![]() ![]() The action and plot of Guardian of the Dead is straightforward: the patupaiarehe, while long lived, are not immortal. ![]() As Kevin brings a reluctant Ellie into his circle of friends, the reader would think, “oh, that’s what kind of story that is.”Įxcept the reader knows that Mark Nolan has told Ellie not to go out alone after dark - and she forgets the conversation, forgets he liked her laugh, only remembers (but doesn’t know why) that she’s not supposed to go out alone after dark. Even her choice of best friend is safe: Kevin is popular and handsome, but is only interested in friendship. Ellie, 17, left behind as her parents travel the world celebrating her mother’s remission from cancer, has distanced herself from her old friends (she chose a boarding school in Christchurch New Zealand far from her hometown in the North Island) and interests (Tae Kwan Do). ![]() Guardian of the Dead begins as a boarding school story. The Good: I love stories about the power of story, and the power of belief in story. ![]()
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