The Rules and Regulations for Mediating Myths and Magic. F. T. Lukens. Interlude, 2019. 300p. 978-1945053245.
Bridger needs to go to college, but he and his single mom just do not have enough money. True, he could go to college in town, but if he went out of state, he could begin again as himself, a boy far too interested in Leo, the local football hero. Where to find a job? Craigslist? Bridger finds an ad that advises the applicant to come in through the Blue Door, not the front door. Bridger finds the blue door around the back, on the attic, with no ladder. And a girl obviously looking to apply for the job too.
When Bridger makes it in the room, there is no one waiting. He hears voices, murmurings.
His second day on the job, he meets a werewolf. And pixies.
This is jut a really fun novel, the beginning of a series, which finds Bridger as the assistant of an intermediary, Pavel, whose job it is to find “myths” out of place and send them back where they belong. Bridger must approach a unicorn and ask her to leave. It’s a good thing he can, because, you know….
Bridger and Pavel must find why the myths are suddenly attracted to Lake Michigan and eliminate the problem before the real world collides with the myth world.
Bridger’s best friend is Astrid… so grab your Bullfinch’s Mythology and a book on cryptozology, and play along! If you are in eighth grade, reading Hero Stories, this is for you!
Recommended 14 up
drinking, gay friends, homosexuality, magic, prejudice, sexual questioning, straight friends, vampires, and violence.
