Byx is the youngest member of her dairne pack. Believed to possess remarkable abilities, her mythical doglike species has been hunted to near extinction in the war-torn kingdom of Nedarra.
After her pack is hunted down and killed, Byx fears she may be the last of her species—the endling. So Byx sets out to find a safe haven and to see if the legends of other hidden dairnes are true.
Along the way, she meets new allies—both animals and humans alike—who each have their own motivations for joining her quest. Although they begin as strangers, they become their own kind of family—one that ultimately uncovers a secret that may threaten every creature in their world.
BL 5
11 Points
After her pack is hunted down and killed, Byx fears she may be the last of her species—the endling. So Byx sets out to find a safe haven and to see if the legends of other hidden dairnes are true.
Along the way, she meets new allies—both animals and humans alike—who each have their own motivations for joining her quest. Although they begin as strangers, they become their own kind of family—one that ultimately uncovers a secret that may threaten every creature in their world.
BL 5
11 Points
Activity 1- KEEPING BYX’S JOURNAL. Byx starts to keep a journal, saying, “Whenever it came time to rest, I wrote down my impressions of the day or drew pictures” (p. 226). One page shows an excerpt (p. 265). Choose a different chapter or two and write journal entries about it from Byx’s point of view, including pictures. Put the pages together to make your own Byx journal.
Activity 2- CHART THE WORLD. The intricate social structure helps create a fully realized world in Endling. Create an organizational chart to show the different species, with the governing species on top and the others below, as described in the novel. For each species where it’s known, the chart should list some important characteristics. Do you think everyone’s chart will be the same? I think there will be a lot of differences among them, and that will be great to visit about at the Battle.
Activity 3-
- There are many different species that are described in the book. As I read it, I imagined what each of them would look like, did you? For this activity, choose two of the creatures and create a picture of what you think they look like. Please make sure you use a lot of detail as well as different colored pencil/crayons to make your creatures look realistic. This is a fantasy novel, but if you’d like to do some research to see if there is an existing type of these particular creatures, please share that with us.
- Dairnes
- Wobbyk
- Felivets
- Knight of Fire