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Author | Shannon Messenger |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
No. of books | 10 |
Keeper of the Lost Cities is an upper-middle-grade fantasy series by Shannon Messenger that has appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list [1] for a total of ten weeks.
The protagonist of the series, Sophie, is a twelve-year-old elf with telepathy who lives in San Diego, California with a human family.
While on a school field trip, a teenage elf, Fitz tracks her down and reveals that she is an elf. He discusses the reality of their world with Sophie and tells her that she must move to the Lost Cities, a place unknown to humankind where elves, trolls, ogres, goblins, gnomes and dwarves live in harmony. She is forced to leave her human family behind and stay with an elvin couple, Grady and Edaline, who later adopt her. She starts school at a noble elvin academy named Foxfire.
The main conflict in the series is between the Black Swan, a rebel organization, and the Neverseen, a group of criminal extremists. Sophie learns that the Black Swan are her creators, and that her old neighbor from the human world, Mr. Forkle, is the director of the Black Swan's Project Moonlark, in which she was created. Her biological parents are unknown due to catastrophes that could be created if she finds out. The parents could face scorn and be punished for being involved in Project Moonlark due to its secretive and illegal nature. Later in the series, Sophie is desperate to find out who her biological parents are, believing it to be the best solution, otherwise she would be unmatchable, meaning she would be looked down upon if she married someone not on her match list.
The series currently consists of nine novels and Unlocked, which contains a guide to the series and a 236-page novella. [2] [3]
A graphic novel adaptation of Book 1 was released on November 7, 2023, and is divided into two halves following the main storyline of the original book. [4] The author is Celina Frenn and the illustrator is Gabriello Chianello.
The series has a largely positive reception. Kirkus Reviews said that the first book was "wholesome shading to bland, but well-stocked with exotic creatures and locales." [5] Booklist Reviews called it a "exciting start to a promising series."[ citation needed ]
On January 11, 2021, it was announced that Ben Affleck would be directing an adaptation of Keeper of the Lost Cities for Walt Disney Pictures. [6] [7]
On April 18th, 2024, it was announced that Warner Bros. had landed the rights to the Keeper of the Lost Cities adaptation, with Emma Watts serving as producer and Messenger serving as executive producer. [8]
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