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Lloyd Alexander is an author I have always enjoyed. This is one of his lesser known series but was actually the first one of his that I read and as such will always be a favorite of mine.This series is one of the reasons I enjoy "period fantasy" so much.
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It was a little bit of a Lloyd Alexander month - I read the first two in this trilogy after I noticed them languishing on the library shelves. They have a very different feel than the Prydain books, although you still know you're in the hands of a master storyteller. The first is more of an adventure story, with schemes and deceptions and surprises, and political issues simmering in the background.
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This book and its two sequels are like Les Miserables for teenagers. I loved these out-of-print books so fiercely as a middle-schooler that I never returned them to my library (in my defense, they had 3 copies of each book) and paid a month's allowance in fines just so I could own them. If you can lay hands on them, you should read them. They'll break your heart in all the good ways.
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I think I would have liked this a lot better if I had read it as a kid. I also have no idea how old the main character is supposed to be. 11? 14? 17?
Just one of my all-time favorite happy books, it was time for a reread.
Nov 12, 2008
Isabel
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
Shelves:
childhood-faves,
fantasy
Jan 29, 2009
Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
marked it as to-read
Shelves:
to-read-jervis,
to-read-sci-fic-fantasy
Apr 16, 2011
Sharon
marked it as to-read
Apr 08, 2012
Destiny
marked it as to-read
