Saturday, March 17, 2018

Taran Wanderer by Lloyd Alexander - ADVISABLE

Alexander, Lloyd Taran Wanderer (Chronicles of Prydain, #4), 218 pages. Henry Holt and Company, 2017. $26.

Language: G; Violence: PG; Mature Content: G.  

Taran feels like he needs to know who is parents are in order to know who he is, so he sets out on a quest.  He is told of a mirror that will show him the truth, so Gurgi and Taran meet many people, good and bad, along the way.  Taran wants to be of royal birth so he can marry Eilonwy and he struggles internally with what it means to be Taran.  

I love the Chronicles of Prydain.  Like all of Alexander’s books, Taran Wanderer has great characters who fight against evil, usually while on a journey.  This is the 50th Anniversary cloth cover edition and there are some extras in the back, including a pronunciation guide.  The violence is PG because there is a death but it’s not graphic.  This is a great boy read.  

EL, MS – ADVISABLE.  Reviewer, C. Peterson.

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