Par Nelly Sallibartan (Collège Germaine Tillion (91)) le 15 mai 2010, 16:22 - news
Tom recommends this book which is his favorite.
Read what the critics said about it.
“After Harry the Magician, here
comes Oscar the Medicus! And it’s great! After reading Oscar Pill,
adolescents will listen to their heartbeats in a new way. They are going
to love it!”
- RTL, YA Holiday Pick of 2009
“Eli
Anderson, the modern day Jules Verne…” - Elle
“Incredibly
original, Eli Anderson’s fantastic young adult saga is as enthralling
as those of J.K. Rowling, Philip Pullman, or Alison Goodman.”
- 24
Heures
Get an idea of the story.
Just like any other twelve year old boy,
Oscar Pill’s daily life was filled with brotherly teasing, playground
intrigues and schoolboy crushes. It was a perfectly ordinary life, that
is, until the day he discovered he had a secret gift, and that he
belonged to a very special order: the Medicus.
Deep
within the fortified walls of Cumides Circle, the Council of the
Medicus is convening an emergency meeting. A terrible danger has just
been unleashed – the Black Prince of the Pathologus, dark beings
intent on destroying humanity, has just escaped from prison…
As
a Medicus, Oscar is called to Cumides Circle, a strange dwelling where
trees can talk and move about, where books – often stubborn creatures –
have voices, and where, most importantly, Oscar discovers that it is
possible to travel inside living beings, including other humans.
Summoned to join the battle against the Pathologus, Oscar embarks on an
adventure that will change his life.
Oscar’s journey will
open the gateways to the five Universes. Traveling from the Universe of
Hepatolia (Book One), to the Universe of Spiros (Book Two), the Universe
of Embrye (Book Three), and the Universe of Genetys (Book Four), Oscar
has to learn to master his own powers as a Medicus and to prove himself
by accomplishing the missions assigned to him. Along the way, he begins
to shed light on the mysteries of his past and to understand why this
ancient conflict has come to center on him. His adventures culminate in a
terrifying confrontation with the Grand Pathologus that unfolds in the
most fascinating and dangerous universe of all, the Universe of Cerebra
(Book Five).
At every moment of his voyage, Oscar is
haunted by the memory of his father, a man he never knew but who somehow
has always seemed close by. Vitaly Pill was a Medicus emeritus, one of
the greatest of the order, but he disappeared in obscure circumstances
before Oscar’s birth.
The adventures of Oscar Pill are a
roller-coaster ride of intrigue, adventure and pure ingenuity. The
human body is transformed into a fascinating field of exploration,
yielding discoveries that are at times both terrifying and fun. It
provides a battlefield upon which Oscar, his friends and his enemies,
meet in the eternal struggle between Good and Evil.
The first
volume, The Revelation of the Medicus, was published in France
in November 2009. The second, The Two Kingdoms, will come out
in May 2010.
Here is the link to the book trailer
Have you heard about it or already read it too?
Thanks Tom for your advise. What about you readers, have you got a favorite book you'd like to share?
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