Mesopo, by Eva Dietrich

Now available from Sable Books,
this heartwarming journey for kids of all ages.

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Eva Dietrich’s latest novel is a surprising story of love, triumph, and the power of language in a magical world you’ll want to visit over and over again.

Our hero, twelve-year-old Ankido, summoned from the real world by his story-telling grandmother Habuti, is on a quest to save his missing father and the 60,000 words of the magical realm of Mesopo, the land where all fantasy originates, a land whose words and language are now in peril.

Can he save his father in time?

[Excerpted]

It was a red velvet box, the size of a school book. Ankido lifted the lid, revealing an old-fashioned quill made out of a reed. It smelled remote and otherworldly. Ancient. And for a reason he couldn’t explain, everything felt all right for a moment. 
‘Thank you, thank you, thank you!’ he said. It was the best gift Habubti could have given him. Ankido loved old quills. 

Habubti bent forward and kissed Ankido on the forehead. 

‘I feel so lucky to have you, my dear Word Boy,’ she said, her voice barely a whisper. 

Ankido closed his eyes. He thought he caught a sound flowing out of the quill, a word maybe? Meso? Mesop? He wasn’t sure and he shook his head. This was ridiculous. He looked questioningly at Habubti. But his grandmother was staring out of the window, seemingly deep in thought. No, he surely must have been mistaken. 

But there! There was the sound again. This time Ankido was sure of it. ‘Meesopooo’ –  whispered in a way that slipped around the room like the warm breeze of the desert. 

PRAISE FOR MESOPO

A high-stakes quest. A magical kingdom. A boy in possession of a coveted power. This mythology-rich novel for 10+ year-olds has all the ingredients of an epic adventure. Ankido’s quest to find his father, and to save the fantastical word-world of Mesopo as the Kingdom’s newfound Tale Smith is sharply evoked, and packed with heart-pounding peril, mysterious atmosphere and intriguing characters, among them scribes, princes and magicians. 

— Joanne Owen, @ LoveReading4Kids