The Key protects Arthur by bringing his ceramic Komodo dragon to life to fend off the Fetchers. That night he is attacked by the dog-faced men that Ed saw, described as "Fetchers" by the Atlas. Once back at home, Arthur uses the Key to open the book, The Compleat Atlas of the House and Immediate Environs, which describes the House and its environs. Arthur realizes that they are looking for his Key. Leaf confirms that she also saw Monday and Sneezer, and Ed adds that he saw dog-faced men digging up the school field looking for something. Sneezer and Monday disappear, leaving a small book in their place, which Arthur takes.Īrthur spends a week in the hospital and is visited by his new friends Leaf and her brother Ed. However, Arthur is saved when school officials arrive with help. Although Monday is skeptical, Sneezer argues that Arthur will die shortly and the Key will then be returned to Monday. Sneezer convinces Monday to give Arthur his Minute Key in order to fulfill Monday's directive from the Architect. Twelve-year-old Arthur Penhaligon is experiencing a severe asthma attack at school when two mysterious men, Mister Monday and his butler Sneezer, appear in front of him. It follows Arthur Penhaligon, a twelve-year-old boy who discovers that he is the heir to an otherworldly House and must fulfil a mysterious Will in order to claim it from seven antagonistic Trustees. Mister Monday is the first novel in the series The Keys to the Kingdom by Garth Nix.
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