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Title: Rowan of Rin by Emily Rodda ISBN: 0-06-441019-6 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 30 April, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.65 (17 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A wonderful fantasy novel for young readers.
Comment: All of the children in the village of Rin are expected to be strong and brave, for the life the villagers lead is a hard one. And all of the children meet this expectation except for one - weak, timid Rowan. His father died to save him, and ever since then Rowan has been scared of his own shadow. When the water source that the village depends on suddenly and mysteriously dries up, fate choses Rowan to be one of the seven heroes that must climb the forbidding mountain in order to save Rin. Rowan would like nothing more than to run and hide - but his shame forces him to make the journey. Along the way, Rowan and the other six travelers face countless dangers that would test the courage of even the very bravest person - and one by one, the others all desert, leaving Rowan alone to complete the quest and save his village. But can this one small boy reach into his heart and find the courage to succeed? This was an inspiring fantasy about a young boy who discovers strength within himself that he never knew existed.
Rating: 5
Summary: Charming
Comment: Emily Rodda pens a charming tale, apparently the first in a series (as we speak, three of these books are out and a fourth is coming, I think). Her hero Rowan will win over the earnest bullied kids, or the people who once were.
Rowan is the most timid child in the village of Rin, and so he is often teased and bullied by other children. Adults pity him or dislike him for his apparent weakness. He is also is a herder of the bukshah (buffalo-like creatures who provide milk and wool), who are fed by a certain stream coming down from a nearby mountain. And, it is said, a dragon lives at the top of the mountain. One day it's discovered that the mountain stream is drying up. Without it, the bukshah and the village will both die. They consult old Sheba, a clearsighted wise woman who utters a cryptic rhyme: Seven hearts the journey make/Seven ways the hearts will break/Bravest heart will carry on/When sleep is death and hope is gone...
The village sends six of their strongest, bravest men and woman - and Rowan, who is the only one who can use their map. Coming along is Strong Jonn, half-Traveller Allun, inseparable companions Val and Ellis, Marlie, and Bromden. More prophetic verses crop up in the map, leading the way through dens of enormous spiders, bogs where they hear their loved ones' voices, right to the cold summit of the mountain. But Rowan and his companions will learn some lessons about fear and courage...
Reading this book, one sees so many ways that it could have gone wrong. The adults could have remained one-dimensional and snobbish - but they don't, they grow and change as Rowan does. Rowan could have been a little twit - but he wasn't, instead being a thoroughly believable young boy who WANTS to be brave. I liked how he was not bitter about being pitied or teased by the others, but merely needed a chance to prove himself.
This is probably too "young" a book for most 9-12 readers, as the inside flap describes it as 7-up. But despite being a very straightforward story of about 150 pages, it's also tightly plotted and well-interspersed with fantasy elements, though not too many. Rodda's descriptive style ranges from poetic to sparse, and she includes hints of the the adventures to come.
On to read "Rowan and the Travellers." I'm sure it won't disappoint.
Rating: 5
Summary: Best Book Ever
Comment: 13-year-old Rowan is considered the weak keeper of the bukshah in his strong village of Rin. Rin is the home to a amazing group of creatures, the bukshah who drink the sweet water from the river. The Bukshah need this water to survive. But when the river dries up, and fear of a dragon arieses Rowen, and 6 other villigers use a majical map to climb to the top of a moutain so the stream will flow. Will Rowen be fast enough to save his friends the bukshah?
This book is a nomanie for the Black Eye Susan Awards, Marylands anuall book awards.
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Title: Rowan and the Travelers by Emily Rodda ISBN: 0064410269 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 30 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Rowan and the Keeper of the Crystal by Emily Rodda ISBN: 0064410250 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 17 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Rowan and the Zebak by Emily Rodda ISBN: 0064410242 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 18 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Rowan and the Ice Creepers by Emily Rodda ISBN: 0060297808 Publisher: Greenwillow Pub. Date: 07 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: Love That Dog by Sharon Creech ISBN: 0064409597 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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