Troubletwisters (2011) (edit title/settings)

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• Jaidith (Jaide) Fennena Shield: Twelve year old twin sister to Jack. "had her mother's green eyes, red hair, and fair skin."
• Jackaran (Jack) Kresimir Shield: Twelve year old twin brother to Jaide. "had the brown eyes, black hair, and brown skin of his father's side of the family."
• Hector Shield: Jaide and Jack's father.
• Susan Shield: Jaide and Jack's mother. Married to Hector Shield. Works as a paramedic.
• Grandma X: Jaide and Jack's grandmother.
• Ari (Aristotle): Grandma X's ginger-colored tomcat.
• Kleo (Kleopatra): A "slender, blue-gray cat" that likes to visit Grandma X. Lives in a bookstore.
• Rodeo Dave (David Smeaton): Owns a bookstore, and Kleo.
• Rennie: The odd-jobs woman.
• Heath Carver: Schoolteacher at the Stormhaven Innovative School of Portland. "a towering beanpole of a man, with a kindly smile and just a fringe of hair around his otherwise bald head. He smelled faintly of incense, wore his linen shirt untucked, and had plastic sandals on his feet."

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• “Tick-tock went the clock. Tick-tock. Then, out of nowhere, tick-tock-tack, as though it had improvised a whole new beat, just because it could.”

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• Portland: Small seaside town where Grandma X lives. But it's "not one of the Portlands that anyone has heard of."
• Dock Road
• Rock
• East Ward

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• slippery dip: The Australian term for a playground slide.
• The Evil: <Grandma X to Jaide> "It <the Evil> wants you for the same purpose it wants every living thing in this world; to absorb you and make you part of itself. As to what it is, well, no one knows exactly where it comes from, and it has no name in any human language. It just is. . . . . We call it 'The Evil'." The Evil starts by taking over lower life forms, like insects and rats, and moving up to more advanced life forms, like dogs or birds, and eventually humans. And if it catches you, it will try to take over your mind and slowly absorb you into it.
• Wardens: "The Wardens are the enemy of The Evil. We stop it from getting into this world, and we have done so for centuries. If we ever weaken, all that we hold dear will be destroyed." Every Warden has a special power, or Gift, that they must learn to use and control.
• Troubletwister: "Young Wardens just coming into their Gifts are often unconscious causes of magical trouble, and they twist and complicate any existing trouble as well." . . . "Troubletwisters are particularly vulnerable to The Evil, and particularly prized by it, because if it succeeds in taking over one, then it can take over his or her Gift as well."

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1. Garth Nix (Author)
2. Sean Williams (Author)

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Has some creepy scenes, but the children always manage to use their strengths to escape or outwit "the Evil". The grandmother is the main adult in the book, and she is a powerful force for good. Both parents are good people and loving parents, but they are written out of most of the book.

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• Books › Children's Books › Literature › Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror › Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
• Books › Children's Books › Literature › Action & Adventure
• Books › Teens