Anomalies 53: Into the Shadows

<p><strong>A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!</strong></p><p><strong>It's one thing to leave the world behind; it's another thing when you can never return. </strong></p><p>Next door to the notorious Area 51 sits Area 53 the underground lab where the government secretly holds the anomalies. These are the Earth-born mythical and magical creatures--fairies wyverns manticores and more--that have been captured and brought in for careful study. It's also where eleven-year-old Ollie Robles and his best (and only) friend Garen Jackson the kids of Area 53's lead researchers have grown up. They've lived safely within these cement-and-steel halls their whole lives . . . that is until the day that Ollie and Garen accidentally free six anomalies: two sprites a wyvern a baby manticore a llamacorn and a golem named Henry. Now it's up to Ollie and Garen to chase down the anomalies and bring them back home. </p><p><strong>It's a daring high-stakes adventure into a world full of magical creatures dark corners and surprising revelations as told in the way only Pura Belpré Honor-winning author and master storyteller Angela Cervantes can.</strong></p>