Secret Speakers: Read & Rate It discussion

Fair O'Nelli lives in Cloven Grave and she knows three things: She has spent the last nine years of her life living in a cellar with her dog, Sauveren. Her father and brother are missing...or dead. She is about to be freed.

You'll discover the Impissh Nissen, the Woolly, Gibber Will, nasty Harrold King, Fair's dog Sauveren, and a deep, dark secret that the parent's of Cloven Grave know nothing about.

Look for the audiobook version narrated by Simon Vance. (He narrated the Dune series, Master and Commander. He was awarded the 2008 Voice to be Heard Award by Booklist this year at the ALA convention.)

Thank you so much for sending us this book, it just sounds brilliant so far!

Thanks! I'm thinking of posting the glossary of terms and list of characters...thoughts anyone? (There wouldn't be any 'spoilers' to give away the story...)

That would really help, but don't give away any info in the glossary or terms!

Sounds like just my kind of book! I am looking forward to reading it...A glossary of terms and characters would be great...a sneak peak into the realm, as it were. Thanks form making all of this available!

That would be fun but don't give anything away....as others have said. ;)

I'll be really careful not to give anything away. I'll leave out terms or places that might spell too much out.

I look forward to reading it! :D

Can't wait to read it!

Glossary of terms sounds like a great idea. I can't wait to read the book. :0)

i'm excited! can't wait! (> <)

I read that prologue and it turned out the be really interesting!!! XD it says at the end "you are about to open the Eternal Book of Time" and the first thing I thought was... where is it? >.< I can't wait to finish the whole book XD

Ooh this sounds cool!

Karey Shane wrote: "Fair O'Nelli lives in Cloven Grave and she knows three things: She has spent the last nine years of her life living in a cellar with her dog, Sauveren. Her father and brother are missing...or dead...."


Karey, I have to say that I am loving it so far! I am really enjoying the "Wizard of Oz" like feel to it. Maybe thats only me, and maybe that will change as I go on. So much fun! I can't put it down! Thanks!

Thank you, Karey! I just finished it and have to say that I absolutely loved it! A lot of time while reading a book, I can kind of tell where it is all leading to....but not in this case. I thoroughly enjoyed it! You kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. I loved the "Wizard of Oz" feel to it, and it even reminded me a bit of Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of Narnia. I don't want to say too much here and give anything away, but I will say this: I am even looking forward to rereading it when I get the actual book. Thanks!

How fun for me to see that you're all enjoying reading Secret Speakers! I appreciate you for taking time to write such kind words. Thank you. I feel like a bit of a nitwit, Kathy because you're the third person to mention the Lord of the Rings comparison to me. I've never read Tolkien except for The Hobbit, back in college!

I tried to brave the trilogy this year so I could read it at the same time as my 14 year-old son, and I didn't make it past the first chapter. My three children have read the trilogy several times through, so maybe I absorbed something by osmosis over dinnertime conversations...You've definitely brought a smile to my face.

My favorite writer of all time is George MacDonald, a contemporary of C.S. Lewis and Tolkien. I believe his writing influenced me more than any other author.