Brotherband (book 1)The brother band chronicles book one was a great action packed book that was about a Scandinavia training system were boys are put into groups called brotherbands. This book is action packed and written very well. The only thing I didn't like was it was very confusing when t...
I enjoyed it, and I'm reading the next book now. At least I will be when I finish writing this! Ride the waves on the wings of a Heron and learn the meaning of loyalty and courage!!!
When I found out about this book I was beyond excited. I got it on the day it came out and had read it before the next morning, barely. (stayed up until like 1.) I really love this book. It is one of my favorite books. I really like the new ranger and Will in this book, and I loved how the ending...
I recently read Ranger's Apprentice: Halt's Peril. This book is about Will, the Ranger every book in the series follows, and his ex- mentor Halt, along with their friend Horace, the knight. The heroes have stopped the cult known as the a Outsiders in nearby Hibernia. The power- hungry evil- doers...
Excellent crescendo to an excellent series. Bravo! Enjoyed this installment as much as the previous ones. Great series for boys,
Slaves of Socorro is about a group of young fearless sailors and warriors called Scandians. The join up with a royal defender in the neighbouring country. The country this man is from is called Araluen. Together they must free slaves held in a desert area called Socorro.A character I couldn't rel...
My review overall was good, but some here some facts that i don't like:Poor Tug. Why did Flanagan did this? I understand that age would prejudice horse physical, but that could wait until the end of the series, and could not have been cited in the books. And if that were not enough, he was also e...
I LOVED The Ranger's Apprentice series, saw the premise for this series, and thought, "Nah!" Oh goodness was I wrong! From the 1st book I was hooked. It's got everything that an adventure book needs: well written characters, an awesome plot, and enough left undiscovered to keep me hungering for t...
While at the annual Rangers' Gathering, Will is informed by Crowley that Halt will not be able to attend as he is investigating things in the west of the country. A mysterious group of people are going around, recruiting people and stealing gold in an unlikely fashion. Meanwhile, Halt is watchin...
I really do not think that this book should exist. The story was perfectly complete by book 11. I loved the whole idea of adding girls to the Ranger Corps, but I feel like this book kind of unravels a lot of what book 11 was meant to do - finish the story in a satisfactory way. With the addition ...
Will Treaty is now a senior Ranger. Halt has retired, Horace & Cassandra have a 15-year-old daughter Madelyn and Will's love - Courier Alyss, died 18 months earlier in a fire, saving a child. Will has become reclusive and set on vengeance. Meanwhile, Maddie is out of control. To solve both pr...
The rangers apprentice by John Flanagan was an interesting book about a young boy named will who wanted to join battle school but was declined by the crafts master and was chosen to join a group called the rangers his mentors name was halt he was an expert ranger and planned on teaching the ways ...
from the book: at the funeral : "should we say a few words?" "no Halt wasn't the wordy type" "maybe a time of silence?" "yes I would think that would work."Halt had been earlier hit with a arrow it had only nicked him in the arm from the genovasan's bolt but the genovesan had laced it with po...
The Emperor of Nihon-JaJohn FlanaganThis book is part of the Rangers Apprentice Series and is book number 9. This story starts off in the kingdom of Tuscana, where rangers Will and Halt watching an demonstration of Tuscan military techniques. Later on, the story travels to another kingdom called ...
It's totally official. I love these books. Love them with all my heart.This book, in my own humble opinion, is one of the best in the series! It brought back so many of the characters I have come to love in the series. Even after 10 books, the wit and skill of the writing is still there, and I lo...
Ranger's Apprentice "The Lost Stories" by John FlanaganIt's been a long time coming as I see I read the rest of the series in 2012 ... yet my son found it at the library & poof! I was taken RIGHT back into the great memories of these fascinating stories! While I wish I could piece these stories ...
I didn't enjoy this book as much as the rest of them. I am glad John to the time to answer the many lingering questions and to fill in the gaps. I also did not like the attempt of using a third person perspective with an archeologist and his apprentice digging up lost stories. I would much rather...
Best of the series so far" Review by C.M.: "Great book with knights, kings, Rangers, and fun. I like the story a lot."
I loved the entire series. Great series for kids... mine recommended to me, and I enjoyed the light, fast read.
I took a long break after having read the last book (the reason has nothing to do with the books themselves), and I'm glad I came back. I was physically smiling throughout the entire book (which is not something that I do)- I was enjoyed to see the return of many reference jokes from previous boo...
I have read the entire rangers apprentice series three times. I give the series, and each individual book, 5/5 stars.This book is about a young boy that lives in the time of castles, knights, ships, and swords, who aspires to be a knight apprentice. When the time comes for them to decide what he ...
I recommend you read the first four books in the series, but you can probably enjoy this book by itself. You may but understand some references to past people and events, but there's enough adventure to ensure your enjoyment. Ingvar is given a bigger role (no pun intended), and Hal's dog, Kloof, ...
I really can't add any more to what all the other reviewers wrote. I simply add my personal two thumbs way up. I love Flannagan's books--they make me feel like a kid again, daydreaming about finding a place on the Heron, or in the Rangers corp. But alas I am an old man, who can only dream.Anot...
****spoiler Alert**** There captured and might not even return but will they survive the terrible prison that awaits them.This is a adventure,action type of genre and man it's so good.I give this book a 5 out of five stars because it's so so good and you should read it. The setting takes pl...
Everyone has a friend or companion they feel very close to, and sometimes you see how your friendships get tested when you’re forced to make a decision to either help yourself, or stay with your friend. By the end of both books, “The Hobbit” and “Ranger’s Apprentice the Burning Bridge,” you see h...
As I've almost reached eighteen years of age I've tended to drift away from reading YA fiction. I read mostly classics or more adult fiction nowadays. And yet there are some series which are capable of bridging age gaps despite having been written for a younger audience. I believe the best storie...
Now a full-fledged Ranger, Will must rescue his friend Alyss from a rogue knight and uncover vital information needed to ward off a Scotti invasion.
Will’s first adventure as a full-fledged Ranger!Time has passed since the apprentice and his master, Will and Halt, led the Araluens to victory against invaders, and Will is now a full-fledged Ranger with his own fief to look after. The fief seems sleepy -- boring, even -- until the Skandians sho...
She had watched MacHaddish and his party arrive after Keren had been summoned by Buttle's messenger. Her window commanded a view of the courtyard and the main gate by which they entered. But once they were ushered into the keep, she was left in a fever of curiosity. What were they discussing? Wha...
THE RIGHT FLANK IS IN TROUBLE!” Duncan, the young King of Araluen, heard the herald’s shout above the terrible din of battle. The clash of weapons and shields, the screaming and sobbing of the wounded and dying, the shouted orders of commanders rallying their troops and the involuntary, inarticul...
‘So far, we only have equipment for ten men. The others have to take it in turn to train and practise.’ ‘Practise what?’ Evanlyn asked but Halt signalled her to wait. They stopped at a point where a grove of trees screened a smaller gully. Will and Selethen ushered them forward and they came to a...
Baron Arald started across towards him, but paused beside Tug, looking up to Will as he spoke. ‘You won’t see another that size in a long time, Will,’ he said gruffly. ‘Pity he didn’t come our way. I would have liked a trophy like that for myself.’ He continued on his way towards Sir Rodney, who ...
Lee said. They’d finished eating and were still working on the bottle of red wine Jesse had picked up on the way to Lee’s small house. “Not a whole lot,” he said. His own tone was measured, unemotional. He wasn’t giving anything away, she thought. “Occasionally she’ll drop me a line—you know, bir...
HALT AND Horace rode in the center with Deparnieux, who had changed into his customary black armor and surcoat. The raddled old hack that he had been riding was now consigned to the rear of the column, and he was astride a large, aggressive and, as Halt had expected, black battlehorse. &nbs...
The pigeon that had carried his report was the only one that had learned the route between Norgate Fief and Castle Araluen. So it was the only one that could carry a reply back to him, and it would take three or four days before it would recover sufficient strength to undertake another journey. T...
At one stage, Will had suggested that Horace and Evanlyn should leave him behind to burn the bridge, while they rode to take the news to Araluen. But Horace had refused. “If we go now, we won’t know if you’ve succeeded or not, so what do we tell the King? There might be a ...
That didn't stop an evilly grinning Svengal from asking after his health at every possible opportunity, or offering him choice titbits from the wolfship's limited larder. 'Chicken leg?' he said, an innocent grin splitting his face. 'Bit greasy but good nevertheless. Just t...
He had four targets set up at different ranges and was alternating his shots at random between the four of them, never firing at the same one twice in a row. Halt had set the exercise for him before he had gone to the Baron's office to discuss a dispatch that had come in from the King." If you fi...
At least, that was the general direction that Will had discerned from them. As the unknown horseman had made his way down the mountain, the track wound and twisted on itself, of necessity, as he followed the narrow, circuitous trails through the thick pine. But always, whenever there was choice, ...
‘How do we find the bazaar?’ she asked. Gilan gestured to the milling throng around them. At least half the people were carrying bundles of goods to trade, usually by the simple expedient of balancing them on their heads, tied up in giant rolls. Others were leading donkeys laden with nets of frui...
AT LEAST, THAT WAS THE general direction Will had discerned from them. As the unknown horseman had made his way down the mountain, the track wound and twisted on itself, of necessity, as he followed the narrow, circuitous trails through the thick pine. But always, whenever there was a fork in the...
Spraydancer lurched violently under the impact but the crew, long accustomed to sudden movement underfoot, kept their balance easily. Then, with a chorus of yells and screams, the pirates leapt over the port bow in a swarm. Several of them lost their footing as they hit the decks of the Skandian ...
It was the day after Hal had demonstrated the Mangler to his crew. Outside, on the open seas, the wind still howled out of the south, whipping the ocean into steep, fast-breaking whitecaps. It was no place for a small open ship like the Heron. But the tall headlands broke the force of the wind so...
She glanced into the pan. Although she knew there must be more than a quart of stew in there already, the thick brown liquid barely seemed to cover the bottom of the pan. Commercial kitchens like this always proved a daunting prospect to the security officer. Everything was built on an enormous s...