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2 authors picked The Lamplighters as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I love middle-grade fantasy because there is no end to the creative worlds authors imagine.

In this world, young people compete to be lamplighters to light the lamps keeping monsters away. It is a quest book, and the hero and heroine face many hardships along the way. I love magic and interesting creatures, and this book had a lot of both. 

How about another one you may never have heard about? The Lamplighters is a fun fantasy adventure about Gan and Lyona, two newly recruited lamplighters who are the only survivors of their squad.

They go on an epic adventure to find more fire flowers and their captured compatriots, meeting new friends in the ancient woods. One particular friend, Staghorn the wild, a brownie, helps them get all the way to the evil Fairy Empress Nymia’s castle, where things get really crazy.

Suffice it to say, Gan comes to learn that not everything he believed about duty was right while Lyona…

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