Introduction It is a dire time in the world The Evil Pillagers are conquering villages and destroying the villagers culture and libraries But far out at sea live the Book Guardians a secret group of miners and villagers helping to save the libraries precious books The Book Guardians bring chests of books before they can be destroyed by Pillagers to the Book Guardians hidden underwater ravine headquarters Here a small group of three families collects the books and stores them for better times for when the Pillagers are defeated While the grownups are checking deliveries securing books making plans and double-checking those plans the children Inky Luke and Max are meeting new friends and solving mysteries And that’s not all The Dolphins were so happy for the trio’s help they gave them the GOLDEN DUST MAGIC OF SPEAKING TO CREATURES So yes the children can talk to their underwater neighbors the underwater creatures fish and squid they share their new home with And now the intrepid three the S Q U I D Squad are ready to take on any undersea mystery no matter how deep or treacherous Meet the S Q U I D Squad INKY Clever Enjoys organizing stuff Faced too many squid to count Knows what words like acronym mean Mostly likes to play by the rules A little rebellious Enjoys delivering a good speech He sees himself as the leader but Inky and Max have other ideas LUKE MAX Brave Leaves Inky and Luke in the dust when it comes to crafting stuff really really fast Their secret club name was his idea the Super Qualified Underwater Investigation Detective er Squad Just say S Q U I D Squad it’s easier
And also meet EMI Special friend to the squad she also fled to the oceans to escape the Pillagers She lives secretly in a cottage on the other side of the coral reef SOFI Inky’s mom Redstone engineer in charge of the book delivery system And she has ALREADY figured out that Inky Luke and Max have made their OWN secret underwater cave headquarters INSIDE OF the Book Guardian’s own secret underwater ravine headquarters She hasn’t even told anyone else about it ABS Sofi’s brother He can haul chests of books like you wouldn’t believe Max’s dad He goes on a lot of secret missions to find new villages that want to save their books ZANE NEHA This is Zane’s sister She’s learning the art of potions Luke’s mom and dad Per is fond of speeches and Jun tries to let him know when they go on too long They go out on secret missions too PER AND JUN MABEL Friend to the Squad unafraid to say what she thinks
