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Posted by Jordan
Categories: Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Older Readers, Review
Tags:Animals, Cats, Funny, Lloyd Alexander, Prydain
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The Princess Eilonwy must go to the island of Mona to learn how to be a proper lady, and she doesn’t like it one bit. Taran and Gurgi accompany her to Mona and find that the clumsy Prince Rhun is to marry Eilonwy when she is trained properly. Then the chief steward to the king of Mona, Magg, disappears along with Eilonwy, accompanied by warnings by Prince Gwydion that the princess is in dire peril. Along with Fflewdder Fflam, Prince Rhun and Gurgi, Taran sets out to rescue Eilonwy before it’s too late.
I enjoyed this book the most of all the Prydain series. Prince Rhun drags Taran and his friends into adventure after adventure. Fflewdder’s meeting with Llyan is hilarious, and Prince Rhun’s mishaps are always humorous. The ending is exciting and the reader is left wanting to read the next Chronicle of Prydain.
Posted by Jordan
Categories: Adventure, All Ages, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Review, Science Fiction
Tags:Animals, Cats, Lloyd Alexander, Quick Read, Time Travel
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Jason’s cat Gareth can talk, and he tells Jason a big secret: Cats don’t have nine lives, but they can travel to nine different places in history at any time they wish. Then Jason asks to be taken along, and he and Gareth are suddenly standing in Ancient Egypt, where cats are worshipped. This is just the first of nine cat-centered adventures through time!
I was a little disappointed that the story never stopped very long in any country, but Lloyd Alexander makes up for this with a lot of action. This was Alexander’s first book, and you can kind of tell. Some of the others are better, but Time Cat is a good read for cat lovers and anyone who loves adventure. By the way, see if you can find the character of a certain red-gold haired princess from Prydain!
Posted by Ruth
Categories: Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Older Readers, Review
Tags:Award Winner, Lloyd Alexander, Prydain
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Dyrnwyn, the sword of great power, has fallen into the hands of Arawn, Death-Lord. Taran and Prince Gwydion raise an army and begin the epic march to re-capture the sword and destroy Arawn and his followers once and for all. After arriving at Mount Dragon, Arawn’s stronghold, they face the greatest danger yet, and Taran must make the most crucial decision of his life.
This book is one of my favorites. Being the last book, it was hard to realize that there wouldn’t be any more to read about my favorite characters, but, overall, it’s a great ending of a great series.
Posted by Ruth
Categories: Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Older Readers, Review
Tags:Lloyd Alexander, Prydain
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The Cauldron-born are becoming a greater threat than ever. Dallben decides to organize a group of people to undertake a great mission. Taran, Gwydion, Doli, Fflewddur and many others set out to capture and destroy the Lord of the Land of the Dead’s greatest weapon: The Black Cauldron.
The Prydain Chronicles are a very enjoyable fantasy series. Lloyd Alexander’s imagination shines through in this book, as well as his others. An exciting, adventure-packed story.
Posted by Rebekah
Categories: Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Older Readers, Review
Tags:Lloyd Alexander, Prydain
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The tale of Taran’s search to find his identity. A quest that leads him once again to the Marshes the Morva and finally to the Mirror of Llunet. On his way, Taran passes through many dangers, the evil wizard Morda and a band of mercenaries, ultimately finding the knowledge of who he really is.
This book is very interesting. There’s not as much sword-swinging going on as in some of the other books in the Prydain Chronicles, but don’t be deterred by that! There are enemies, captures, escapes, an evil wizard…(audience gasps). Eilonwy is only mentioned in this book, good old Doli’s back, along with Fflewddur Flam and his huge wildcat, Llyan. To sum up, please read this one!
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