The Terror of prism Fading is about two children, called Rupert and Rabbit, who are the most unpopular kids in the whole school! The story begins when Rupert and Rabbit were on a school excursion. When they were waiting for their canoe the meanest boys in the school threatened to take their canoe, which also happened to be the last canoe. But the man who was handing the canoes out-smarted the bullies and told them to help him fix canoes. When Rupert and Rabbit pushed their canoe into the water and got on it, they kept on capsizing. Finally, they got the hang of it and rowed out. They were rowing along until something knocked them over. Instead of floating up, they were pulled down into the darkness. The next thing they knew they were on a beach in Prism. Rabbit was carried by the palace guards out of the water and into the palace. Here she met the princess Aden, the daughter of the Kind and Queen of Prism. They discover that prism is fading. In a meeting with the Centaurs, they soon learn their fate. The Centaurs explained that the new people to their land are the two of the 4 to save the red crystal - the heart of the people, along with Jasper and Aden. One more person was needed, but a surprise attack from Addreadon forces one certain character into this position. Will they make it? Will Prism fade and turn into nothingness? Will Addreadon get his revenge and gain power over the world? Read the book to find out ...

I think The Terror of Prism Fading is the most emotional and funny book I've ever read. Readers are torn apart by the fact that Rabbit's family have died, and fall to the ground with laughter when Jasper is called on the quest and races up to the Centaurs to join the others. This book makes me feel like I want to giggle, laugh hysterically, cry, worry and read on with much anticipation.

The book is the first of many gob-smacking books by K.E.Stapylton.

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The book 'The Terror of Prism Fading' is all about four crystals - red, blue, green and yellow - which all form a large crystal that holds the colour of the world of Prism and its people. The crystal has sadly been stolen by Addreadon his allies, the wolves.

In this story the main characters are Rupert, Rabbit, Jasper, Aden and Viffle and more. Rupert and Rabbit start in Glenbrook School and go on an excursion to the coast, which is similar to a place in Australia, but land them selves in a place called Prism. They were canoeing and the boat tipped and they fell into the water and something strange grabbed them. After being pulled into the darkness of the water, they wake on a beach in Prism. The guards take them to Aden, the brave princess who loves adventure. My favourite character is Rupurt because I think I am most like him out of all of them.

Together the main characters set out on a quest to find the red crystal, one of the most powerful of the four, because without it the people will not have heart which means they will not have courage and love. Without it, everything will be grey and everything with be nothing. Without it, they will not be brave enough to save the other three crystals.

I really like this book because it has some funny parts. For example, when they were announcing who would go on the cool quest, most characters were so worried and scared except Jasper who was so excited to be part of it. However, the story is also sad in parts, like when people die and when the Taw can not jump over the balcony with the children because he is a bull and he is trapped there for the enemy to get.

I love this book with all its adventure.

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This book is one of the best books I have ever read. It combines real world troubles with mythology and adventure It's also strange how red represents courage and the colours represent their emotions and feelings, green-intelligence, blue-joy, yellow-love

In the beginning Rabbit and Rupert get paired together in a school excursion to the coast and take a canoe and attempt to get to the other side of the river but half way across a group of bullies started chasing them and suddenly they were knocked into the water and couldn't breath. The storyline then switches to Prism and princess Aden wakes up after having a bad dream. Jasper a good friend of the princess then comes bursting into the room and tells her that 2 strange people have washed up onto the beach. The 2 people were Rabbit and Rupert. The story then continues with their adventure to try and retrieve the red crystal to help restore courage and the colour red to Prism after having previously been stolen by Addreadon le Griss. The reader is led on a journey with the main characters, Rabbit, Rupert, princess Aden, Jasper and Taw who is Aden's chosen.

Rupert is my favorite character, because he is little like me.- he is smart and funny and he he loves his food It's amazing how all the animals talk, I especially like Taw who is a bull and he is a strong leader and helps the children on there quest to get the red crystal

I also like the griffons who have the body shape of a horse but look like eagles and attack the children many times throughout the book and they carry off Taw to Addreadon's fortress to lure in the children who were already heading that way.

One thing I don't like is that a lot of the animals have very long unusual names which are difficult to remember, like Merryweather - a horse and Beaufeather - a peacock

I think it's funny that Rabbit, Rupert, Aden, and Jasper thought they would have to scavenge for food but the animals in the forest befriended and helped them and gave them a lot of food, weapons and armour.

I can't wait for the next book

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The Terror of Prism Fading, by K.E. Stapylton is a great fantasy story for pre-teen to teen-age children. I have been reading this to my son and daughter, aged 10 and 7, respectively, and my son especially is completely hooked on the novel -- much more so than when we read through CS Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia and JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit, as well as Anne McCaffrey's Dragonsinger, Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Little House on the Prairie series, and LM Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables. I would say his response to this first Prism book was more akin to the way he read JK Rowling's Harry Potter series.

I read this book through myself before reading it to my kids, and thoroughly enjoyed it, but am enjoying it even more the second time around as I read it aloud. It is the sort of book that benefits greatly from reading aloud -- it has excellent characters and dialogue and little "wasted text".

The author seems to be very much in touch with the youthful mind and experience, while not "dumbing down" the story. One immediately and easily identifies with the main characters, especially Rabbit, and the dialogue is humorous and engaging. The scenery is often stunning, awe-inspiring, and even mysterious. The villains are hateful---though in some cases, such as the land pirates, also entertaining. Some of the creatures are delightful: whenever the movie comes out for this story, I expect there will be a whole product line of viffles -- the furry little creatures who carry messages which are emitted when their tummies are tickled; then there is Shady the Bear ("Named because he's dark?" "No, because he's a bit dim."). Other creatures are fantastic: the Verduleema (sand-traveling dragon/snake mounts of the land-pirates) are truly original to this author.

Though this story focuses on the four children (Rabbit and Rupert from our world, and Aden and Jasper from the world of Prism), the adult heroes (the king and queen, Aden's tutor, the head of the palace guard, and the high priestess of Prism with her husband, the wise arrowmaker) are worthy role models -- something not as often true in children's fantasy, and very refreshing here. The quest to find and restore the lost crystal of Prism is a roller-coaster ride which starts out fast-paced and only accelerates from there, with "moments" scattered throughout which spin your head and catch your breath like a Hollywood "dolly-zoom".

K.E. Stapylton has obviously invested this world with more than what appears in the book. The world of Prism reflects a depth and a reality: there is much more there than is described in the story. It all "hangs together" well and believably. One hopes that the next books are coming soon!

Most of all though, The Terror of Prism Fading has meaning. There are themes of friendship, loyalty, the value of help from "small places", dispute resolution, sacrifice, courage, and redemption which play out beautifully in this story. These are the sorts of themes I want my children to soak up.

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Rabbit Grey and Rupert Everenum, both age 13, paddle out to a lake during a field trip, and disappear under water. They wake up and find themselves in a strange world full of knights and kings and castles in a land called Prism. But there is a terrible crisis in Prism: an evil tyrant, Adreaddon wants over take over Prism and probably other worlds too! He has stolen the four crystals (red, yellow green and blue) that keep Prism alive! The princess, Aden Justice (age 13), her friend Taw, who is a hairy bull sort of creature, another friend, Jasper, (age 13) who is the son of Thaddeus Arrowsmith, and Rabbit and Rupert must go on a quest to find and bring back the red crystal from Addreaddon.

On their way they must encounter friendly viffles, Verdalis Hills with friendly animals, the towering Quivering Mountains, where griffins capture Taw. They run into some fog, and realize they climbed the wrong mountain. The only way to keep going is through a poisonous river in the valley. On their rafts, giant rock creatures try to crush them. In Rabbit's panic, she falls into the chemical-filled water and climbs out, puts on a magical cloak found in a chamber full of Elyssa's possessions. Elyssa is a high priestess thought to be dead. Hen Rabbit pulls on Elyssa's mantle; she becomes possessed by a giant Elyssa. She helps the members of the quest against the rock creatures. After that Rabbit and Aden are more respectful at the moment, and that's definitely not usual. But after that, everything goes back to normal. They travel and end up captives of evil Pirates called the Rogues of Ragulan and their huge snakes, the virgilimas. The Pirates happen to be traveling to Adreaddon to steal his powers. So they transport them to Sangcouer, the place where his forces are. Adreaddon makes Aden jump into a pool of blood, and a whole bunch of dead people are inside. It is extremely hard to find the red crystal, and she must cut herself in order to retrieve it. While she's in the pool, the others must fight the forces until Prism's army comes to fight. After the fight is over, much blood is shed, but they do return with the crystal. When the time comes for Rabbit and Rupert to go home, the centaurs, the same ones who sent them on the trip, ask the children to come back and finish the rest of the quest. Rabbit, Rupert, Aden, and Jasper must look for the rest of the three crystals.

I think one part I liked in this book were the Verdulemas. I like how they instantly became loyal to the children and helped fight the battle between Adreaddon's forces and Prism's army. Something I thought was funny was when Rupert and Jasper say they will never, ever understand girls. I also really liked the part when Rabbit pulled on the mantle and Elyssa used her body to live for the moment. I thought when she completely obliterated the rock creatures was pretty cool. Actually, I loved the entire book. I hope other people will like this book as much as I do. I think it's definitely better than "A Series of Unfortunate Events" (which was one of my favorites) and it's definitely as good as all of the "Harry Potter" books and the Narnia Chronicles. I think it will really show the side of what kids think.