<p><b><i>The Spiderwick Chronicles </i></b><b>meets <i>Alice</i><i> in Wonderland</i></b></p> <p>Jane is the only one who notices all the strange things happening: like a squirrel packing a suitcase, a blind man who can drive, and that adults, including her parents, appear to be hypnotized by technology.</p> <p>When Jane is attacked by a man with raven black wings, she escapes with her younger brother to a magical land at the center of the world called Hotland. With the help of a cat-person called Gaius and a dragon named Finn, Jane learns that she is the only one who can defeat an evil King bent on destroying civilization.<br> Praise for <i>Hope's End:</i><br> "Once you begin reading, you don't care if it was written by a sophomore or a senior citizen: you just keep reading." -<i>Chicago</i><i> Tribune</i><br> "Chambers's debut seethes with ideas." <i>-Kirkus</i></p>