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- Cameoa familiar face shows up
- Setupplanted now, pays off later
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- Behind the scenesThe book that came after no
Several publishers turned down Brandon Mull's manuscripts. An editor at Shadow Mountain liked his style and suggested a different kind of story. That became Fablehaven, written in about five months. It was Mull's first published book.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA real-life brother
Seth is based on Mull's brother, Bryson. The preserve grew out of childhood daydreams about hidden parks for fantasy creatures in the forests of Connecticut.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesFrom 20,000 to 2 million
The book sold 20,000 copies by September 2006, hit the New York Times best-seller list in November 2007 and passed 2 million copies in the US by 2011.
source ↗ - SetupWatch the fairies' gift
At the end, the fairies give Kendra their leftover energy. It looks like a sweet thank-you. That gift matters a lot in the books ahead.
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- Behind the scenesOne year apart
It came out May 31, 2007, less than a year after the first book. Mull put out one Fablehaven book a year through 2010.
source ↗ - ReferenceBack to the chapel
The Forgotten Chapel, where everything came to a head in book one, sets the stage for a big Kendra scene again.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesZzyzx is real
The demon prison's name sounds made up, but Zzyzx is also a real spot in the Mojave Desert in California.
source ↗ - SetupRead the note
At the end, Kendra finds a hidden message in Vanessa's cell accusing the Sphinx. Hold on to that: the next book opens with it hanging in the air.
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- Behind the scenesNYT top ten
With this third book, Fablehaven made the top ten of the New York Times best-selling children's series list.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesSame summer
The story takes place the same summer as Rise of the Evening Star. It's the first time the saga leaves Fablehaven for another preserve, Lost Mesa in Arizona.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe revenant leaves a mark
The revenant Seth faced in the last book has consequences: Seth gains new abilities and starts understanding dark creatures.
source ↗ - SetupThe Chronometer
Seth finds the Chronometer, an artifact that messes with time, and accidentally pulls Patton Burgess out of the past. Keep an eye on the artifacts: each one matters.
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- Behind the scenesDragons from a national park
Wyrmroost, the dragon sanctuary, was inspired by Mull's visit to Glacier National Park in Montana.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesMyths from everywhere
Many of the book's creatures come from myths and legends: Greek mythology, German and Scandinavian folklore and Native American legends.
source ↗ - ReferencePatton's journal
The journal of Patton Burgess, whom the kids met last book, hides a message pointing to where the next artifacts are.
source ↗ - SetupRemember Wyrmroost
The mountain sanctuary, with the wizard Agad and the little fairy dragon Raxtus, isn't a one-time stop. It comes back later.
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- Behind the scenesSold early
Some stores started selling the book a day before its planned March 20, 2010 release. Shadow Mountain let it go and moved the official date to March 19.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesAround the world
The finale travels a lot: Obsidian Waste is in Australia, Living Mirage is in eastern Turkey, and Shoreless Isle is said to sit inside the Bermuda Triangle.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesNumber 4
With this fifth book, Fablehaven climbed to No. 4 on the New York Times best-selling children's series list. At 593 pages, it's the biggest book of the first series.
source ↗ - ReferenceOld debts
Vanessa, the traitor locked up since Rise of the Evening Star, plays a big part again, and so does the demon Graulas from earlier books.
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- Behind the scenesSeven years later
Dragonwatch came out March 14, 2017, seven years after the last Fablehaven book. Mull calls the series the second half of Fablehaven.
source ↗ - ReferenceBack to Wyrmroost
The dragon sanctuary the kids visited in Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary becomes the heart of the new series, now with Kendra and Seth in charge.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe kids grew up
Kendra is now 15 and Seth is 13. Cousin Knox joins the saga, and Seth gets a tiny ally, the nipsie Calvin.
source ↗ - SetupAn early offer
Early on, Kendra gets an offer of help from a demon. Remember it.
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- Behind the scenesEvery October
Starting with this book, Dragonwatch moved to October releases: 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, one a year.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe wizard who was a dragon
Agad, Wyrmroost's wizard, first showed up in Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary. He was a dragon who became human.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesNew caretakers
Seth and Kendra, newly appointed caretakers of Wyrmroost, have to survive when Celebrant's dragons rebel. The US hardcover runs 410 pages.
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- ReferenceBracken returns
Bracken, the unicorn stuck in human form whom the kids met in Keys to the Demon Prison, is a prisoner on the Phantom Isle.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesKendra on her own
This is the book where Kendra most has to act without her brother: with Seth and Bracken missing, she rallies allies by herself.
source ↗ - SetupLord of the isle
Seth is bound to the Underking, the island's master, and under Ronodin's influence. Pay attention to Ronodin.
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- Behind the scenesGladiators and dragons
Titan Valley is a sanctuary where the Giant Queen keeps enslaved dragons that fight in gladiator games.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe games' demon
The Titan Games are run by Humbuggle, the demon who stole Seth's memories.
source ↗ - ReferenceLeaving the lagoon
The book opens with Kendra and Seth leaving Crescent Lagoon, the underwater sanctuary from the last book, to ask the Giant Queen for help.
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- Behind the scenesThe longest one
At 614 pages in US hardcover, it's the longest book in Fablehaven and Dragonwatch.
source ↗ - ReferenceAn origin book
The same year saw Legend of the Dragon Slayer, an illustrated Dragonwatch origin story with art by Brandon Dorman, a map of Selona and a dragon slayer family tree.
source ↗ - ReferencePieces of the Ethergem
Seth gathers the pieces of the Ethergem while Kendra confronts Ronodin in the fairy realm. Knox and Tess deal with the fallout of the Giant Queen's fall.
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- Behind the scenesThe satyrs get a series
It came out March 4, 2025 as volume 1 of Tales of Newel and Doren, four years after Dragonwatch ended.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesRivals with a phone
Newel and Doren defend their Satyr Games title against two new rivals, Barrett and Hoff, who have a smartphone.
source ↗ - ReferenceAfter the dragon war
The story picks up after the satyrs helped end the dragon rebellion, and now they're scared of growing up.
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