Superior Saturday (The Keys To The Kingdom)
by Garth Nix
List Price:
Our Price: $11.68
You Save: $6.31 (35%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $10.95 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Garth NixEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-08-01
ISBN: 0439700892
Number of pages: 288
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Book Reviews of Superior Saturday (The Keys To The Kingdom)
Book Review: Not superior, but still pretty good
Summary: 4 Stars
"Now that it's raining more than ever
Know that we'll still have each other
You can stand under my umbrella
You can stand under my umbrella
(Ella ella eh eh eh)"
- Rihanna
Book Six of the series "The Keys to the Kingdom" has the young hero Arthur Penhaligon taking on the oldest Trustee and first Denizen who just happens to be the third oldest entity in the Universe. Superior Saturday is a powerful sorceress who rules the Upper House with the help of thousands upon thousands of lesser sorcerers who do her bidding while stacked in iron framed cubicles with wire meshed floors and no ceilings.
Working conditions suck big time, what with the perpetual rainfall and all, and the job is even tougher for the "grease monkeys" who have to keep the chains and gears in working order. Promotions and demotions are physical moves, sometimes accompanied by projectiles and heckling, and job perks usually mean not much more than a different colored umbrella (ella, ella, eh eh eh)
Superior Saturday is afflicted with the sin of envy, and her sole ambition is to infiltrate the domain of Lord Sunday, through the "Incomparable Gardens". It's up to Arthur, with a little help from his friends, to rise to the top of her Babel-like Tower and secure the Sixth Key.
With this series, you need to read the books in order so as to understand what's going on. This one is very short, but is one of the least complicated as far as the convoluted links that exist between the House and its parts, namely The Lower House, The Far Reaches, The Border Sea, The Great Maze, The Middle House, The Upper House and the Incomparable Gardens. Many sub-plots are left hanging, but the major bummer is the cliff-hanger ending that leaves the reader suspended in mid-air awaiting the final book of the series.
A must-buy for fans of the series in preparation for the final showdown, but a bit lacking in substance on its own.
Amanda Richards
Children's Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Audiobooks on Cassette
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- e-Books
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Fun books and DVDs for your MUST HAVE list!
My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Hundred Acre Wood HauntRelease date: 2008-09-02; DVD
Best price: $14.99
Price in other shops:
Charlie and Lola, Vol. 8: I Am Collecting a CollectionWarner Brothers; Release date: 2008-08-05; DVD
Best price: $8.99
Price in other shops:
Handy Manny - Manny's Pet RoundupBuena Vista Home Video; Release date: 2008-08-05; DVD
Best price: $14.99
Price in other shops:
Handy Manny - Tooling AroundRelease date: 2007-08-21; DVD
Best price: $8.79
Price in other shops:
Disney's Little Einsteins - Our Big Huge AdventureRelease date: 2005-08-23; DVD
Best price: $8.51
Price in other shops:
Disney Little Einsteins - Flight of the Instrument FairiesBuena Vista Home Video; Release date: 2008-08-05; DVD
Best price: $14.99
Price in other shops:
Best of Both Worlds Concert: The 3-D MovieBuena Vista Home Video; Release date: 2008-08-19; DVD
Best price: $21.99
Price in other shops:
Phineas and Ferb: The Fast and the PhineasBuena Vista Home Video; Release date: 2008-07-29; DVD
Best price: $14.99
Price in other shops:
Camp RockBuena Vista Home Video; Release date: 2008-08-19; DVD
Best price: $17.99
Price in other shops:
The Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard SchoolBuena Vista Home Video; Release date: 2008-07-29; DVD
Best price: $14.99
Price in other shops:
Similar books summaries and other product reviews
Drowned Wednesday (Keys to the Kingdom, Book 3)by Garth Nix
Scholastic Paperbacks; Published: 2006-03-03; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.98
Price in other shops:
Inkdeathby Cornelia Funke
The Chicken House; Published: 2008-10-07; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $16.49
Price in other shops:
Ranger's Apprentice: The Battle for Skandia (Ranger's Apprentice, Book 4)by John Flanagan
Philomel; Published: 2008-03-18; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $9.57
Price in other shops:
Sir Thursday (Keys to the Kingdom, Book 4)by Garth Nix
Scholastic Paperbacks; Published: 2007-01-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.00
Price in other shops:
Queste (Septimus Heap, Book 4)by Angie Sage
Katherine Tegen Books; Published: 2008-04-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $9.95
Price in other shops:
Lady Friday (Keys to the Kingdom, Book 5)by Garth Nix
Scholastic Paperbacks; Published: 2008-05-01; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.33
Price in other shops:
Raven Rise (Pendragon)by D. J. MacHale
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing; Published: 2008-05-20; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $10.25
Price in other shops:
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4)by Rick Riordan
Hyperion Book CH; Published: 2008-05-06; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $5.90
Price in other shops:
Brisingr (Inheritance, Book 3)by Christopher Paolini
Knopf Books for Young Readers; Published: 2008-09-20; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $15.13
Price in other shops:
The Time Paradox (Artemis Fowl, Book 6)by Eoin Colfer
Hyperion Books for Children; Published: 2008-07-15; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $9.60
Price in other shops: