After he tastes the milk, Seth claims to be able to see fairies in the garden. Hesitant to sample the milk, she persuades Seth to try the milk first. She had previously been warned against doing so by Dale, Stan's hired man. Shortly afterward, Kendra follows a series of clues given to her by Stan, which leads her to an instruction to drink unpasteurized milk straight from the cows on the farm. Seth and Kendra convince him to lessen their punishment. Stan finds out about their forbidden ventures and explains that he keeps endangered species of lethal animals in the woods, which is why he told them not to enter the woods. Unnerved by the experience, he returns to the house and persuades Kendra to join him in another woods excursion. He encounters an old woman in a shack, who tries to lure him inside. Seth, however, disobeys him and explores the woods. Their grandfather informs them that there are disease-bearing ticks in the wood adjoining his house, and forbids them from entering the woods. When they arrive, they find their grandmother, Ruth, missing, and are informed that she is visiting a relative. Kendra and Seth Sorenson, two siblings, visit their grandfather, Stan Sorenson, for a few weeks. Mull eventually wrote and released Dragonwatch, a sequel series that lasted from 2017 to 2021. It was the first book of a five-book series, which lasted from 2006 to 2010 and would become a New York Times bestseller.

It sold 20,000 copies a few months after release, and eventually reached two million copies sold in the United States by 2011. The book was published on June 14, 2006.įablehaven was met with commercial success and generally positive reception. The novel would become Fablehaven, which took five months to write. Though the manuscript was rejected, Chris Schoebinger of Shadow Mountain Publishing took a liking for Mull's writing style and suggested to Mull writing a different type of novel. Mull, having wanted to become a fantasy novelist ever since he was a child, submitted a manuscript to various publishers.

The grandfather and the caretakers are eventually kidnapped by goblins, forcing the siblings to find and rescue them while a witch named Muriel plans to unleash a powerful demon named Bahamut. The book centers on two siblings, Kendra and Seth Sorenson, who visit their grandfather's mansion, which unbeknownst to most of the world, is a reserve for mystical creatures. Print (hardcover & paperback), E-book and Audiobookįablehaven is a 2006 fantasy novel written by Brandon Mull.

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