ENTER THE WORLD. COLLECT ALL FOUR. WATCH THE ADVENTURE UNFOLD. RelicMasterSeries.com The power lies within . . . The Dark City ISBN: 978-0-8037-3673-3 Ages 12 up • Grades 7 up The Lost Heiress ISBN: 978-0-8037-3674-0 Ages 12 up • Grades 7 up The Hidden Coronet ISBN: 978-0-8037-3675-7 Ages 12 up • Grades 7 up The Margrave ISBN: 978-0-8037-3676-4 Ages 12 up • Grades 7 up
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The power lies within - Penguin Books · • Carys and Raffi are trapped in the Watchhouse when they attempt to steal the lost heiress. How does Galen come to their aid? Questions
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EN T ER T HE WOR L D. COL L EC T A L L FOUR . WA TC H T HE A DV EN T UR E UNFOL D.
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The power lies within . . .
The Dark CityISBN: 978-0-8037-3673-3Ages 12 up • Grades 7 up
The Lost HeiressISBN: 978-0-8037-3674-0Ages 12 up • Grades 7 up
The Hidden CoronetISBN: 978-0-8037-3675-7Ages 12 up • Grades 7 up
The MargraveISBN: 978-0-8037-3676-4Ages 12 up • Grades 7 up
Questions for Further Discussion:• Identify several relics in the text.Whatmodern-day devices do they resemble?Whatword clues help you arrive at yourinterpretation?
Questions for Further Discussion:• Carysisawatchspy,anditisdifficultattimestoknowwhosesidesheison.Bytheendofthestory,however,thereaderclearlyknowsshehasturnedagainsttheWatchandsupportstheOrder.WhateventsinthestoryalterCarys’perceptionsoftheWatch?
Questions for Further Discussion:• Isthisstoryfantasyorsciencefiction?Explain.• AretheSekoitreatedasaninferiorgrouponAnarabytheWatch?BytheOrder?Explain.• Thestoryhasseveralshockingtwists.Identifyonesuchtwistandexplainhowitcarriestheplotforward.Whatforeshadowing,ifany,orgroundworkdidtheauthorlaytopreparethereaderforthissurprise?
Questions for Further Discussion:• Theauthorsetsupaninterestingprospectiveonthedestructionoftheplanet.Ononehand,theOrderarguesthattheMargraveandtheWatchareaccountableforthedecayingworld;ontheotherhand,theMargravearguestheMakerscorruptedanentireecologyandcouldnotstopit.Whichpositionseemsmostplausible?Howmightthisstoryrelatetoourcareandabuseofourownplanet?
Dial Books • A division of Penguin Young Readers Group • www.penguin.com/teachersandlibrariansThe discussion questions and activities featured in this guide meet the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts grades 7-12.
Born inNewport,Wales,CatherineFisher earned a degree inEnglish from theUniversity ofWales and has taught creativewriting at theUniversity of Glamorgan andworkedasaprimaryschoolteacherandarchaeologist.Sheisanacclaimedpoetandnovelistwho haswonmuch critical acclaim for herwork. Her futuristic novel, Incarceron,wontheMythopoeicSocietyofAmerican’sChildren’sFictionAwardandwasa New York Timesbestseller,aswasitssequel,Sapphique.The Oracle,thefirstvolumeintheOracletrilogy,wasshortlistedfortheWhitbreadChildren’sBooksprize,andThe Snow-Walker’s SonwasshortlistedfortheW.H.SmithAward.Herworkreflectsherfascinationformythandhistoryandher remarkablesenseof imagination.Sheconductsworkshops for teachers, librariansandlivesinNewport,Gwent.Shehaswrittenapproximatelytwentynovels,andherworkhasbeentranslatedintomorethanadozenlanguages.