About this title: For Will, the honor of the Silver Oakleaf has long felt out of reach. Now, in the wake of Araluen's uneasy truce with the Skandians comes word that the Skandian leader has been captured by a dangerous desert tribe. The Rangers are sent to free him, but the desert is like nothing these warriors have seen before.
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Description: Very Good. 0142413402 May have crinkled corner or a raised laminate on front cover Very little other shelf wear/scratching on outer covers. Perfect otherwise with Remainder mark. Free bookmarks with all orders and all orders ship same or next business day! 41. read more
Description: Very Good. Uncorrected Proof. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. ADVANCE UNCORRECTED PROOF marked "not for resale. " The tip of the bottom corner at the foot of the spine is scraped and torn on the front cover. The pages are clean and have no creases or tears. Never read. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Puffin
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780142413401ISBN:0142413402
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Puffin
Date Published: 2009-01-08
ISBN-13:9780142413401ISBN:0142413402
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780142413401. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Philomel Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780399244575ISBN:0399244573
Description: New. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 294 p. Ranger's Apprentice (Hardcover), 4. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Philomel Books
Date Published: 2008-03-18
ISBN-13:9780399244575ISBN:0399244573
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780399244575. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Philomel
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780399244575ISBN:0399244573
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Binding: Audio CD
Publisher: Recorded Books
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781428178311ISBN:1428178317
Description: Brand new. Librarian's Choice & Collector's Favorite. Brand new complete & unabridged audio book still in its original case [I will ship immediately] read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Philomel
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780399244575ISBN:0399244573
Description: New in New jacket. Signed by Author Later printing. Pristine condition. New & unread. Signed by John Flanagan on the title page. Collectible. Giftworthy. 'Still far from their homeland after escaping slavery in the icebound land of Skandia, Will and Evanlyn's plans to return to Araluen are spoiled when Evanlyn is taken captive by a Temujai warrior. Though still weakened by the warmweed's toxic effects, Will employs his Ranger training to locate his friend, but an enemy scouting party has him ... read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Puffin Books
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780142413401ISBN:0142413402
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Like new! Minor shelf wear, binding not creased at all. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 320 p. Ranger's Apprentice (Paperback), 4. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
"This is about when Will, and Evalyn are slaves of the Skandians, but then are saved by Halt and Horace. However, they findout that the Temujai are planning to invade Skandia. Halt agrees to help them fight and undefeated enemy. Will figured that if the Skandians train archers, they might have a chance to win. They only have 100 archers, are slaves, and are trained by Will."
"OK, this book is the best in the series. The characters and situations are interesting and there's still plenty of action.
It was only in the last book (3rd of the series) that I finally understood the rough correlation between real European culture/geography and the peoples of this series. English, Welsh, Norse, and then the wimpy French in the last book. In this story, the equivalent culture of the Mongols comes attacking and the characters mention again the huge numbers of efficient attackers in the south deserts across the sea. (i.e. the Muslim hordes) They've been mentioned two books in a row, what do you bet a huge campaign/movement by these southern attackers eats up 3 or 4 books in a few years?
Anyway, good, fun story full of action and fighting. The romantic subplot had me guessing who, what, and when."
"This book was much, much better than the third. Thank you, Mr. Author for redeeming yourself. Except for the super cheesy cover which makes my husband laugh hysterically any time he sees it.
Lots of action. Lots of character development. Erak is really prominent in this book and he is hilarious. I so appreciate comic relief when things get tense. There is quite a bit of fighting in the book and some description of the battle wounds. I didn't find it gruesome, but some younger kids might. Some nice lessons on tolerance and compromise as well.
I will read the rest of the series. I'd have no problems with my boys reading this one. Just that 3rd one makes me hesitate...."
"This episode is tightly integrated with the third and basically continues the plot straight on. Again, I'm not entirely happy with the weaker presentation of Evanlyn's character (and as the only female character for several episodes, now, she even more so stands for all women in this entirely male world), even though she clearly plays a substantial role, both politically and in the battle. I thought her spying trip was handled in a disappointingly offhand manner, as though it had been cut wholesale during editing and not tidied up.
This series continues to show simplifications and lack of examination of themes that makes it more suitable for younger readers. The adventure is good; the depth of context around the adventure is not so much, even though there is plenty of room for it as good themes are introduced but never given realistic shading. It's as though this is the "lite" version of a much more interesting treatment of the story. I really don't get whether the author is treating his themes superficially or if he's deliberately dumbing them down as some sort of editorial mandate.
The ongoing plot wraps with this installment; the next book takes up some years later, so if one were buying some but not all of the series, this would be a natural stopping-point. I should also point out that this is really an adventure story of medieval Europe, not, after the first volume, a typical fantasy with evil sorcerers and slavering bestial minions meeting in epic battle with blahblahblah. There's no other magic after that than plain forest craft.
Overall, then, entertaining but superficial and less mature than they really need to be. They aren't likely to please those who want to see female characters realistically a part of the plot: this is entirely a boy story in the old fashioned sense."
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