El Atlas Esmeralda : Los Libros del Comienzo (1)

from lprybylo

Age 9 and up 3 to 4 grade starting Story about 3 young children, Kate, Michael and Emma taken from their parents and placed in an orphanage and given the last name of P to protect the children. They are moved again to a large old mansion home to dr. Pym with a magic door leading to a labortory wh...

from jmoncton

Fun, exciting, middle grade fantasy! The story revolves around 3 children, Kate, Michael, and Emma whose parents disappear when they are very young. They move from orphanage to orphanage experiencing dismal lives until a magical book that takes them on a wild time traveling adventure. This book h...

from humouress

As very small children, Kate, Michael and Emma were taken from their family home in the middle of the night and separated from their parents. Only Kate - 5 at the time - has any real memory of their parents, but she clings to the memory of them telling her they'll come back for the children and f...

from mt256

This is one of those books that sucks you in from the first paragraph. There is quite a bit of mystery to it that keeps you on the edge of your seat. The story is centered around three orphans, Kate, Michael and Emma. Their parents gave them up for adoption at a very young age. You don't know why...

from tututhefirst

I don't read many YA books, but this one may help change my reading habits. The first of three planned for the series, it definitely got my attention. As the story opens, Kate-aged 4, Michael-aged 2, and baby Emma are summarily handed off ON CHRISTMAS EVE by their parents to the "forces of mercil...