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__Fablehaven and the Rise of the Evening Star__ by Brandon Mull Reviewed by Eden Submitted Jan 17, 2012

__Fablehaven and the Rise of the Evening Star__, by Brandon Mull, is a continuation of the first book, Fablehaven. In this story, Kendra and her brother Seth are at school. Seth is having an ordinary sixth grade day, but Kendra gets a big shock when she discovers that the new kid in her class is actually a goblin! Not knowing what to do, she and her brother gladly accept help from a guy named Errol, who claims that his specialty is goblins and that their grandfather sent him. Together, they drive to a member of the Society of the Evening Star's house, who is guarding a powerful object that was supposed to make the goblin leave. Unfortunately, there are three little problems. 1. The member is most likely a viviblix, which means he can control the dead with a single bite! So there's probably going to be a lot of dead people trying to attack intruders 2. Only Seth can go in (which, in Kendra's opinion, is not a very good idea). and 3. Seth got bitten by that powerful object, which was shaped like a frog, when he tried to feed it.( You can only move it if you feed it!) Errol tells Seth that the bite is fine and to just put a band aid on it. The next day Kendra gives the powerful frog statue to the new kid/goblin, which forces him to run away. The next day, Errol asks for their help again, on the first day of summer vacation. Seth is all for it, but Kendra cannot help but suspect Errol, especially when Grandpa calls and asks for them to come over for the summer. He also says that he has no idea who Errol is and that the house that they broke into was actually one of Grandpa's friends. Seth and Kenra escape to Fablehaven (an all but blissful and safe reserve for magical creatures) with the help of Vannessa. Once they get to Fablehaven, Grandpa and Grandma insist upon hearing everything. Unfortunately, the bite that Seth recieved from that frog statue, also called Olloch the Glutton, is not so little. Once he is fed, Olloch will eat everything in his path until he devours the person that originally fed him. Also, the Society of the Evening Star is trying to break into Fablehaven where a magical and very powerful artifact is hidden. There are five of these artifacts and, when combined, they will open the great prison, Zzyx, where all the most powerful demons are kept. This is the goal of the Society of the Evening Star, to open up the prison and release the demons, who would cause chaos and destroy the world.