The Curse of the Raven Mocker
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| Rating | : | 4.56 (901 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0142406961 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-29 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The book follows Adanta through trials as she meets a variety of characters who have special powers of transformation from one form to another as well as people living in the depths of the Great Smoky Mountains where cultures blend and the lines of reality and fantasy blur. Alone, Adanta sets out to try to find her parents, journeying from her cottage to Adantis, a secret home of the Hidden People, who are a mixture of Irish, Scots, and Cherokee. When Adanta's sick father goes on a quest to find a healing lake, a visitor, the Lean One, comes to their home and lures her mother away, where she may have fallen prey to Raven Mockers, who steal a victim's heart and eat it. From School Library Journal Grade 6-8-A complex fanta
Review from a 9y/o reader This review was written by my nine year old daughter (SPOILER ALERT):I loved it A LOT. It was a very fun story with different turns and twists and magic and our modern world clashing with a magic world. It was quite cool how the story rolled out and I would love to see more books of this kind for people my age. My favorite part in the book was when she had to go on the long journey and got to stop by the pony fair. I liked how she found a friend and got new dresses and learned what a true Adantan is. One twist that really surprised me is why would their father . When a Curse is a Blessing Marly Youman's latest book, The Curse of the Raven Mocker is a perfect introduction to literary writing for the younger reader, so finely worked and that adult readers can fall through the page, forget reading, and watch the story. As in her Catherwood, Ms Youman's descriptions of landscapes and local color is like a mother describing her child or Shackleton describing the cold. The dearness of the values of family love, acceptance of grave personal purpose, and the courage to muster over again against what is terrible, shown especially in the young as she weav. Americans have fantasies too A Customer When one thinks of the fantasy genre one usually pictures the well worn paths of dragons, sword and sorcerer, medievil speak, etc. There is an overwhelming sense of Tolkien wannabe (See Eragon). As an American it is refreshing to read a fantasy not limited by that mind set. The story line is a classic child on a quest, but the language, imagination, landscape, imagery, and beauty of thought behind Raven Mocker makes it an outstanding read.
She must summon up the courage to save her entire family alone.. Adanta’s sick father has left their Smoky Mountain cottage to find a healing lake mentioned in the lore of the Cherokee. She and her mother, Charlotte, soon have a visitor: James, who Adanta secretly distrusts and calls "the Lean One." When James ensnares and bewitches Charlotte, and takes her from the cabin, Adanta has no choice: she must go into the wilderness, to Adantis, the secret home of the Hidden People deep in the mountains