{"id":324985,"date":"2026-01-07T17:22:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T17:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/?p=324985"},"modified":"2026-01-16T16:38:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:38:26","slug":"skandar-and-the-spirit-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/nz\/kids-club\/entertainment\/books\/skandar-and-the-spirit-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Skandar and the Spirit War"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Don\u2019t miss<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>the<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>epic conclusion to the<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>no.1<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>bestselling Skandar series!<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Skandar-book-new.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Skandar-book-new.jpg\" alt=\"Skandar book cover \" class=\"wp-image-324973\" style=\"width:512px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Skandar is in <strong>hiding<\/strong> after the Chaos Cup where Rex Manning revealed a <strong>game-changing secret<\/strong>. But as Rex prepares to <strong>invade<\/strong> the Mainland, the Islanders are not sure <strong>who to trust<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">With one of Skandar\u2019s closest friends now <strong>fighting for the enemy,<\/strong> Skandar must build<strong> new alliances<\/strong> \u2013 including an uneasy truce with<strong> Kenna<\/strong>. To <strong>defeat Rex<\/strong>, Skandar and his friends will need to look back to the <strong>origins of the Island<\/strong>, and harness the <strong>full power<\/strong> of their <strong>elemental magic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Can Skandar become<strong> the leader he needs to be<\/strong> \u2013 to <strong>save the Mainland<\/strong> and the <strong>heart of the Island<\/strong> itself?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Get ready for <strong>unlikely heroes<\/strong>, <strong>elemental magic<\/strong>, <strong>sky battles<\/strong>, <strong>ancient secrets<\/strong> and <strong>ferocious unicorns<\/strong> in this highly anticipated adventure that will keep you reading after lights out!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Competition time<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Skandar-books2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Skandar-books2.jpg\" alt=\"Complete Skandar book series covers\" class=\"wp-image-324979\" style=\"width:521px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Skandar-books2.jpg\"><\/a><strong>Five<\/strong> lucky readers will win the <strong>complete Skandar book series<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/competition\/win-the-complete-skandar-series-book-set\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Enter here!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t miss\u00a0the\u00a0epic conclusion to the\u00a0no.1\u00a0bestselling Skandar series! Skandar is in hiding after the Chaos Cup where Rex Manning revealed a game-changing secret. But as Rex prepares to invade the Mainland, the Islanders are not sure who to trust. With one of Skandar\u2019s closest friends now fighting for the enemy, Skandar must build new alliances \u2013 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/nz\/kids-club\/entertainment\/books\/skandar-and-the-spirit-war\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Skandar and the Spirit War<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":353975,"featured_media":324987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"christmas-category":[],"class_list":["post-324985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","countries-ireland","countries-united-kingdom"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Skandar and the Spirit War - National Geographic Kids<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324985\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Skandar and the Spirit War - National Geographic Kids\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Don\u2019t miss\u00a0the\u00a0epic conclusion to the\u00a0no.1\u00a0bestselling Skandar series! 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