The Goodfellow Chronicles: The Sacred Seal

The Sacred Seal is the first book of the Goodfellow Chronicles.Sam has just moved in a new home. His new room does not seem very inviting till he meets Mr. Goodfellow a member of the Sage clan. He has from this day on a new an very interesting life ahead of him. I have to tell you that Mr. Goodfellow is special. He is tiny, so tiny you might at first take him for a mouse and that is what Sam did but even though he looks like one he is human like you and me.He is also 902 years old and has known many important people like Beethoven, Galileo, Newton and many more. Why does he look like a mouse ? Because "mice are the perfect disguise" said Mr. Goodfellow.He lives in this old colonial house in New England who belonged to a professor of ancient history . His name is Professor Hawthorne. Mr. Goodfellow seems to think it very strange that the professor doesn't live there any more. He needs a new partner and asks Sam to help him in his quest.They embark on a marvelous journey to find the missing professor and a legendary scroll. Their adventures has them fighting the evil Fenn, the devious Professor Mandrake and his nasty son Basil . They will attempt to solve one of the greatest mysteries of all time.Sam will live two lives ,the real one and the other one in the stories the Mr. Goodfellow will tell him of his nephew Edgar and of the Goddfellow family.This book will enchant the children who will read it . When you start reading it ou want to go on reading and reading .I think that children grades 4 and over will really appreciate the whimsical happenings in this book. It could also be read aloud for younger children.It was my first contact with this Canadian author . I was hooked and I would compare the pleasure I had reading it to the pleasure I had reading Philip Pullamn's His Dark Materials.