Shinji Takahashi: Into the Heart of the Storm

By Julie Kagawa

Part of the The Society of Explorers and Adventurers series

A young explorer must control his magic to stop a storm threatening California.

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336 pages

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Shinji Takahashi, a young explorer with untamed guardian magic, faces a dire challenge. After awakening a century-old guardian, he triggers a volcanic eruption and a massive hurricane. With California's coast in peril, Shinji, alongside his friends and a quirky magic expert, must race against time to control his powers and prevent disaster. Can he master his abilities and regain the trust of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers before it's too late? Dive into a world of high-tech wizardry, ancient legends, and thrilling adventure in this gripping tale.

From the publisher

The Disney Parks’ best kept secret (society) is now a romping middle grade adventure series from New York Times bestselling author Julie Kagawa! High-tech wizardry, old world legends and a little bit of Disney magic all shine through in Shinji Takahashi: Into the Heart of the Storm, the second book in the Society of Explorers and Adventurers series from renowned best-selling author, Julie Kagawa. As Shinji struggles to understand and control his new guardian magic, the members of S.E.A. learn that a sunken ship belonging to the long extinct Natia people has been found on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. Shinji, Lucy and Tinker, along with Oliver Ocean and Phoebe Mystic, a quirky, enthusiastic magic expert who has been called in to help Shinji, head off to check out the wreckage, hoping to get there before the Hightower Corporation can plunder the site, and picking up a young stowaway by the name of Roux along the way. But nothing goes as planned, and when Shinji accidentally awakens a guardian who’s been hidden on a mysterious island and trapped inside a volcano for a century, he causes a volcanic eruption and releases a massive hurricane that threatens the entire coast of California. Now Shinji must learn to control his powers and best his fears so that he can stop the destruction and regain the trust of S.E.A before it’s too late.

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