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<p>three Siblings Must Make A Brave Trek To Save Their Village In This Fantasy Children's Story.</p><h3>school Library Journal</h3><p>gr 4-7-set At The End Of The Stone Age, Mcdonnell's Adventure Concerns The Coming Of Age Of 12-year-old Bolan, Son Of A Village Headman. While His Father Is In Sarnay Seeking A Protective Alliance With Its Lord And A Supply Of A New Wheat, Another Villager Gains Control And Takes Bolan And His Younger Brother And Sister Captive. Fearful Of Death And Desperate To Warn Their Father, The Siblings Escape And Face Not Only The Dangers Of The Wild-wolves, Bears, And Nomads-but Also Their Enemy. Readers Will Thrill To The Adventure. Mcdonnell's Language Is Sometimes Overwrought, As When He Notes An Enraged Bear Rushing Hither And Thither Through The Trees, Trampling Saplings Beneath Its Feet As If They Were But Flowers, But Generally It Is Appropriate For The Audience. Unfortunately, Given The Seriousness With Which The Material Is Approached, The Comic Cover Illustration, Featuring Large-eyed Waifs With Hair Apparently Of Straw, May Turn Some Readers Away. Even So, This Is A Stirring Tale Of Family Love, Friendship In Unexpected Places, And The Courage To

Author
Vincent McDonnell
Publisher
The Collins Press
Published
2006
Language
EN
ISBN
9781903464885
Subjects
Music, Children'S, Fiction

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