It is a laugh out loud, fantasy/adventure story. Mack MacAvoy is an American school student with so many phobias it is a wonder that he gets through a school day at all. Being afraid of so many things does not make for a good hero, or does it? When Mack encounters a three thousand year old man in the school corridor and then discovers a golem in his bedroom at home he realises his life may never be the same again.In fact it is up to Mack to find the other eleven members of the elite team (the Magnificent Twelve) because they are needed to save the world from a terrible evil.This book did make me laugh and was an enjoyable read, once I got over my own phobia - all the 'Americanisms'!! But it is set in America so ...
