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The Foundling: And Other Tales of Prydain (The Chronicles of Prydain)
Lloyd Alexander
Henry Holt and Co. BYR Paperbacks, 2006
A must-read for the fans of the Prydain Chronicles!
I've always loved reading the Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander. Filled with great adventures, the Prydain Chronicles tells the story of Taran, a lowly assistant pig-keeper, who grows up fighting evil with the comradship of numerous friends. His most beloved ...
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The Iron Ring (Novel)
Lloyd Alexander
Puffin, 1999
Fascinating Story and Great Characters
My daughter brought this book home and I began reading it and almost couldn't put it down. The story is gripping and full of action and the characters were well-drawn and likable. I cared about Tamar and his predicament, perhaps because it involved a serious moral ...
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The Castle of Llyr (The Chronicles of Prydain)
Lloyd Alexander
Henry Holt and Co. BYR Paperbacks, 2006
Great Kid's Book
As a kid I read the Prydain books again and again. I can't resist some Harry Potter comparisons, and since they make a good common point of reference, I'll use the device here. The Prydain books aren't quite as exciting and magical as HP, but they have many of the same ...
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Westmark (Firebird)
Lloyd Alexander
Puffin, 2002
WestMark
After the murder of his beloved master young Theo an apprentice printer is suddenly cast out as a fugitive. Swearing revenge Theo begins on a long journey that will lead him through an exciting new land of magic, wonder and amazement. Along the way he will meet a ...
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The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain)
Lloyd Alexander
Henry Holt and Co. BYR Paperbacks, 2006
The Perfect Fantasy
It is NOT my intent to be inflammatory or insulting with this review. However, as humans, we live and die by comparing and contrasting, so I can't help it if I do so. Please don't shoot the messenger because I rate Alexander's series according to personal standards.
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The Black Cauldron (The Chronicles of Prydain)
Lloyd Alexander
Henry Holt and Co. BYR Paperbacks, 2006
Great Fantasy
Lloyd Alexander was one of my favorite authors as a young adult and his work has really held up now that I'm an adult. The stories and characters are just so well crafted and executed. This is a great book to go back to or to get for someone who is just starting to ...
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The Wall: And Other Stories (New Directions Paperbook)
Jean-Paul Sartre
New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1969
A Mesmorizing Journey. Extreme Psychological Insight
"The Wall and other short stories" is a triumph in literature. Each story explores the depths of human thought and reason through an existential point of view. Each story can be interpreted different by all readers, therefore making this a great book for discussion. ...
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Nausea
Jean-Paul Sartre
New Directions, 2007
The poetry of obsessive uselessness
Sartre's "Nausea" is a gripping, twitchy little novella confirming the ways one person of unpleasant station can make them self sick , nervous, an odious presence by lingering long on the ambivalent shrug .No one else could write a better tale of an intensely ...
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Taran Wanderer (The Chronicles of Prydain)
Lloyd Alexander
Henry Holt and Co. BYR Paperbacks, 2006
Amazing Story of Courage,Friendship and the Search for Truth
Taran Wanderer was not given the Newbery Award like it's successor The High King; nor was it awarded a Newbery Honor medal such as it's predecessor The Black Cauldron. However, Taran Wanderer is the most complete book in the Chronicles of Prydain. Lloyd Alexander ...
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The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain)
Lloyd Alexander
Henry Holt and Co. BYR Paperbacks, 2006
A terrific beginning to the best fantasy series ever
Readers who have watched the 1985 animated Disney film "The Black Cauldron" will no doubt recognize people and places from this novel by Lloyd Alexander. My advice is to enjoy the dark, creepy film but by all means, read Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain series. It's ...
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The Fortune-Tellers (Picture Puffin Books)
Lloyd Alexander, Trina Schart Hyman
Puffin, 1997
The Fortune-Tellers
"You will be wealthy and famous!" Has anyone ever told you your future? In this book it all starts out when a carpender goes to get his fortune told to him. The fortune-teller tells him hes going to be very wealthy and famous. He will also find the love of his life and ...
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The Cat Who Wished to Be a Man
Lloyd Alexander
Puffin, 2000
The cat who who wished to be a man
I received this book inmediately after I ordered it, great condition.
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The Beggar Queen (Firebird)
Lloyd Alexander
Firebird, 2002
An Amazing Read
I remember reading this book for the first time - over eight years ago as a ten-year-old. Each of the several dozen times since that I have re-read it, I discover new things to love. Alexander writes so beautifully that not a single word is wasted; he creates images ...
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Firebirds: An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction
Lloyd Alexander, Nancy Farmer, ...
Puffin, 2005
One of the best anthologies I've ever read
This is a collection of some of the finest authors in the biz, and I think every single one of them would be proud of their work here. I loved this book, and although I do admit that it is a little misleading calling it an anthology of fantasy and sci fi when there's ...
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The Illyrian Adventure
Lloyd Alexander
Puffin, 2000
My favorite teen adventure series
I'm 21, and I must say I love the Vesper Holly books as much as I did when I first discovered them at age 10. I read them over and over again through my teen years. They're like a cross between Indiana Jones and the Adventures of Tintin, with an added bonus--an ...
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