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Black Water parent’s guide: what’s inside
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Black Water is the ninth book in the Pendragon series, featuring a 15-year-old protagonist facing moral dilemmas about breaking rules to save lives. The story contains some sci-fi action and peril but minimal graphic content, with themes centered on courage, sacrifice, and doing what's right even when it's difficult. The reading level and character age suggest an upper-middle-grade to young teen audience, though familiarity with the series is helpful for full enjoyment.
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Breaking the rules Just when fifteen-year-old Bobby Pendragon thinks he understands his purpose as a Traveler -- to protect the territories of Halla from the evil Saint Dane -- he is faced with an impossible choice. The inhabitants of Eelong are in danger of being wiped out by a mysterious plague. The only way Bobby ca... Breaking the rules Just when fifteen-year-old Bobby Pendragon thinks he understands his purpose as a Traveler -- to protect the territories of Halla from the evil Saint Dane -- he is faced with an impossible choice. The inhabitants of Eelong are in danger of being wiped out by a mysterious plague. The only way Bobby can stop it is to bring the antidote from another territory. Since moving items between territories is forbidden by the Traveler rules, if Bobby chooses to save Eelong he could endanger himself, his friends, and the future of every other being in Halla.
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- Juvenile Fiction
- Bobby Pendragon (Fictitious character)
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ISBN 9781439112120 · Simon and Schuster