The Wingfeather Saga: North or Be Eaten

     With the state of the world currently, a little escape from the news is a welcome distraction. Thanks to Andrew Peterson's newest juvenile fiction, fantasy, action adventure novel; North or Be Eaten, Book 2 of the Wingfeather Saga,  a new world is just a page turn away.
     I received this advanced reader's copy as part of the Waterbrook and Multnomah launch team in exchange for an honest review.
     Until I received this book, I had not been introduced to the Wingfeather Saga.  Working in the school system I have read many fantasy fiction series, and North or Be Eaten from the Wingfeather Saga is a fanciful tale of escape, perseverance, and adventure.  The Igiby family is on the run from the vicious Fangs of Dang, the evil lizard like entities out to acquire the lost Jewels of Anniera, which just happen to actually be the children in the family, Tink, Leeli and Janner Igiby.  The Igiby children are said to be the heirs of a kingdom that resides across the sea, and because of this fact...people are out to kill them.  Tanner is the Throne Warden of Anniera and he is charged with protecting the High King, his brother Tink. Tink is rebellious and afraid of being a king so he does not listen to his older brother which leads to more trouble along the way.  The Igibys are trying to make it to the Ice Prairies to safety because there they can escape the Fangs of Dang, but before they can get to the prairies they are waylaid by the Forest of Glipp, the Great Blapp, Stranders and the nefarious Fork Factory where children are imprisoned as "Tools".  Along the journey Tanner loses his brother Tink, and fails as the Throne Warden...to find out if the Igiby's make it to the Ice Prairies you must read North or Be Eaten.
     I enjoyed the fast paced book. I believe that both young and old readers will be be transported to the world of the Wingfeather Saga and all the fantastical creatures that exist therein.