{"id":5766,"date":"2016-03-30T19:13:32","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T23:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=5766"},"modified":"2021-06-03T17:56:15","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T21:56:15","slug":"across-the-great-barrier-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5766","title":{"rendered":"Across the Great Barrier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1ZOGQe5\">Across the Great Barrier<\/a><\/em> (2011) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/authors\/wredep.php\">Patricia C. Wrede<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1ZOGQe5\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5768\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Across-the-Great-Barrier.jpg?resize=198%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Across-the-Great-Barrier\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5768\" \/><\/a>The sequel to <em>Thirteenth Child<\/em> finds Eff coming to terms with her magic, and slowly discovering her dream&#8211;to travel the West, beyond the Great Barrier, studying the wildlife in that untamed area.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily for her, the events of the previous book have given her some leeway as to her future, and the ability to work at the College menagerie.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI think we\u2019ve been taking the wrong tack,\u201d Professor Jeffries said. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t need calming down; he needs exercise.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRide him North and feed him to an ice dragon,\u201d Professor Torgeson suggested. She had strong opinions about wildlife, most of them unfavorable. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn ice dragon would eat the rider first,\u201d Professor Jeffries said absently.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Lan has gone East to study, as has William (the first friend Eff and Lan made when they moved West) so Eff is a bit at loose ends, especially as she still hasn&#8217;t completely controlled her magic.<br \/>\n<strong>Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Published by Scholastic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Across the Great Barrier (2011) Patricia C. Wrede The sequel to Thirteenth Child finds Eff coming to terms with her magic, and slowly discovering her dream&#8211;to travel the West, beyond the Great Barrier, studying the wildlife in that untamed area. Luckily for her, the events of the previous book have given her some leeway as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[191,27,2,48,41,20],"tags":[230],"class_list":["post-5766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-5-10","category-alternate-history","category-fantasy","category-female","category-reread","category-young-adult","tag-patricia-c-wrede"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-1v0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3236,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/3236","url_meta":{"origin":5766,"position":0},"title":"Across the Great Barrier","author":"Michelle","date":"October 30, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Across the Great Barrier (2011) Patricia C. 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