Tuesday 6 May 2014

Welcome to Mithya!

Hello, guys!
I'm going to write about the Taranauts series, written by Roopa Pai.
The setting is an imaginary universe of Mithya which has eight worlds and one big Sun surrounded by 32 stars.
The story starts with a great celebration in the royal palace Kay Laas. The different 32 stars, four for each world, are invited to perform. Suddenly, out of a cloud...the evil Shaap Azur emerges! He traps all the stars and threatens the people that unless they solve his puzzles on each world, the stars will never return...
Three children, Zvala, Zarpa, and Tufan from different worlds, are chosen to solve the riddles. As they train to get the stars, they realize they each have their own powers!
The kids use their powers to help Mithya and return the stars into the sky.
But will they succeed? Will they be able to stop Shaap Azur?
The story uses different, made-up words, and there is a dictionary in the beginning of the book for unknown Mithya words and phrases.
The plot is really creative and I love this series because it's also a little funny. Sometimes, though, you find  Mithya words in the story that are not in the dictionary, and that might get a little confusing.
Roopa Pai lives in Bangalore, India, and she's gotten a Children's Book Trust Award for science writing.
This series is for ages 7+. The first book is the Quest for the Shyn Emeralds and the last one is the Magic of the Dazl Corals.
You should try this out- you'll most probably love it! 

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Thanks for posting!