Was he trying to help his mother? Well yes, but no because he pretty much forgets about her. From the very beginning, I didn’t understand the purpose of this story. The answer: It’s about a load of nothing. I needed to know what this story was about. The spectrum of color ensconced in the grayscale of the rest of the picture was super fascinating. The cover is what pulled me in immediately. Maybe I should stop reading middle grade. The goodreads synopsis for this book fooled me into thinking I would enjoy it. The Splintered Light releases 9/4/18, and this will definitely be one that I preorder! I never saw some of the plot twists coming and I enjoyed the ending but am really hoping Ginger Johnson will write more about this world. It was inspiring and one of those books you can’t stop thinking about after you’ve read it. Ishmael and Luc are suddenly at severe odds and Ishmael is torn between family and his destiny.
While Ishmael is there a catastrophe destroys nearly all of the color and light. The other halls are Shape, Manufactory, Motion, Sound, Scent and Gustation. He finds Luc in the Hall of Hue, one of the seven creative workshops at The Commons. Ishmael sets out to find his brother to tell him about their father and bring him back home to help their mother, but to also find answers about the colors he can see. Upon questioning his mother, she reveals that Luc didn’t disappear, he too could see the colors and followed a calling to The Commons to be a Color Keeper. His mother and sister, however, cannot see it. One morning while doing chores, a ray of light shows Ishmael a spectrum of color he never knew existed. Ishmael lives in a colorless world working on his family’s small farm, filled with grief after the disappearance of his older brother Luc, and then the tragic death of his father. Oh my goodness, where to even start with this beautiful middle grade fantasy.
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