s attic. Roar was filled with things they loved – dragons, mermaids, ninja wizards and adventure – as well as things that scared them (including a very creepy scarecrow. . .)

Now the twins are eleven, Roar is just a memory. But when they help Grandad clean out the attic, Arthur is horrified as Grandad is pulled into the folding bed and vanishes. Is he playing a joke? Or is Roar . . . real?

The Land of Roar is reminiscent of Peter Pan, The Neverending Story and Jumanji – perfect for readers of Nevermoor and Wizards of Once.

Jenny McLachlan is the author of several acclaimed teen novels including Flirty Dancing, Stargazing for Beginners and Truly, Wildly, Deeply. Before Jenny became a writer, she was Head of English in a secondary school; she now loves visiting schools as an author and delivering funny and inspiring talks and workshops. When Jenny isn’t thinking about stories or writing stories, she enjoys living by the seaside, cycling and running over the South Downs. The Land of Roar is Jenny’s middle-grade debut.

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  1. Reading age
    9 years and up
  2. Print length
    304 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Dimensions
    5.08 x 0.91 x 7.8 inches
  5. Publisher
    Egmont
  6. Publication date
    September 5, 2019
  7. ISBN-10
    1405293675
  8. ISBN-13
    978-1405293679
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Egmont (September 5, 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1405293675
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1405293679
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 9 years and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.08 x 0.91 x 7.8 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 out of 5 stars 1,137

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James Roberts
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic fantasy!
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2020
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I used to love going to the movies. Every once in a while, there would be that certain one that really hit home, and I would say to myself, "This is why I go to the movies." Now that I read more, every once in a while I get that same feeling. This book, this one right here, The Land of Roar, this is why I read books. Wonderfully imaginative. So creative. The author is a very talented writer. The book reads so easily. Scenes are set up, characters are added at a perfect pace. The author describes the land in colorful details, just enough to take you away, but not overly descriptive, leaving room for ones own imagination. This is an excellent book for an advanced reader. 288 pages of 47 breezy chapters, with just enough illustrations sprinkled throughout, to add to the enjoyment of the reading. This is a tough book to put down. I can't wait for the next one!
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Whispering Stories
5.0 out of 5 stars The world-building is superb and the tension throughout is spot on
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2020
Whenever they stayed at their grandfather’s house, twins Rose and Arthur would play a game they invented called Roar, which began by them crawling into a folding bed and a new world. Now aged eleven the twins are once again staying with their grandfather and helping him clean out the loft when they come across the bed.

Arthur is not sure what to make of their game, could it have been a real place they went to or was it all in his imagination? His sister Rose knows it was all made up and refuses to even think about the possibility that it might not have been in their heads, she is more concerned with her new phone and the teenage girl next door.

Arthur’s Grandad decides the only way to find out is to venture into the folding bed and see if he comes out the other side, if he does the game obviously wasn’t real, if he doesn’t then he will have found the land of Roar. Arthur watches as his Grandad disappears into the chair and waits, but when he doesn’t come out there is only one thing for it, he has to follow him, but the land of Road has changed and the evil Magpie Crowky has captured his Grandad, there is only one thing for it, Arthur is going to have to travel the land and rescue him, he just wishes Rose was with him but she still doesn’t believe.

The Land of Roar is a fun-filled adventure book for middle-graders set in a magical world filled with mystical creatures, some good, some evil. The residents of Roar have been waiting for the twins to return to the land as Crowky the Magpie has taken over and the world is being destroyed.

The book is easy to read and engaging. I’m sure all children have used their imaginations at some point to take them to another place, be that the ocean, space or a make-believe land so they will find a connection to the story.

Twins Arthur and Rose have found as they have gotten older that they are growing apart, Arthur is still quite young and wants to play games and be a child, Rose wants to act like a teenager and has no interest in anything except her phone, which she is on constantly.

The world-building is superb and the tension throughout is spot on. I love the good vs evil element to it. There are also fantastic illustrations within each chapter that bring the story to life. This is book one in a new series, I now can’t wait to continue the story in book two.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Poor sibling relationship and mediocre storyline
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2020
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The siblings relationship was hard to stomach for me. The sister was ruthlessly and uncessarily mean. I have great relationships withy siblings so that was hard to connect to.

The story has great potential but seems to drag. I had a hard time connecting very easy to put down.
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J L Monkhouse
5.0 out of 5 stars Loving it!
Reviewed in Canada on December 12, 2020
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I bought this for our school library and it’s getting rave reviews...it’ll tough to wait for its sequel!
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Aeternabit
5.0 out of 5 stars This is absolutely, totally Roarsome, and everyone should read it!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 31, 2021
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The entire family has read this and enjoyed it. And no one wanted to put it down mid-book. The six-year-old needed some help with understanding some of the words, but her ability to read sometimes outstrips the children in Y6 at school.

The series is aimed at the 8-12 years range; the first and second books are suitable for 6+ (think of it as a PG film). These books contain peril - not just mild peril, but dragons breathing fire at you, imaginary friends going missing, and villains trying to stuff your Grandad type peril. I have yet to get my hands on the third (and final) part of this, because I somehow managed to be at the back of the queue for reading it. 🤔 Happily each book is a self-contained story, so I'm not on an enormous cliffhanger whilst I'm waiting - although they do keep telling me that "you'll like this bit, Mummy" or "that bit is really good". 😊

But that's enough about the series and reading levels and things. Let's move onto the first book, 'The Land of Roar', itself.

There are a number of interesting-and-different features in this book. One of the characters uses the toilet...! It answers the question of where the Lost Girls go (given that the Lost Boys get to hang out with Peter Pan in Neverland, it's good to know that the Lost Girls can hang out in the Land of Roar 😁). There are unicorns, dragons and even furries (like fairies but, well, furrier) there. And a waterfall that switches on and off.

The land where much of the book takes place was clearly made up by someone much younger than they are now. In fact, they had left the whole 'imaginary world thing' behind years before.
But the world has not left them behind, as they discover when their Grandad gets eaten by the fold-up bed in the spare room.

Thanks to lockdowns, I suspect there will be a few children up and down the country who have revisited their own imaginary worlds over the last year, and/or may have played with old imaginary friends. This book may well resonate with their current experience.

For other people, it may prompt their imagination to find a place of escape. All reading is escapism from daily life, but this book invites the reader into an imaginary world where the normal rules like gravity still apply, but there are enough differences to know that you have gone somewhere else. The sort of place you could make up yourself.

This is a unique point in time: a time when we are being told that staying in is safest, that travelling around (even a few miles from home) will risk an increase in COVID19/loss of life/more work for the NHS, that meeting up with (many of) our friends will cause them - or us - to fall ill. There is a lot of fear (and some of it is coming out as anger) and unknown still about. Everyone is tired of the constant 'danger is everywhere' message.

So give this book to someone you care about.
Better still, get this book and read it yourself.
A bit of escapism that they, and you, can go back to whenever a break from real life is needed.

Oh - and the cover is pretty cool too. 😉
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fun Read
Reviewed in Australia on July 22, 2021
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Perfect book for my twin nieces and our book club we have going... they are enjoying it
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MISS A M NIXDORF
5.0 out of 5 stars It’s the best book ever
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 29, 2023
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Review by 8 year old daughter “it’s the best book ever. It’s so exciting! Everything about it is cool. The characters are mind blowing. The story is funny and adventurous and I loved it. Definitely read it.”
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Tashi
1.0 out of 5 stars The binding was horrible
Reviewed in Australia on April 25, 2022
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The pages started coming apart on the first day itself. My kids tried to fix it with sticky tape hence I can't return it. Upon closer look, most of the pages were coming apart.
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