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Soar into a breathtaking world of heroes and unicorns as you’ve never seen them before in the first three books of the fantastical New York Times bestselling middle grade Skandar series—now together in a collectible hardcover boxed set!

Skandar Smith has always yearned to leave the Mainland and escape to the secretive Island, where wild unicorns roam free. He’s spent years studying for his Hatchery exam, the annual test that selects a handful of Mainlander thirteen-year-olds to train to become unicorn riders. But on the day of Skandar’s exam, things go horribly wrong, and his hopes are shattered…until a mysterious figure knocks on his door at midnight, bearing a message: the Island is in peril and Skandar must answer its call.

Skandar is thrust into a world of epic sky battles, dangerous clashes with wild unicorns, and rumors of a shadowy villain amassing a unicorn army. And the closer Skandar grows to his newfound friends and community of riders, the harder it becomes to keep his secrets—especially when he discovers their lives may all be in graver danger than he ever imagined.

★梦想永在，勇者可期。从未有人生而无畏，英雄只是梦想不灭。虚实结合的故事饱含生活真相，令人动容的亲情、真挚的友情，让孩子在故事中学会接纳、包容和承担。传递“正义、爱与勇气”的价值取向和人性中的美好，激发青少年直面困难的勇气。
★虚实结合的设定，让孩子遨游于亦真亦幻的想象空间；宏大而自洽的世界观设定，能满足每个孩子内心对英雄梦的渴望。在这部史诗般的系列冒险小说中，英雄、凶猛而可爱的独角兽、空中激战、元素魔法、古老的秘密，营造了超乎想象的离岛世界。当你命中注定拥有一只独角兽，注定能控制某一种元素力量，正义与邪恶，毁灭与拯救仅一线之隔。
★主题明朗，故事节奏紧凑，主线清晰，情节跌宕起伏，极致反转，悬念扣人心弦。从一开始的意外被取消考试资格，到阴差阳错被送往离岛，斯堪德面对一场场随时可能被淘汰出局的考验；神秘的大反派到底是谁的悬念贯穿始终，让人迫不及待想读第二本。
★从胆怯的平凡小孩到闪闪放光的独角兽骑手，一个孩子从软弱到强大的成长史诗。从被保护的软弱男孩，到勇于承担的英雄，斯堪德的成长经历给读者带来从魔幻历险到思考人生命题的双重阅读体验，满足孩子渴望成为英雄的心灵需求，给孩子爱的滋养。
★语言充满强烈的画面感，章节划分合理，契合阅读兴趣。无论是神奇的离岛世界、可爱又凶猛的独角兽、神奇的元素魔法，还是激烈的空中对决场面，作者的描写都极富镜头感和画面感，具有极强的代入感和吸引力。

Book Titles:
1 Skandar and the Unicorn Thief 斯堪德与独角兽
2 Skandar and the Phantom Rider 斯堪德与离岛危机
3 Skandar and the Chaos Trials 斯堪德与混沌试炼
4 Skandar and the Skeleton Curse 斯堪德与混沌骑手