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- Verlag: Listening Library (Audio); Auflage: Unabridged (9. März 2010)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0307706087
- ISBN-13: 978-0307706089
- Vom Hersteller empfohlenes Alter: 10 - 13 Jahre
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 13,8 x 3 x 15,3 cm
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Grade 5-8–Just 15 minutes after Mister Monday(Scholastic, 2003) ended, with Arthur Penhaligon cleaning up the mess the slothful Mister Monday made of Earth, the asthmatic orphan is summoned again. His new adversary is Grim Tuesday, and once again he finds himself in a battle to the death to get the Second Key. If he gives in to the errant Days or loses the battle against them, he knows they will destroy his own home on Earth as well as the Denizens and inhabitants of the magical House, including his new friend and stalwart companion Suzy Turquoise Blue, one of the children spirited away from plague-ridden Europe by the Pied Piper centuries earlier. Grim Tuesday's weakness is greed, and the themes running through this book all revolve around excesses of manufacturing, copying, and accumulation. As before, Nix creates unusual characters, artifacts, and settings. Once again, Arthur proves himself a worthy hero as he overcomes his fears, weaknesses, and setbacks in order to save the people and the worlds that are depending on him, whether they know it or not. But of course, there will be more challenges to come. The series is aimed at a younger audience than Nix's masterful Sabriel (HarperCollins, 1996) and its sequels. While occasionally longer than they need to be, Arthur Penhaligon's adventures are absorbing and entertaining, with worthy characters and thought-provoking situations.–Susan L. Rogers, Chestnut Hill Academy, PA
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Arthur doesn't think he will ever have to return to the strange house that nearly killed him on Monday - the house that contains an entire world. But Tuesday brings new challenges - in the form of an enemy named Grim Tuesday, who threatens the well-being of both Arthur's family and his world. Arthur must retrieve the Second Key from Grim Tuesday in order to save everything - an adventure that will include stealing a Sunship, surviving a very weird work camp, befriending a bear-like spirit, fighting the voidlike Nithlings, and traveling to the scary Far Reaches for the ultimate showdown.
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As with all of Garth Nix's books the foundation stones of Grim Tuesday are things that we can recognise. In this case a fantastical world is woven into and around a world we can recognise. Even once you leave the real world behind you can recognise real world sources for many of the things you come across. This gives the story a depth that it might otherwise be missing. The reader's own knowledge fills in the gaps that the author doesn't have time to flesh out.
Arthur is a reluctant hero. All he wants to do is go home and be a normal kid. He also isn't perfect. He makes mistakes. This helps the reader to identify with him. It helps the reader to side with him when he is facing challenges because though you want him to win you have seen cases where he has failed.
Although this book feels fairly dark I love the way that it is put together. The story telling is wonderful and the writing good enough to more than do it justice.
The only problem that I have with it is that I am going to have to wait another year to read the next installment.
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Grim Tuesday (The Keys to the Kingdom)
Kaum ist Arthur wieder zu Hause, gehen die Attacken wieder los. Schnell kehrt Arthur wieder ins Haus zurück und erfährt von Lady Primus (The Will) dass er sich nun doch schon um Grim Tuesday kümmern muss, denn dieser hat nun Angst vor Arthur und weis dass er der nächste ist. Arthur muss tief unter die Erde, wo Tuesday das Nichts abbaut und damit das Haus und die Welt gefährdet. Seine Freundin Susy begleitet und hilft ihm. Hier trifft er den Alten der ihm die Geschichte der Trustees und des Architects erzählt. Mit Hilfe von Tuesdays Dusk gelingt es Arthur Tuesday zu überwältigen und den 2. Teil des Willens zu befreien sowie den 2. Schlüssel zu erobern.
Kaum ist Arthur wieder zu Hause, gehen die Attacken wieder los. Schnell kehrt Arthur wieder ins Haus zurück und erfährt von Lady Primus (The Will) dass er sich nun doch schon um Grim Tuesday kümmern muss, denn dieser hat nun Angst vor Arthur und weis dass er der nächste ist. Arthur muss tief unter die Erde, wo Tuesday das Nichts abbaut und damit das Haus und die Welt gefährdet. Seine Freundin Susy begleitet und hilft ihm. Hier trifft er den Alten der ihm die Geschichte der Trustees und des Architects erzählt. Mit Hilfe von Tuesdays Dusk gelingt es Arthur Tuesday zu überwältigen und den 2. Teil des Willens zu befreien sowie den 2. Schlüssel zu erobern.
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Nix holds the Key to open the imagination
23. August 2004
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I truly enjoyed both Mister Monday and Grim Tuesday and I'm looking forward to Drowned Wednesday. I'm an avid reader and a mom. This series may have been recommended for young children but I borrowed the books from my 15 year old son. He loved them and so did I. Garth Nix is the first author my son ever chose to read for fun. I think this is due to Mr. Nix vivid descriptions of the surreal, supernatural and odd environments, characters and situations. His stories are well thought out and he keeps you on the edge of your seat. In this series he's chosen a hero in an intelligent young boy who happens to be hindered by asthma. In the beginning he believes himself to be a loser, but eventually he becomes our modest hero. I think Arthur's a character that all teenagers can relate to. Even the most athletic and popular teenager can feel isolated by their own insecurities. I also appreciate the message behind the strong, loving family that treats Arthur no differently even though he's adopted. They aren't the focus of the story but they are the backbone of Arthur's strength. This is a great series for drawing kids away from the TV and video games and into the wealth of their own imagination. And its not a bad escape for parents still in touch with their inner child.
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Not like the first one
16. August 2004
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When I read the first book of the series, I wasn't quite sure how Garth Nix would pull off the rest of the series while still maintaining to create a new plot for each and every one of them. While I was impressed at what he managed to accomplish with his sequel, I still thought it lacked a bit. What Nix needs to do more is think outside of a set series, which he's done so brilliantly in the past. This is just a wild guess, but at the end of each book, I'm guessing there will be the same outcome.
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And you thought Mondays were bad
2. Juli 2006
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If you're going to read this book, I strongly recommend that you make sure that you've read "Mister Monday" first. That way you see, I don't have to explain all about the Architect and the Will, and the seven hidden fragments and the treacherous trustees and all that. Just call me lazy if you like.
Our young and most unlikely hero has barely returned from Mister Monday's domain, when the telephone hotline starts ringing again. Arthur quickly learns that Grim Tuesday has found a convenient loophole in the Trustee agreement, and that all Mister Monday's substantial debts have been passed on to him as the new Master of the Lower House. Grim T. means to collect one way or the other, and as the world's economy gets turned on its end, Arthur realizes that he has no choice but to go back and sort it all out, and of course get the second key and some added responsibility that he can well do without.
Greedy Grim Tuesday runs a huge "nothing" mine using slave labor, and makes all the gadgets and widgets and doodads needed by the Days and anybody with the right currency. Lots of new and deadly creatures await Arthur, some of whom are allergic to salt and some to silver, but all have the common goal of inflicting upon him as much pain as possible. With the help of his friend Leaf (from book one) he finally finds the entrance to Tuesday's mineshafts, and begins his new quest, going deep, deep undercover as one of Tuesday's slaves.
Fortunately for him, he gets a little help from Suzy Turquoise Blue, Japeth the walking Thesaurus, Captain Shelvocke the sea-faring brother of the Pied Piper, and to a lesser extent a hairy, materialistic bit of fluff formally known as "eyebrow". Soon he's sailing off into very strange waters to retrieve the second fragment of the Will, with a heavy heart, a broken leg and almost more problems than he can bear.
Exciting and imaginative, although sometimes a tad long on description, Nix wraps this one up rather quickly at the end, and gives a tantalizing glimpse into Wednesday's woes. A must-read if you've completed your Monday reading.
Amanda Richards, July 1, 2006
Our young and most unlikely hero has barely returned from Mister Monday's domain, when the telephone hotline starts ringing again. Arthur quickly learns that Grim Tuesday has found a convenient loophole in the Trustee agreement, and that all Mister Monday's substantial debts have been passed on to him as the new Master of the Lower House. Grim T. means to collect one way or the other, and as the world's economy gets turned on its end, Arthur realizes that he has no choice but to go back and sort it all out, and of course get the second key and some added responsibility that he can well do without.
Greedy Grim Tuesday runs a huge "nothing" mine using slave labor, and makes all the gadgets and widgets and doodads needed by the Days and anybody with the right currency. Lots of new and deadly creatures await Arthur, some of whom are allergic to salt and some to silver, but all have the common goal of inflicting upon him as much pain as possible. With the help of his friend Leaf (from book one) he finally finds the entrance to Tuesday's mineshafts, and begins his new quest, going deep, deep undercover as one of Tuesday's slaves.
Fortunately for him, he gets a little help from Suzy Turquoise Blue, Japeth the walking Thesaurus, Captain Shelvocke the sea-faring brother of the Pied Piper, and to a lesser extent a hairy, materialistic bit of fluff formally known as "eyebrow". Soon he's sailing off into very strange waters to retrieve the second fragment of the Will, with a heavy heart, a broken leg and almost more problems than he can bear.
Exciting and imaginative, although sometimes a tad long on description, Nix wraps this one up rather quickly at the end, and gives a tantalizing glimpse into Wednesday's woes. A must-read if you've completed your Monday reading.
Amanda Richards, July 1, 2006
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