The Gauntlet

A trio of friends from New York City find themselves trapped inside a mechanical board game that they must dismantle in order to save themselves and generations of other children in this action-packed debut that's a steampunk Jumanji with a Middle Eastern flair.

Nothing can prepare you for The Gauntlet...

It didn't look dangerous, exactly. When twelve-year-old Farah first laid eyes on the old-fashioned board game, she thought it looked...elegant.

It is made of wood, etched with exquisite images--a palace with domes and turrets, lattice-work windows that cast eerie shadows, a large spider--and at the very center of its cover, in broad letters, is written: The Gauntlet of Blood and Sand.

The Gauntlet is more than a game, though. It is the most ancient, the most dangerous kind of magic. It holds worlds inside worlds. And it takes players as prisoners.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for You
Published: 03/28/2017
ISBN: 9781481486965
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.20d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2017
School Library Journal 03/01/2017 pg. 131
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2017 pg. 106 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 189806 / Gauntlet
Reading Level: 5.4 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 8