Alexa takes it and a couple of other books to read at her favorite spot which has a window overlooking the Dark Hills wall.

The day after, Alexa goes to the library at Renny Lodge to visit Grayson, the librarian, who shows her a worn out book called Myths and Legends in the Land of Elyon, one of Warvold's favorite books. Three days later a funeral was held and many people from the other walled cities came to Bridewell during those days to mourn Warvold's passing. Alexa then opens his secret locket and takes a silver key, thinking it could be of some use, and returns to the Lodge with the news of Warvold's death. That night, Warvold takes Alexa to the wall and tells her a fable about the six blind men and the elephant before dying. He threatens to tell her father if Alexa does anything reckless while she's here and makes her hand over the spyglass before being driven off by Warvold. Alexa is then rudely greeted by Pervis Kotcher, a man who fears the outside world and captain of the Turlock guards.

Upon arriving in Bridewell and at Renny Lodge, they are immediately greeted by their friends, Ganesh, the mayor of Turlock, and Thomas Warvold, the mayor of Lunenburg, who wants Alexa to walk with him tonight. During the trip, Alexa asks her father to tell her the legend of the building of the wall, where its creation was to keep out an unnamed evil that lurks in the forests and The Dark Hills. Armed with unexpected new power, Alexa exposes a danger that could destroy everything she holds dear - and change The Land of Elyon forever.'Īlexa Daley and her father, James Daley, are traveling to Bridewell from their hometown of Lathbury. She's also eager to finally solve the mystery of what lies beyond the immense walls that were built to keep out an unnamed evil that lurks in The Dark Hills - an evil the townspeople are still afraid of.Īs Alexa begins to unravel the truth about what lies outside the protective barrier she's lived behind all her life, she discovers a strange and ancient enchantment. She looks forward to exploring the old lodge where she stays each year, with its cozy library and maze of passages and rooms.

Twelve-year-old Alexa Daley is spending another summer in the walled town of Bridewell with her father. The Dark Hills Divide is the first book in The Land of Elyon series.

The dark hills divide by patrick carman