Take That! The Ninja Librarians

The Ninja Librarian have a task for you to complete: 

Name 10 items that you would take from a book if you could (and the book you took them from!) And let us know what you’d do with those items!

Here are mine!

1. The Invisibility Cloak from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. (What wouldn't I do? Not a real question)
2. Two-Way Mirror from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (I know we have Skype and Facetime but this seems like more fun)
3. Hermione's Handbag in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (A handbag that literally holds everything? Yes, please!)
4. A Leviathan from Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld (Would be a fun way to get to work)
5. Balanchine's Medicinal Cacao Bar from Because It Is My Blood by Gabrielle Zevin (All kinds of chocolate drinks! Some you would need an ID for!)
6. The paper from The Archived by Victoria Schwab (You can write notes to the person who has the other paper and they can instantly write back. Like texting but no one would guess and it disappears!)
7. A Translator implant from so many awesome fantasy/scifi books. (The ability to automagically understand any language? ::checksamazon::)
8. The Dilemma from When Did You See Her Last by Lemony Snicket (It's a car that's awesome and you can bring down buildings with it!)
9. The Soulcaster from The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (You can make food, housing,money, etc! It would be amazing to have one or even be one!)
10. Kazam Mystical Arts Management from The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde (An employment agency for magicians. Enough said.)

Wow, that was a lot harder than I expected!! It was hard not to just pick all the things from Harry Potter, especially since I'm rereading the series (actually listening to them) right now! All the things are so awesome!  So, what's at least ONE THING from a book you would love to own?

The Ninja Librarians book trailer and excerpt

The Ninja Librarians

By Jen Swann Downey

Sourcebooks Jabberwocky

April 2014 ● ISBN: 9-781-4022- 8770-1

Hardcover/$16.99 ● Ages 9 -13

It's almost here! Stay tuned for some fun activities leading up to the release of

The Ninja Librarians 

by Jen Swann Downey

The first book, The Accidental Keyhand, will be released April 2014.

Here's your chance to get some inside scoop! Watch the trailer then read an excerpt.






About the Book (publisher supplied)
Your mission should you choose to accept it: support and promote the unsung heroes of literature, the defenders of the Dewey Decimal system, the freedom fighters of free speech -- Ninja Librarians!

Dorrie Barnes had no idea an overdue library book would change her life. When Dorrie and her brother Marcus chase her pet mongoose into the janitor’s closet of their local library, they accidentally fall through a passage into Petrarch’s Library —the headquarters of a secret society of librarians who have an important mission: protect those whose words have gotten them into trouble. Anywhere in the world and at any time in history.

Dorrie and Marcus meet highly trained, dangerous, sword-fighting, karate-chopping freedom fighters with an important mission: protect those whose words have gotten them into trouble. Here, Hypatia of Alexandria and her colleagues train many of the world's librarians to not only catalogue and sharpen short pencils, but to pull heretics off of stakes in fourteenth century Spain, and track down stolen manuscripts through the wilds of ancient Persia.

Dorrie would love nothing more than to join the society. But when a traitor surfaces, she and her friends are the prime suspects. Can they clear their names before the only passage back to the twenty-first century closes forever?


Trailer

Sneak Peek - The Ninja Librarians: The Accidental Keyhand from Monica Babaian on Vimeo.

Excerpt


About the Author

Jen Swann Downey’s nonfiction pieces have appeared in New York Magazine, The Washington Post, Women's Day, and other publications. She’s never visited a library in which she didn't want to spend the night. Jen lives in Charlottesville, VA with her family.


While we are waiting for the release - which character from any book, would you like to meet?

Come back next week for more Ninja Librarian fun!