Lars Guignard
ASIN: B007XZ7UI0
Publisher: Kids Adventure Books
Pages: 338
For Magnus Chase, Percy Jackson, and Harry Potter FansSome people believe we’re born with magic inside of us.Zoe Guire, not so much. Zoe doesn't believe in ghosts, or magic, or mythical creatures. What she believes is that the world is a tough place, so when she finds herself lost in another country, halfway around the world, without a cent to her name, she knows she needs to get back to where she came from… fast. Her friend, Zak, however, has different ideas, and when a snake charmer in full body paint directs them deep into the Himalayan Mountains, what began as a marginally bad situation, soon takes on a life of its own.Zoe isn't worried. Not at first anyhow. Sure the talking elephant is strange, and the leopard thing they’re supposed to be tracking is even stranger, but she's a big girl. She can handle it. But then, somewhere between the living statues and the screeching monkeys ...