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Beyond the Deepwoods (The Edge Chronicles #1)
Young Twig lives in the Deepwoods, among the woodtrolls, but he isn't one of them. In a brave attempt to find out where he truly belongs, Twig wanders into the mysterious, fascinating and sometimes hazardous world beyond the Deepwoods. In his travels he encounters myriad peculiar creatures, like his wise guardian, the caterbird; the slaughterers, a peaceful race who butche...more
Paperback, 288 pages
Published
July 6th 2006
by Corgi Childrens
(first published October 1st 1998)
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I was really surprised about this book. Not because of the fact that it was bad. It was actually better then I thought it would be. The thing that surprised me is that this is considered a children's series and the rather disturbing stuff that goes on in here. I did love the fact that there was so many different creatures and adventures going on. Not one problem lasted so long.
I do agree with the person that said they were surprised that the story got wrapped up so neatly with so much random st...more
I do agree with the person that said they were surprised that the story got wrapped up so neatly with so much random st...more
Autori - Kriss Ridels un Pols Stjuarts - grāmatā ir centušies parādīt, ka brīžiem var atkāpties no ikdienišķās un garlaicīgās grāmatu rakstīšanas, veidojot kādu radošu savu fantāziju un izdomu augli. Grāmata jau kādu laiku bija stāvējusi manas istbas plauktā, līdz beidzot nolēmu to izlasīt. To es nenožēloju nevienu brīdi, jo bija interesanti attālināties no realitātes un pabūt kādā interesantā vietā devētā par Malaszemi.
Piedzīvojums sākas Malazsemē galvenā varoņa - Zarēna audžuvecāku mājā. Mala...more
Piedzīvojums sākas Malazsemē galvenā varoņa - Zarēna audžuvecāku mājā. Mala...more
I loved this book instantly. Maybe even before I started reading it. The cover is way cooler than this pic they have.
The art of the book is so amazing. The map of The Edge is amazing. I want to go there. After the first chapter I could hardly put it down. What an amazing adventure story. Its a kids book-i saw it in the childrens section at the library and was drawn to the fancy cover. It reminds me of Bilbo's adventures in the HObbit but not so hard to read. A very quick easy-fun read. I loved i...more
The art of the book is so amazing. The map of The Edge is amazing. I want to go there. After the first chapter I could hardly put it down. What an amazing adventure story. Its a kids book-i saw it in the childrens section at the library and was drawn to the fancy cover. It reminds me of Bilbo's adventures in the HObbit but not so hard to read. A very quick easy-fun read. I loved i...more
The writers have done some fantastic world building for this series--the setting is bizarre and vivid, like a novel-length extension of Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky. However, despite this, and despite the more-than-functional prose, disturbingly little attention is paid to characterization. The hero, Twig, is particularly wooden. What's more, the female characters in this book range from mothers to monsters. The story of Mag, particularly, could be read as a sexist warning about female puberty. R...more
The first Edge Chronicles novel “Beyond the Deepwoods” is in fact a story that should be considered by many. The ideas that compile the tale are what Riddell’s and Stewart’s imagination is all about; they are original and impressively creative. The magic realms and variety of mythical creatures taking place in the book create an atmosphere, which surely will be enjoyed by any fantasy genre fan.
The main character’s (Twig) unique origins and features offer the reader a good companion to travel th...more
The main character’s (Twig) unique origins and features offer the reader a good companion to travel th...more
Beyond the Deepwoods – Book One The Edge Chronicles
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by Paul Stewart; illustrations Chris Riddell
Twig, is a young boy brought up by woodtrolls. He is constantly teased and doesn’t fit in with any of the creatures of the Deepwoods. When his family realizes that the Sky Pirates are after him for some reason, he is sent away to distant cousins on the far side of the woods.
When he rescues a young Slaughterer from exploding he is welcomed into their tribe of...more
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by Paul Stewart; illustrations Chris Riddell
Twig, is a young boy brought up by woodtrolls. He is constantly teased and doesn’t fit in with any of the creatures of the Deepwoods. When his family realizes that the Sky Pirates are after him for some reason, he is sent away to distant cousins on the far side of the woods.
When he rescues a young Slaughterer from exploding he is welcomed into their tribe of...more
Here is a tale of fantastic lands at the edge of the world, where certain rocks float in the air and the feared Deepwoods are crowded with extraordinary trees and creatures. Paul Stewart tells the story with considerable input from Chris Riddell's copious and wonderfully detailed line drawings of fabulous creatures, often reminiscent of Tenniel's or Mervyn Peake's grotesqu...more Here is a tale of fantastic lands at the edge of the world, where certain rocks float in the air and the feared Deepw...more
Twig doesn't fit in with his woodtroll family. He is very different from everyone else in the village and has a hard life because of that. One day his family decides that he must leave the village and venture out into the Deepwoods. The Deepwoods are filled with all kinds of creatures and dangers but if you stay on the path you should be fine. Of course Twig strays from the path and has one adventure after another. It seems like he gets out of one situation and instantly falls into another. He h...more
This book is truly fantasy. Paul Stewart has created an entirely new world and society. I loved the refreshing feel of having to understand a whole new landscape. This book can seem tiresome as you follow the young protagonist to seemingly nowhere, but his numerous adventures kept me from putting this book down. There is also a great twist toward the end that literally gave me pause, as I had to take time to recall the vague signs of deception previously shown throughout the chapters. I was shoc...more
In the book The Edge Cronicals Beyond the Deepwoods , there is a young boy named twig in the wood trole colany and he never fit in . One day his mother told him that she wasn't his mom and that he needed to leave .Twig wanted to find his father so he set off .soon twig is faced many challenges enculding a battel with a BLOODOAK the most deadliest tree in the deepwoods !will he find away out to get out of the deep woods ? well,he dose but its in the persuasive fait of the goalemgoser to not kill...more
This book was not what i expected. From the fanatical devotion of many children in the library to this series I think I expected a lot more adventure and swords and battles.
The story of Twig, a small creature raised by Woodelves, cautious creatures who never stray from their paths in the Deepwoods. Twig leaves his adopted home for fear of being captured by Sky Pirates and setting out in the world immediately leaves the path and must brave all the horrors and struggles of the deepwoods. Finding n...more
The story of Twig, a small creature raised by Woodelves, cautious creatures who never stray from their paths in the Deepwoods. Twig leaves his adopted home for fear of being captured by Sky Pirates and setting out in the world immediately leaves the path and must brave all the horrors and struggles of the deepwoods. Finding n...more
This is one of those series, like the famous Harry Potter, and like the Chrestomanci series of Diana Wynne Jones, that I used to fervently and desperately wish were real. Or rather, that felt so real incredibly real that I simply couldn't believe they weren't. Yes, my 11th birthday was somewhat spoiled with the absence of a letter from Hogwart's, but it's no time to dwell on that.
I remember first reading this aged 11, at a very unhappy time in my childhood, and it was the very best escape into f...more
I remember first reading this aged 11, at a very unhappy time in my childhood, and it was the very best escape into f...more
Beyond the Deepwoods (Edge Chronicles, Book 1)
After beginning this book, I figured out that it is actually written for children. At the time, I had no book to read. This book has been on my shelf for a few years. It was given to my partner as a gift and he was never interested in it. So, out of necessity to have something to read, I grabbed it.
I was shocked at how much I liked it. I wasn't incredible, but it was very well written and the story was well thought out. It had a few twists and turns...more
After beginning this book, I figured out that it is actually written for children. At the time, I had no book to read. This book has been on my shelf for a few years. It was given to my partner as a gift and he was never interested in it. So, out of necessity to have something to read, I grabbed it.
I was shocked at how much I liked it. I wasn't incredible, but it was very well written and the story was well thought out. It had a few twists and turns...more
Jun 04, 2009
Alexis
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
boys 10+ who like adventure stories with great illustrations
Recommended to Alexis by:
My brother
This was a fun fantasy-adventure story for boys. Twig is a boy living with a wood troll family. When he finally realizes that he is not, in fact, a wood troll, he sets out through the dangerous Deepwoods to find some answers. He meets all sorts of crazy creatures, and the illustrations match the descriptions spot-on. I don't think this book would have been as good without the accompanying drawings, because some of the things he encounters are really freaking weird. It helps to have such wonderfu...more
Category: Books
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Author: Paul Steward & Chris Riddell
Another Fantasy book ...
Setau saya buku ini terdiri dari 7 serial.
Serial pertama ini menceritakan tentang Twig si anak angkat di kalangan woodtroll.
Sejak kecil Twig selalu merasa berbeda... berbeda dari teman-temannya berbeda dengan orang tuanya. Twig dilahirkan dengan ciri fisik yang berbeda dengan kalangan woodtrol biasanya. Ia bertubuh jangkung kurus dan mungil. Sedangkan Woodtroll berujud besar, ge...more
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Author: Paul Steward & Chris Riddell
Another Fantasy book ...
Setau saya buku ini terdiri dari 7 serial.
Serial pertama ini menceritakan tentang Twig si anak angkat di kalangan woodtroll.
Sejak kecil Twig selalu merasa berbeda... berbeda dari teman-temannya berbeda dengan orang tuanya. Twig dilahirkan dengan ciri fisik yang berbeda dengan kalangan woodtrol biasanya. Ia bertubuh jangkung kurus dan mungil. Sedangkan Woodtroll berujud besar, ge...more
This series has been gathering my attention on one of the bookshelves at my work (elementary school) for a couple weeks, so with it being spring break I just decided to give the first one a try, the illustrations were fun, and the binding was neat too.
If I was still a child, I'm sure I would love this book. Obviously, it's not written with the highest quality (and that's why it has received an somewhat unfair 3 stars), but more than that I feel that this book is sort of setting up the story. I k...more
If I was still a child, I'm sure I would love this book. Obviously, it's not written with the highest quality (and that's why it has received an somewhat unfair 3 stars), but more than that I feel that this book is sort of setting up the story. I k...more
Чудно ми е как прекрасни поредици за деца потъват в бездната на нечетивността поради безкрайно неизяснени за мен лично причини, а идеи, развити от авторите си в десетки томове, загиват безславно на втората си книжка в нашата страна, неполучили заслужения си положителен прием и морета от аплаузи, на които са свикнали в родините си. Хрониките на Ръба не правят изключение от това уродливо правило, в което ако не рекламираш като щур чрез силните на деня дадена книга за подрастващата аудитория, то съ...more
Wanting to continue reading fantasy, but desiring a bit lighter fare I settled upon the first book in "The Edge Chronicles". To my utter delight, I loved it. The illustrations by Chris Riddell definitely add to the world that Paul Stewart has created. In fact, I can't imagine one without the other.
As to the story itself, it reminds quite a bit of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland". Come to find out that as a child, Paul Stewart sites "Alice in Wonderland" and Norman Juster's "Phantom Tollboot...more
As to the story itself, it reminds quite a bit of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland". Come to find out that as a child, Paul Stewart sites "Alice in Wonderland" and Norman Juster's "Phantom Tollboot...more
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Apr 12, 2013
Carolyn
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3 of 5 stars
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Twelve-year-old Twig, a human foundling raised by wood trolls, gets lost on his first solo journey away from home and ends up stumbling his way through the inventive world in this opening to the “Edge Chronicles” series. Through it all, Twig searches for the story of his origins and for the place where he ultimately belongs. With a relatable main character and an extremely creative world, young fans of fantasy will be hooked. Older readers, however, may be put off by the choppiness of each episo...more
Not a lot happens in this first installment of the Edge Chronicles. It's a journey tale most simply summed up as a search for identity. It kind of reminds me in some ways of the children's book Are You My Mother? where a baby bird asks a cow, a dog, a plane, etc., if they are, well... you get the idea.
The protagonist in this tale, Twig, doesn't fit in with his family and rather against his wishes is sent on a journey where he keeps looking for a place to fit in (or even help just surviving in s...more
The protagonist in this tale, Twig, doesn't fit in with his family and rather against his wishes is sent on a journey where he keeps looking for a place to fit in (or even help just surviving in s...more
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Summary from School Library Journal review: "Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell's first book in the series (Random, 2004) is chock full of bizarre happenings, incongruities, and perilous adventures. Thirteen-year-old Twig always knew he was different. When his wood troll mother tells him he isn't a wood troll and that she found him as a baby, Twig begins to wonder about who he really is and where he came from. He visits a wood troll family member and runs into trouble almost immediately as he strays...more
I suspect that if I was ten years (okay, 15-18 years) younger, I would LOVE this. It's got all the makings of what I like: it's a series about a young boy who thinks he's ordinary (but isn't by any means) who embarks upon an adventure. Unfortunately, it's just too young for me and Twig, the boy, too naive and dim-witted. Although, I suspect his adventurous travails may sharpen him some. Unfortunately, that doesn't happen in this first book and I'm following so many other mediocre series that I j...more
Feb 18, 2012
Lucy
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
2012-reads,
illustrated
Beyond the Deepwoods is the first in a long series of childrens' stories set in the magical, whimsical world of The Edge. Narrated by Paul Stewart with beautifully dark and occasionally downright disturbing illustrations by Chris Riddell, the first novel of the Edge Chronicles tells the cautionary tale of Twig, a boy adopted by woodtrolls, who one day steps from the path and finds himself lost in the dangerous, dark Deepwoods far from home.
Stewart's imaginary world is breath-takingly creative,...more
Stewart's imaginary world is breath-takingly creative,...more
Twig has always known he was different from the other wood trolls, so when his mother tells him she found him as a baby he begins a journey that will put aside everything that he has ever been taught about the Deepwoods where he lives. Straying from the path Twig encounters many weird and wonderful creatures, (some of which are even friendly) in his perilious journey of self discovery and soon learns that even the rocks and trees can be dangerous. Pursued by the fearsome Gloamglozer who haunts t...more
Jeanine Allen
Science Fiction
Beyond the Deepwoods by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell is the first in a series of books called The Edge Chronicles. The book is about a boy/creature named Twig who has been raised by Woodtrolls. He has to leave his homeland because he doesn't want to be kidnapped by pirates and he goes in search for his father as well as to find out where he belongs. Twig starts out his journey very sensitive and along the way finds strength in friendship. The drawings in the book he...more
Science Fiction
Beyond the Deepwoods by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell is the first in a series of books called The Edge Chronicles. The book is about a boy/creature named Twig who has been raised by Woodtrolls. He has to leave his homeland because he doesn't want to be kidnapped by pirates and he goes in search for his father as well as to find out where he belongs. Twig starts out his journey very sensitive and along the way finds strength in friendship. The drawings in the book he...more
I was at a bookstore and I stumbled upon this, together with books 2-5 and it made me pick it up and thumb through the pages. What drew me was it's design, it has interesting illustrations, like a children's book. I was looking for fantasy and something different, not involving romance, with magic and such, that's out of this world.
I found what I was looking for. Though it could be deemed a children's book, it's more of a young adult book with adventures. While reading it, I had to feel sympathy...more
I found what I was looking for. Though it could be deemed a children's book, it's more of a young adult book with adventures. While reading it, I had to feel sympathy...more
Dec 08, 2012
Phoebe
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
rated-and-reviewed,
read-audiobook
After we finished _The Red Pyramid_, I wasn't very good about burning to CD a new audiobook for the big boys and me during our drives to/from school. So the last time we went to a library, I looked for a new book for us to listen to. It was a small, one-room library (yes, one exists in the San Francisco Bay Area!), and the selection of kids' audiobooks took up about two feet of space on a bookshelf. Pickings were slim; over half of the selection was on tape! This title was the only one they were...more
I will at this point reveal my English major roots and tell you that this book reminds me very intensely of The Faerie Queene by Spenser and The Divine Comedy by Danté, and in fact, reading it in this way is really the only way to read it. Largely because otherwise, the endless danger that Twig finds himself in seems pointless rather than another step on his heroic journey. The end is a little frustrating for me, considering the circumstances of how Twig came to be with the woodtrolls, but I'm h...more
The category that this book fits into on the bingo board is "A book about survival".
I decided to read this book because a friend of mine had recommended a different book in this series, which I read and liked.
I liked how the main character, Twig, finds out who he is by going through lots of hard times and difficulties. I love the range of races and species on the Edge. Along with the original ideas and story plots, the characters really make this book interesting, a great read.
I didn't like how...more
I decided to read this book because a friend of mine had recommended a different book in this series, which I read and liked.
I liked how the main character, Twig, finds out who he is by going through lots of hard times and difficulties. I love the range of races and species on the Edge. Along with the original ideas and story plots, the characters really make this book interesting, a great read.
I didn't like how...more
This was a great book that slowly caught my attention over time. When I was 5, my dad bought this book so that he could read it and tell me stories on it. I had no interest in reading books, at that time, other than comic books so it took time before I started reading the book and gradually liking the book. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a cup of fantasy, a whole bowl of adventure and actions, and a sprinkle of romance. On the outside, it may look as if all the series wo...more
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Paul Stewart is a writer of children's books, best known for the bestselling The Edge Chronicles, the Free Lance novels and the Far Flung Adventures series among others. Many of his books are illustrated by Chris Riddell. Paul Stewart lives in the Seaside town Brighton with his wife and children.
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