Jennifer Scales has more going on in her life than typical
teenagers. Sure, there's the agony of daily life of high
school. Her best friend Susan is sometimes jealous of her
perceived popularity, Skip is pressuring her to be his date
to the Halloween dance (it's the first day of school!),
former friend Eddie is skulking around making dire
predictions, the bully she humiliated as a freshman
underwent a summer growth spurt and now towers over her and
a mysterious admirer is sending her anonymous notes,
begging her to go to the Halloween dance (which she's
already promised to attend with Skip). Not only that,
she's taking geometry this year. Add to these pressures the
fact that she's the daughter of a weredragon and a
beaststalker (sworn enemies), and it promises to be an
unusual school year, to say the least.
Jennifer has a lot to learn about her abilities as both a
weredragon (like her father) and beaststalker (like her
mother). Maintaining a semi-secret identity is causing
extra stress between her friends Skip (a werachnid who
hasn't been through his first change) and Eddie (a
beaststalker who's betrayed Jennifer but wants to be
friends again). It's tough maintaining friendships when
centuries of tradition demand you must kill one another,
but Jennifer is willing to give it her best shot.
Unfortunately, someone, or something, has a different plan
in mind for Jennifer's entire family.
First, Jonathan Scales' best friend is murdered and a
cryptic message left by his body. Later, during one of
Jennifer's visits, her grandfather is murdered and a
similar message left with him. When the leaders of the were
and beaststalker worlds demand the Scales family discover
what is stalking their world and get rid of it, things
become a little dicey. Then it's discovered the killer left
DNA at the first murder that matches Jonathan Scales,
making the murderer a member of his family.
To say much more would give away a lot of surprises best
left for readers to discover on their own. MaryJanice
Davidson and Anthony Alongi (wife and husband in
real life) have created an outstanding world blending
reality with mystical in JENNIFER SCALES & THE MESSENGER OF
LIGHT. Jennifer's relationship with friends and family has
all the highs and lows most teens experience, and the humor
that fans of Ms. Davidson have come to expect is evident
throughout. I especially enjoyed the character of Susan,
who has none of the supernatural abilities of her friends,
but is perhaps the bravest of all. I would highly recommend
reading the first book, JENNIFER SCALES & THE ANCIENT
FURNACE in order to understand some of the references in
this book.
After turning into a dragon, I thought I'd see it all. I
hadn't seen the half of it...
Where can you find weredragons, beaststalkers, and
werachnids all in one room? Jennifer Scales's family
reunion.
Getting through high school is hard enough. Jennifer Scales
has the added pressure of her weredragon life, taking trips
to Crescent Lake to morph into a dragon under the constant
threat of enemy attack. What's worse, she's also half
beaststalker from her Mom's side. Beaststalkers and
weredragons are mortal enemies, and tension is growing over
some suspicious deaths lately. She must prove to both sides
that they can live in harmony, just like her family. Well,
most of the time. That is until Jennifer finds out that she
has a half-brother with a few too many legs.
Unfortunately he's bent on some payback for a lifetime of
abandonment and Jennifer's dad is his number-one target.
Her life's starting to look like a daytime talk show.
Somehow she will have to convince everyone to get along,
before they take matters in their own claws.
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