The Polar Bear Explorers' Club: Alex Bell: 1 (The Explorers' Clubs)

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Gradually No 13 acquires a friend, a name – Arthur – a backbone, and a mission: to discover his long-lost home. Wow quel excellent deuxième tome je sais pas pourquoi j'ai mis autant de temps à poursuivre cette saga pourtant j'avais adoré le tome 1. Ich konnte mich jedenfalls sehr gut in die jeweiligen Ereignisse hineinversetzen und hab mit Spannung die Reise mit den Jung-Entdeckern verfolgt! Stella Starflake Pearl und ihre Freunde sind erfolgreich von ihrer Expedition aus dem Eisland zurückgekehrt.

Mich konnte das zweite Abenteuer unserer Junior-Entdecker sogar noch etwas mehr mitreißen und begeistern als ihr erstes. Stella hat ja von ihrem ersten Abenteuer im eisigen Norden ein Souvenir mitgenommen, das sich jetzt als gefährliche Überraschung erweist.The witch puppet Stella brought back from her first expedition is spying on her and it isn't long before a horrifying vulture appears and tries to kidnap her. This is a magical and charming adventure with memorable characters: Shay the wolf-whisperer, Ethan the grumpy magician, and Beanie, a genius half-elf.

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While the Icelands is full of incredible places and creatures to discover, it’s equally full of danger. I think Edward may have overtaken Beanie just slightly as my favourite due to him no longer being a bit of an antagonist like he was at the beginning of PBEC, and his rather dry, flippant humour shining through and making me laugh constantly, but I genuinely adore all of them.

Ultimately, though, this is a thoroughly gripping buddy movie begging to be made, in which the underdogs – canine, human, insectoid and otherwise – school everyone in true grit and loyalty. The bond between Stella and her friends is beautiful to watch blossom, and the message of facing adversity is so fantastic, I was punching the air! Bartók’s protagonist is a bullied, foxish half-breed known as No 13, languishing in a ghastly workhouse orphanage (shades of Oliver Twist) run by the monstrous Miss Carbunkle (shades of Matilda). Aber dank der bildhaften Beschreibungen kann man sich, wie bereits erwähnt, natürlich auch so alles ganz genau vorstellen. Fazit: Eine märchenhaft schöne Fortsetzung, die mich sogar noch mehr verzaubern konnte als der Reihenauftakt!

Der zweite Band vom Polarbären-Entdeckerclub enthält einfach alles, was ein gutes Kinderbuch für mich ausmacht: Es geht um Freundschaft, Mut und Zusammenhalt. Now I may not be the intended age range of this book * ahem* but there’s something for everyone here. The Forbidden Expedition is a worthy sequel to the first Polar Bear Explorers Club book, featuring favorite characters, quirky adventures with a hint of danger, and entertaining plot twists. Stella and her friends have another mission, this time they have to save her father from the witch who has been after her. In book one, Stella faces pushback for being a girl who wants to join the Polar Bear Explorers Club—which is simply not allowed.