Catanese packs a lot into the book: rich characterizations, well-choreographed action sequences and genuinely surprising twists at the end. As the group attempts to learn about his origins, they're forced to confront a supernatural assassin and secrets from Umber's own mysterious past. He soon encounters Lord Umber, an adventurer who seems familiar with our world as well as his own, and his two companions - a brute cursed to be forever truthful and a one-handed artist and archer. Happenstance, a boy with strange green eyes, wakes up in a cave with no memories of who he is or anything about the fantastic world in which he lives. “Catanese dazzles in the first of the planned Books of Umber series by wittily subverting genre tropes. Nominated for Hawai'i's 2010 Nēnē Award, given by the children of Hawai'i for the best children’s fiction book. Nominated for New Hampshire's Great Stone Face Book Award 2010, sponsored by the Children's Librarians of New Hampshire. Nominated for Indiana's Young Hoosier Book Award.
Nominated for th e Pacific Northwest Library Association's Young Reader's Choice Award. Named to the Master List for Florida's Sunshine State Young Reader's Award. Named to the Master List for the Texas Bluebonnet Award. Named to the BEST CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2010 list by the Bank Street Children's Book Committee.Ī Horn Book recommended title for fantasy and science fiction. Meanwhile, a vicious assassin is hunting for the boy with the strange green eyes, whose very existence violates some ancient law. While Umber tries to unravel the mystery behind Hap's strange powers, Hap realizes that Umber is hiding a secret of his own, that he keeps locked away in his tower. Happenstance, a boy with unusual green eyes, awakens with no memories and soon falls under the protection of the unpredictable adventurer Lord Umber. It all begins with The Books of Umber: Happenstance Found.
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