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    <body><![CDATA[I am quite pleased with how a series that to me was on the verge of being a ditched one can become such a blooming success.  So is the tale of The Icebound Land.  Splitting our characters in different directions and having them encounter strange locales and situations, along with elements of action,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23702832">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Hello, this is me getting ticked at this series.  For almost the entire book Will and What's-Her-Name are slaves and Will develops a drug addiction.  Hope that doesn't spoil the book for you....while it portrays the addiction accurately, I was uncomfortable with it.  I'm not sure I want my young boy...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68521667">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Book: Ranger’s Apprentice, The Ice Bound Land<br/>Author: John Flanagan	<br/>Genre: Historical fiction<br/>Number of pages: 266<br/>By: Aaron Mann<br/><br/>READING RESPONSE:<br/><br/>1. Overall impression of book? My impression of this book was good, it had a lot of action through out the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69802560">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I have read a lot of books in the fantasy genre. Typically, fantasy books are composed of multiple volumes that build upon a story and the characters involved. Many times I enjoy the first book in a series, but am not impressed enough to run out and read the next installment. This has not been the c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80200975">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The series gets a little darker here as Will and &quot;Evanlynn&quot; are captured and made into slaves in Skandia.  Halt and Horace are off to save them, but there are difficulties on the way.  Honestly, if I didn't already own the next book, I probably would have thrown a raging, red-headed fit ab...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76615361">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[These books are fun and easy to read. Flanagan wrote them for his 12 year old son, who is now in his twenties.  A young orphan boy named Will comes of age and is apprenticed to a King's ranger, or in medieval times, a scout, tracker, and bowman who helps defend the kingdom from its evil enemy Morgar...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12545864">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The third book in &quot;The Ranger's Apprentice&quot; series deals with two separate storylines: the abduction to Skandia of the king's daughter Evanlyn/Cassandra and the ranger's apprentice Will as well as the story of Will's mentor ranger, Halt, and Will's comrade-in-arms, Horace, as they travel t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76421693">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm really disappointed in this 3rd book of the Ranger's series.   The writing is excellent still, and there is plenty of good story and adventure.   I just don't like the turn of things.   The series is the Ranger's Apprentice, right?   And yet the ranger and the apprentice don't spend a single sec...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73761367">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I seriously am liking the Ranger's Apprentice series.  This third book in the series held my attention. Again, we have some great characters thrust into situations that demand their quickness of thought, calmness, strength, courage, loyalty.... chivalry.<br/><br/>Will and Evanlyn are trying to sur...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50337550">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I would probably give this book a 2.5.  I enjoyed the book but drug addiction and sadism are just sooo gruesome that I would not want my young son reading these until he is much older.  (I was hoping that the whole series would be action filled but not quite hit on the sadder parts of society.  It i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49767382">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Well I really liked the situations that Flanagan puts the characters through in this book, I enjoyed the book a lot. However, just like the second book I don't like having things over explained and more than once.  One last thing, it just bothers me that John Flanagan didn't just take his time and w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73423122">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The third book in the series which follows <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60400.The_Ruins_of_Gorlan_Ranger_s_Apprentice_Book_1_" title="The Ruins of Gorlan (Ranger's Apprentice, Book 1) by John Flanagan">The Ruins of Gorlan</a> and <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/144349.The_Burning_Bridge_Ranger_s_Apprentice_Book_2_" title="The Burning Bridge (Ranger's Apprentice, Book 2) by John Flanagan">The Burning Bridge</a>.<br/><br/>If you have been a fan so far of this series you will not be disappointed.  More adventure and character development.  Also, more lessons in loyalty as well as one on the dangers of drugs.  <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58565682">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I am thoroughly enjoying <em>The Ranger's Apprentice</em> Series.  I just finished <em>The Icebound Land</em>.  Although I agree with Tara that this is not one of the stronger books in this series, I find I just can't wait to listen to these books.  This series combines adventure, fast-moving plots and characters tha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44990676">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This one was off to a great start - I started it the same day I finished the previous book in the series and was so glad to be able to jump right back into the action.  The book did not disappoint initially.  I loved the Erak character, who was a hardened sea captain eventually touched by the humani...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72078113">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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