Clark, Zack Loren.
THE ADVENTURERS GUILD
Orlando : Disney-Hyperion, 2017
IL 3-6, RL 5.0
ISBN 978-1-48478-801-1

(2 booktalks)

Booktalk #1

Freestone is one of the last cities left after the world fell to monsters. The population lives behind thick walls for protection. Every year the citizens of Freestone celebrate Guildculling, when young people who come of age are selected to join The Guilds. It may be the Merchants Guild or the Healing Guild, but everyone has their place. However, very few ask to join the Adventurers Guild, so members are drafted from other guilds. Best friends Zed and Brock have just been drafted into The Adventurers Guild. What exactly does the Adventurers guild do? Why are most of their members so young?  Zed and Brock find themselves encountering dangers they’ve never imagined as they fight to protect their city in this exciting fantasy. (New Hampshire Great Stone Face nominee, 2018-2019)

Booktalk #2

Zed Kagari and Brock Dunderfel are preparing for the Guildcullen. The day where children find what path they will take for the rest of their life. Before they can be chosen, they find themselves drafted into the Adventurer’s Guild. The guild that travels outside the walls of Freestone, into the wild lands between cities filled with monsters and “Dangers”. When the boys uncover that the city might have a traitor, looking to destroy all the city had worked for, they have to work with new allies to save their town and prove their worth. (Sunshine State Young Readers Award Books 2019-2020)