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Superior Saturday (The Keys to the Kingdom #6) Kindle Edition

by Garth Nix (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 556 ratings
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The penultimate book in Garth Nix's masterpiece series!

The penultimate book in Garth Nix's masterpiece series!The secret of his own identity.The identity of The Architect.The complete Will of the House.The fulfillment of his fate.Arthur Penhaligon is getting closer and closer to these things... but not without risks, conflict, and adventure.
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  1. Reading age
    10 years and up
  2. Book 6 of 7
    The Keys to the Kingdom
  3. Print length
    292 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Grade level
    5 - 7
  6. Lexile measure
    470
  7. Publisher
    Scholastic Inc.
  8. Publication date
    May 15, 2010
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  11. Enhanced typesetting
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  12. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
  13. ISBN-13
    978-0439436595
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In the sixth adventure of a seven-book series beginning with Mister Monday (2003), Arthur tries to hide his powers, his identity, and his body’s gradual shift toward immortality as he explores the enormous, fantastically constructed House in search of the Sixth Key. Loyal to his friends yet driven by the urgency of his quest, he relentlessly pursues his goal. The cliff-hanger ending will leave fans hungry for the final volume in this fast-paced adventure series. The complex, imaginative framework story of the Keys to the Kingdom series will confound those who have not read the earlier books. Grades 5-8. --Carolyn Phelan

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Praise for the Keys to the Kingdom series

"One of the most original fantasy series of the past decade." ―Voice of Youth Advocates

"The author's gift for creating off-kilter magic kingdoms and his love of the absurd are as strong as ever." ―Sunday Sun Times

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B003MC5H1A
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Scholastic Inc. (May 15, 2010)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 15, 2010
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4050 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 292 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 556 ratings

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Garth Nix

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Garth Nix has worked as a bookseller, book sales representative, publicist, editor, marketing consultant and literary agent. He also spent five years as a part-time soldier in the Australian Army Reserve. A full-time writer since 2001, more than five million copies of his books have been sold around the world and his work has been translated into 40 languages. Garth's books have appeared on the bestseller lists of The New York Times, Publishers Weekly (US), The Bookseller(UK), The Australian and The Sunday Times (UK). He lives in Sydney, Australia, with his wife and two children.

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4.6 out of 5 stars
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Doc Magick
5.0 out of 5 stars Joe W had no business writing a review - book isn't released yet!
Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2008
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I felt obligated to counter the arguments made by Joe W. THIS BOOK HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED YET! Either he didn't read it, in which case he has no business writing a review, or he got a 'bootleg' copy (which includes any copy which violates copyright laws and any copy provided to booksellers, publishers, reviewers, or distributors with the agreement they would not release the book to the public, which Joe W. later got his hands on). Which makes him a criminal. If he is a professional book reviewer, he'd have put in some more specific complaints - and wouldn't have published his review here. If he works for a bookseller, publisher, or distributor, then he broke the law by discussing the book before it was released (anyone remember the fuss over Harry Potter book 7?).

So either he's a liar or a criminal.

His basic compaint is that the book has only 288 pages, and is therefore too short to expand the House world and the denizens under Superior Saturday. OK, a lot of good stories are short. And this is only one book in a series of seven. I expect the seventh installment will be pretty full!

Don't be unfair to Garth Nix - or yourself - and don't judge this book by negative customer reviews written before the book was released to the public.
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Least Weasel
5.0 out of 5 stars So good
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2021
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Sorry, can't write a long review as I have to start Lord Sunday immediately. This whole series is just fabulous.
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Amanda Richards
4.0 out of 5 stars Not superior, but still pretty good
Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2008
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"Now that it's raining more than ever
Know that we'll still have each other
You can stand under my umbrella
You can stand under my umbrella
(Ella ella eh eh eh)"
- Rihanna

Book Six of the series "The Keys to the Kingdom" has the young hero Arthur Penhaligon taking on the oldest Trustee and first Denizen who just happens to be the third oldest entity in the Universe. Superior Saturday is a powerful sorceress who rules the Upper House with the help of thousands upon thousands of lesser sorcerers who do her bidding while stacked in iron framed cubicles with wire meshed floors and no ceilings.

Working conditions suck big time, what with the perpetual rainfall and all, and the job is even tougher for the "grease monkeys" who have to keep the chains and gears in working order. Promotions and demotions are physical moves, sometimes accompanied by projectiles and heckling, and job perks usually mean not much more than a different colored umbrella (ella, ella, eh eh eh)

Superior Saturday is afflicted with the sin of envy, and her sole ambition is to infiltrate the domain of Lord Sunday, through the "Incomparable Gardens". It's up to Arthur, with a little help from his friends, to rise to the top of her Babel-like Tower and secure the Sixth Key.

With this series, you need to read the books in order so as to understand what's going on. This one is very short, but is one of the least complicated as far as the convoluted links that exist between the House and its parts, namely The Lower House, The Far Reaches, The Border Sea, The Great Maze, The Middle House, The Upper House and the Incomparable Gardens. Many sub-plots are left hanging, but the major bummer is the cliff-hanger ending that leaves the reader suspended in mid-air awaiting the final book of the series.

A must-buy for fans of the series in preparation for the final showdown, but a bit lacking in substance on its own.

Amanda Richards, July 19, 2008
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Jalaunii O.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2015
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Came in great condition. All good things here. An excellant read for the little ones (8+). I am finally able to finish the series I started in middle school as a college student lol.
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Melanie M. Willige
5.0 out of 5 stars My son loves this book as well as the others
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2019
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This was for my son and he loves it
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Austin Stanton
5.0 out of 5 stars Good series
Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2017
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Read this series as a kid back in high school. Loved them then love them still now as an adult.
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Jarrod T Thompson
3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing Semi-Finale
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2008
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Every book in this series takes a while to get into. However, I was extremely disappointed with the dud of an ending this book had. Either Nix was pressured to finish this book before he was ready, or the publisher got too used to the one book for every denizen Monday-Sunday in the series.

This book seemed rushed, half-hearted and not at all as satisfying as the others in the series. If you don't want to be disappointed, buy Superior Saturday and Lord Sunday together (when it comes out) and read them together as they should have been one book from the start. I really like this author and feel that there must be too much pressure to meet deadlines and follow formulas, a combination of which has stifled Nix's creativity in his latest installment of The Keys to the Kingdom series.
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Alan F. McMullen
5.0 out of 5 stars The Keys to the Kingdom #6: Superior Saturday
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2012
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As I already have the first 5 books, it brought my series to completion at the time. I can't wait to get the next book in the series.
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Hailey
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect
Reviewed in Canada on July 12, 2021
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Book came un damaged and super quick once it was back in stock!
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Judy
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome book
Reviewed in Canada on April 27, 2019
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Awesome book. Kept me interested from beginning to end. Can’t wait to read the whole series. Keep them coming Mr. Nix!
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Dragonmum
5.0 out of 5 stars If you have imagination.......READ THESE BOOKS !!!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 12, 2013
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I didn't discover Garth nix until I was 49 and now I am a huge fan.
The Keys to the Kingdom series is by far the best of a fantastic bunch, I read them yearly.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on December 21, 2016
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Christmas gift for my nephew a few years back... he loves this author!
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Danny
5.0 out of 5 stars Amising
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 27, 2015
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Epic the best ever series I have ever read and worth the cost of buying it from Danny amozon reader
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