Only Connect: Readings on Children's LiteratureSheila A. Egoff, Gordon Thomas Stubbs, L. F. Ashley A kingdom hangs in the balance...and a young boy answers the call. Carrying a sealed message from the war-hero Dragon King to the queen, Quentin and his outlaw companion, Theido, plunge headlong into a fantastic odyssey and mystic quest. Danger lurks everywhere in the brutal terrain, and particularly in the threats from merciless creatures, both human and not-so-human. While at the castle, the wicked Prince Jaspin schemes to secure the crown for himself, and an evil sorcerer concocts his own monstrous plan. A plan that Quentin and Theido could never imagine. In the youth's valiant efforts to save the kingdom and fulfill his unique destiny, he will cross strange and wondrous lands; encounter brave knights, beautiful maidens, and a mysterious hermit; and battle a giant, deadly serpent. In this first book of the Dragon King Trilogy, Stephen R. Lawhead has deftly woven a timeless epic of war, adventure, fantasy, and political intrigue. |
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... live there than in any other country . ' ' Of course I cannot understand it , ' says the Scarecrow . ' If your heads were stuffed with straw , like mine , you would probably all live in the beautiful places , and then Kansas would have ...
... live there than in any other country . ' ' Of course I cannot understand it , ' says the Scarecrow . ' If your heads were stuffed with straw , like mine , you would probably all live in the beautiful places , and then Kansas would have ...
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... lives . Renaissance and neo - classical writers showed much less interest in using animals as characters . For although ... live for their own ends , not just to echo the concerns of human readers . Second , some new techniques had to be ...
... lives . Renaissance and neo - classical writers showed much less interest in using animals as characters . For although ... live for their own ends , not just to echo the concerns of human readers . Second , some new techniques had to be ...
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... lives and actions of all the creatures that inhabit the fantasist's world . This magic may be innate or manifest ; it may be used by the characters who live with it , or come from ' gods ' of the author's contrivance . Always it is a ...
... lives and actions of all the creatures that inhabit the fantasist's world . This magic may be innate or manifest ; it may be used by the characters who live with it , or come from ' gods ' of the author's contrivance . Always it is a ...
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MARION LOCHHEAD | 17 |
WILLIAM NOBLETT | 28 |
EDWARD W ROSENHEIM | 39 |
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