Book Review Walker by Jane Alexander

I like the fact that the author tells you most of this is based on her studies of shamanism. I don't honestly care, though. This is a work of fantasy that I'd got for my 12-year-old daughter and then decided to read while she was off on a school trip. I really like that this is a world of magic that owes nothing to JK Rowling or anyone else. I love the fairie folk and the fact that they'd spit in your eye then punch a hole in the wall right through you. There are a huge list of creatures that fascinate in this. The imagination is excellent. And that's before you get to the characters. Good, strong and very real people populate the book and keep you reading to the end. The settings, though, are really what impress me most. I swear that Neil Gaiman will be jealous of the idea of the plastic hell.
Hunter is a teenage American boy who finds out after his parents die that he is a shaman. He goes to stay with his grandmother in the UK and begins to find out that the world is not nearly the way he thought it was. He is led by a young girl, Rowan, to meet with his spirit animal and to survive attempts to kill him.
The book is very suitable for teens, but I'm 53 and enjoyed it too. You can find it here.