mirrors
mirrorscape
grade level 7 9 age level 12 14 listening level grades 4 6 melkin womper is thrilled to escape his dull future as a village weaver and develop his artistic talent when hes apprenticed to ambrosius blenk one of vlams most famous masters . mel is especially excited by the colors that hell be able to use since color is a very expensive pleasure strictly controlled by the sinister fifth mystery . mel cant wait to enjoy the wonders of the grand city and begin his important work for blenk . instead his dreams are quickly crushed by the reality of days filled with unimportant tasks and bullying by the other apprentices . but when mel and his new friends ludo and wren inadvertently stumble into a battle between the fifth mystery and the rainbow rebellion an underground band fighting to make pleasures affordable for all the trio must step through blenks paintings into the mirrorscape . in this alternative world the friends encounter monsters mazes talking houses angels and more . hugely original and deeply compelling mirrorscape is a thrilling adventure filled with the beautiful and the bizarre the fantastical and the frightening . enter into an incredibly visual secret world where the ultimate weapons are pigment a paintbrush and the power of imagination .