If you loved how the Pevensies step back through the ruins of Cair Paravel to find Narnia changed beyond recognition, you’ll relish how September is whisked from Nebraska into Fairyland by the Green Wind and discovers a realm whose rules have shifted under the iron grip of the Marquess. Like Lucy and Edmund navigating a Narnia that has aged without them, September must learn strange laws and bargain with perilous powers, helped by companions—A-Through-L the scholarly wyvern and Saturday the marid—who echo the brave camaraderie of Trumpkin and Reepicheep.

If Miraz’s coup, Dr. Cornelius’s secret lessons, and the lords’ manipulation that pushes Miraz into a doomed duel hooked you, you’ll be gripped by the machinations of Conner, a noble who recruits orphaned boys to impersonate a missing prince and seize the throne. As with Caspian rallying Old Narnians against a usurper, the story becomes a razor-edged contest of wit, identity, and legitimacy—where the truth, once revealed, can topple carefully laid plots.

If Caspian’s growth from sheltered prince to leader—guided by Dr. Cornelius and tested in the wild with Trumpkin and the Pevensies—won you over, you’ll enjoy watching Taran the Assistant Pig-Keeper stumble into heroism alongside Eilonwy, Fflewddur Fflam, and Gurgi. Facing the Horned King calls for the same kind of hard-won courage and humility Caspian shows when he answers Aslan’s call and claims his place.

If Lucy’s faith in Aslan—seeing him first and urging the others to follow—was the heartbeat of the story for you, you’ll connect with Meg Murry as she leans on the mysterious guidance of Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which. Just as Lucy’s trust brings the company back onto Aslan’s path, Meg must choose love and belief to face IT and rescue her father across the darkness between worlds.

If you delighted in the fellowship of Old Narnians—Reepicheep’s gallantry, Trufflehunter’s steadfastness, and the Pevensies rallying with Caspian—you’ll revel in Matthias, Basil Stag Hare, and the Redwall Abbey creatures uniting against Cluny the Scourge. It captures that same warm, valiant spirit of many voices fighting as one for a just cause.