The Battle for Skandia
Books | Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General
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John Flanagan
The international bestselling series with over 5 million copies sold in the U.S. alone!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 fatally outnumbered. Will is certain death is close at hand, until Halt and Horace make a daring, last-minute rescue. The reunion is cut short, however, when Halt makes a horrifying discovery: Skandia's borders have been breached by the entire Temujai army. And Araluen is next in their sights. If two kingdoms are to be saved, an unlikely union must be made. Will it hold long enough to vanquish a ruthless new enemy? Or will past tensions spell doom for all?The battles and drama are nonstop in Book Four of this hugely popular epic. Perfect for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, T.H. White’s The Sword in the Stone, Christopher Paolini’s Eragon series, and George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire series.
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Author
John Flanagan
Pages
336
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2009-01-08
ISBN
1101019875 9781101019870
Ratings
Google: 4.5
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"Basically all of the Rangers Apprentice series and the Dreamhouse Kings series by Robert Liparulo! "
Chris M.
"Once I started thus series I could not put it down."
Takashi Smith
"- major steps forward for women in these books: Evanlyn/Cassandra is useful and saves Will!<br/>- major steps backward for women: any woman who is under the age of ~40 is introduced as "pretty;" the one dude only brings his concubines along to cook for him bc only cooking matters on the battlefield not looks; Horace meets and appreciates prostitutes; Evanlyn puts other women (her grandma) down, which is only an issue because that's basically the only other time a woman has spoken of another woman in this series (making a joke abt another woman to a man). Otherwise we'd accept the grandma slander.<br/>- racism: orientalism goes craaazy in this. We couldn't have made our bad guys a little less Asia/Middle East-coded???? instead we're like "they're from the east and they're herders and they are just the pure epitome of evil" bestie PLEASE<br/><br/>Aside from these nitpicks, I love everyone's resourcefulness. However I feel like we also approach these books as if violence is the only solution all the time. Brute force, but smartly, basically. We could chill. Please send the women in. I KNOW a female ranger could probably end all the stupid rivalries between groups."
ether
"8/10"
Lil-Farrah
"The first book is called The Ruins of Gorlan"
Krish Shah
