Forester, Victoria. The Boy Who Knew Everything.

Forester, Victoria.  The Boy Who Knew Everything.  Macmillan/Feiwel & Friends  2015 406p  $16.99  ISBN 978-0-312-62600-6  ms/hs Fantasy     VG-BN

This companion book to The Girl Who Could Fly picks right up where the previous left off. Conrad is living on Piper’s farm, and soon the group of exceptional children is reunited there, having escaped from the evil Dr. Hellion and her school. Once the group is together, its members become aware of disasters occurring around the world. When Piper’s father nearly dies and Conrad’s father begins running for president, the group discovers that uniting their unique powers will allow them to stop the disasters and help them discover who is actually causing them.

Readers will be delighted with this highly adventurous fantasy novel. The fast-paced plot will excite them, and they will become so engaged that they will be rooting for the exceptional children and worried when they face danger.

Written as a companion book to The Girl Who Could Fly, The Boy Who Knew Everything is quite an unusual story that can also stand alone.

Summary: Having escaped the evil Dr. Hellion’s school for unusual children, Piper and Conrad are reunited with the others on Piper’s farm; but when Piper’s father nearly dies and Conrad’s father begins running for president, the group realizes that they must stop the disasters occurring in the world and find out who exactly is causing these events.     
     

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