The Dragon Throne: Edmund and Hubert, newly returned from the Crusades, and recently made knights, have been sent to Rome! they will be guards for Ester, a lady-in-waiting to the queen. Ester made a vow: that if her father lives through an accident, she will go on the pilgrimage. They begin the journey, accompanied by two other knights. Traveling had gotten harder since King Richard left, and Prince John hadn't done much against bandits. They best way through the Alps is the Saint Bernard Pass, which, despite its awful weather, is guarded by the outlawl Conrad of Saxe. If they do survive, what next?
all of it was pretty good, up until about 2/3 of the way, but all the suspense that was built up in that 2/3 didn't really lead to a problem worthy of all the suspense. it was a very interesting time period, though.
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Monday, March 13, 2006
Talking with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
Talking with Dragons: Everyone in the Enchanted Forest is looking for the Sword of the Sleeping King. Most dangerous is a band of wizards who want to rule the Forest. Daystar, the bearer of the Sword, a fire witch nammed Shiara, and a baby dragon are supposed to take the sword to a castle, fight the wizards, find the king, figure out how to wake him, and get rid of the wizards. Definately not an easy task....
One thing I really liked about the story was that almost everything was the author's creativity. Magic swords aren't new, but the actual magic is. Fire witches are new. wizards as badf guys is new. I liked the humour too. But I didn't like how easy it was to figure out the story.
One thing I really liked about the story was that almost everything was the author's creativity. Magic swords aren't new, but the actual magic is. Fire witches are new. wizards as badf guys is new. I liked the humour too. But I didn't like how easy it was to figure out the story.
Thursday, March 09, 2006
Redwall books by Brian Jacques
I've gotten really behind on reports. here are Redwall books. I highly reccommend them.
Marlfox
Marlfoxes are magical foxes. Their queen 'must be surrounded by beauty'. They have heard of Redwall Abbey's wealth and many beautiful things, and go to capture it. They steal a tapestry of Redwall's famed warrior, Martin. Dann, Song, Dippler, and Burble go to recapture it.
Redwall
Matthias is a bumbling mouse who becomes a warrior when Cluny the Scourge and his army attack. They have also heard of the Abbey's riches. Redwall is besieged! The sure way to defeat them is to get back Martin the Warrior's sword-but it is guarded by Asmodeus the snake!
Salamandastron
Ferahgo the Assassin has returned to Salamandastron! He intends to plunder the extict volcano for the supposed treasure. Urthstripe is the Badger Lord who, along with ten hares, protects the mountain. He has a daughter named Mara. She runs away, meeting up with a long-lost uncle and two Redwallers. Together they save Salamandastron.
Mossflower
Martin the Warrior has come upon Kotir, home of the wildcats and the self-proclaimed rulers of Mossflower! He joins with Corim, a resistance force, to kill the remaining wildcat, Tsarmina. Their plan includes flood tunnels....
Mattimeo
Mattimeo is the son of the great Matthias. Slagar the Cruel hates Matthias and all of Redwall for what they 'did' to him. So he dicides to get revenge by stealing Redwall's young ones...and selling them as slaves.
The only things I don't like about these books are silly things that really shouldn't matter. But since these have big battles in every one, it mentions how a lot of animals die. That is not cool with me. Another is the pictures at the beginning of each chapter. Some are really wierd. But I enjoy all the songs and rhymes. I like how each type of animal has a different was of talking. Each book has a riddle that the heros solve before they can get the bad guys. it's fun trying to solve it with them.
SPRING BREAK!
Marlfox
Marlfoxes are magical foxes. Their queen 'must be surrounded by beauty'. They have heard of Redwall Abbey's wealth and many beautiful things, and go to capture it. They steal a tapestry of Redwall's famed warrior, Martin. Dann, Song, Dippler, and Burble go to recapture it.
Redwall
Matthias is a bumbling mouse who becomes a warrior when Cluny the Scourge and his army attack. They have also heard of the Abbey's riches. Redwall is besieged! The sure way to defeat them is to get back Martin the Warrior's sword-but it is guarded by Asmodeus the snake!
Salamandastron
Ferahgo the Assassin has returned to Salamandastron! He intends to plunder the extict volcano for the supposed treasure. Urthstripe is the Badger Lord who, along with ten hares, protects the mountain. He has a daughter named Mara. She runs away, meeting up with a long-lost uncle and two Redwallers. Together they save Salamandastron.
Mossflower
Martin the Warrior has come upon Kotir, home of the wildcats and the self-proclaimed rulers of Mossflower! He joins with Corim, a resistance force, to kill the remaining wildcat, Tsarmina. Their plan includes flood tunnels....
Mattimeo
Mattimeo is the son of the great Matthias. Slagar the Cruel hates Matthias and all of Redwall for what they 'did' to him. So he dicides to get revenge by stealing Redwall's young ones...and selling them as slaves.
The only things I don't like about these books are silly things that really shouldn't matter. But since these have big battles in every one, it mentions how a lot of animals die. That is not cool with me. Another is the pictures at the beginning of each chapter. Some are really wierd. But I enjoy all the songs and rhymes. I like how each type of animal has a different was of talking. Each book has a riddle that the heros solve before they can get the bad guys. it's fun trying to solve it with them.
SPRING BREAK!
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