Keeper of the Lost Cities

Keeper of the Lost Cities Series

Author: Shannon Messenger

Book 1 in the Keeper of the Lost Cities series

Pages: 496

Published: 2012

Age: 9+

A telepathic girl must figure out why she is the key to her brand-new world before the wrong person finds the answer first.

Twelve-year-old Sophie Foster has a secret. She’s a Telepath—someone who hears the thoughts of everyone around her. It’s a talent she’s never known how to explain.

Everything changes the day she meets Fitz, a mysterious boy who appears out of nowhere and also reads minds. She discovers there’s a place she does belong, and that staying with her family will place her in grave danger. In the blink of an eye, Sophie is forced to leave behind everything and start a new life in a place that is vastly different from anything she has ever known.

Sophie has new rules to learn and new skills to master, and not everyone is thrilled that she has come “home.”
There are secrets buried deep in Sophie’s memory—secrets about who she really is and why she was hidden among humans—that other people desperately want. Would even kill for.

Recognition:

California Young Readers Medal for Middle School/Junior High (2017); Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Middle Grade & Children's (2022)

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About the Keeper of the Lost Cities Series

Books in series order

  1. 1.Keeper of the Lost Cities(2012)
  2. 2.Exile(2013)
  3. 3.Everblaze(2014)
  4. 4.Neverseen(2015)
  5. 5.Lodestar(2016)
  6. 6.Nightfall(2017)
  7. 7.Flashback(2018)
  8. 8.Legacy(2019)
  9. 9.Stellarlune(2022)
  10. +Unlocked(2020)
  11. +Unraveled(2024)

Reading age: 9+ years

This series should be read in order.

A telepathic girl must figure out why she is the key to her brand-new world before the wrong person finds the answer first.

Twelve-year-old Sophie Foster has a secret. She’s a Telepath—someone who can read minds. It’s a talent she’s never known how to explain. Everything changes the day she meets Fitz, a mysterious (and adorable) boy who appears out of nowhere, and who can also read minds like her. She discovers there’s somewhere she does belong, and that staying with her family will put her in grave danger. In the blink of an eye. Sophie is forced to leave behind everything and start a new life in a place that is vastly different from what she has ever known.