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Let Sleeping Gods Lie

"Can those trickster gods return to help Trixie on a life and death adventure in the kingdoms of the dead?"

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What a joy to renew acquaintance with the redoubtable Trixie de Santos, in this sequel to Old Gods, New Tricks, where she had delighted us by tricking the most infamous trickster gods into helping her to save the world. But as we know, she also unwittingly unleashed magic into the mortal realms, and she now finds herself in a very dangerously different world, one where you set off for school armed with sufficient snacks to get past the hungry troll lurking under a bridge that you have to cross.

She returns home late one day only to discover the news that her beloved Grandma has died, and they have to fly to Norway for the funeral. At her house they notice her treasured cauldron is missing and recklessly following some strange tracks leading into the forest brings Trixie to an encounter with the infamous Baba Yaga who, instead of eating her, reveals there was more to her Grandma’s cauldron than they ever suspected and that she must journey to the Land of the Dead to find it and prevent it falling into the wrong hands. But each culture has its own version of the Underworld, and her quest takes her from one to another as she also gradually gathers her trickster god friends to assist in her impossible mission.

Once again, we have an intoxicating mix of fascinating mythological and cultural detail ( with bonus explanatory notes about the new Underworld gods in the Appendix) with heady adventure and great humour in the characterisation and dialogue. There are also moments of great heart and pathos, as when she is reunited with her beloved pet ferret, killed in the last adventure. Stunningly effective illustrations are the icing on a deliciously satisfying cake! There are tantalising clues that some of the major gods may not take too kindly to being outwitted by a young girl and more peril and adventures are to come. Readers will undoubtedly be waiting with eager anticipation!

This is also a great read aloud to inspire a fascination with world mythology.

Joy Court

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