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THE WORMLING
by Jerry B. Jenkins and Chris Fabry
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Fast Facts
- Owen Reeder is the motherless son of a used bookstore owner.
- Owen can read something a single time and have it committed to memory.
- Owen’s father is in the middle of a conspiracy that will threaten Owen’s life.
- Mr. Page gives offers to sell Owen the Book of the King, and Owen feels its power when he holds it.
- Once Owen gains possession of the Book, the Dragon and his evil servants begin hunting the boy to kill him.
- Behind a bookcase in his father’s store, Owen finds the entrance to the Lowlands and escapes there.
- Once Owen begins studying the Book, a small wormlike creature named Mucker helps him move from one place to another.
- As a newcomer to the Lowlands, not everyone trusts Owen and some try to kill him, believing him to be in league with the Dragon.
- Owen gains a few loyal friends, such as Watcher, and together they battle the Dragon’s evil forces.
- Owen and Watcher use the Book to fight their enemies and look for the King’s Son, despite many defeats and setbacks.
- The Dragon holds a secret that even his closest aides don’t know about: he has a family.
- The minions’ sting skyrockets their victims into immediate old age.
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