Sign in with Facebook
Loading...
Phoenix (Five Ancestors: Out of the Ashes #1)
by
Jeff Stone (Goodreads Author)
288 pages
Published
September 2012
by Random House
Friend Reviews
To see what your friends thought of this book,
please sign up.
This book is not yet featured on Listopia.
Add this book to your favorite list »
Community Reviews
(showing
1-30
of
197)
I really found this a fun book to read. Though I do have to be honest and say the parent in me cringed over the amount of traveling that the main character Phoenix did on his own. I mean traveling to China from Indiana as a 13 year old by yourself, I cringe allowing my 16 year old do that. But thankfully this is a fiction book and I can let it seep out of my mind. This is the first book of a new series that follows Jeff Stones The Five Ancestors Series.
Phoenix is a great character, very realisti...more
Phoenix is a great character, very realisti...more
I want this book for my library RIGHT NOW!!!
Phoenix is competing in a local cycle race when Ryan, a sort-of friend, starts to ride dirty, grabbing the back of his shirt and eventually kicking him right in the face. Phoenix's tire is ruined and his grandfather is assessing his wounds when he comes to. There's no hope for the race (and Phoenix hates to lose), but to make matters worse, when the pair arrive home, their house has been trashed and the grandfather's "herbal supplement" has been stolen...more
Phoenix is competing in a local cycle race when Ryan, a sort-of friend, starts to ride dirty, grabbing the back of his shirt and eventually kicking him right in the face. Phoenix's tire is ruined and his grandfather is assessing his wounds when he comes to. There's no hope for the race (and Phoenix hates to lose), but to make matters worse, when the pair arrive home, their house has been trashed and the grandfather's "herbal supplement" has been stolen...more
Jun 05, 2012
Miranda Raney
marked it as to-read
Book Summery (Summery from Amazon):
It is 350 years after the events of The Five Ancestors. Phoenix Collns lives in Indiana with his grandfather who is teaching him kung fu. But Phoenix's real love is dirt-bike racing. When unsettling events reveal that his grandfather is not only one of the legendary five Cangzhen monks, but also almost 400 years old, Phoenix must race the clock if he is going to keep his beloved ancestor alive. Traveling to China, he meets an intriguing young woman who is a tal...more
It is 350 years after the events of The Five Ancestors. Phoenix Collns lives in Indiana with his grandfather who is teaching him kung fu. But Phoenix's real love is dirt-bike racing. When unsettling events reveal that his grandfather is not only one of the legendary five Cangzhen monks, but also almost 400 years old, Phoenix must race the clock if he is going to keep his beloved ancestor alive. Traveling to China, he meets an intriguing young woman who is a tal...more
Synopsis: It is 350 years after the events of The Five Ancestors. Phoenix Collins lives in Indiana with his grandfather who is teaching him kung fu. But Phoenix's real love is mountain bike racing. When unsettling events reveal that his grandfather is not only one of the legendary five Cangzhen monks, but also almost 400 years old, Phoenix must race the clock if he is going to keep his beloved ancestor alive. Traveling to China, he meets an intriguing young woman who is a talented biker and a te...more
This was a book I was handed by a children's librarian. I was initially reluctant to read it, and it was slow going for some of the prose, but I stuck with it and finished. I'm glad I did, because this isn't an entirely terrible book. It can be a little cheesy at times, and the protagonist can be so naive that's it's actively frustrating, but the action moves at a brisk enough pace to keep your attention. I would describe it as a good "boy book" - despite being dialogue heavy, there's lots of st...more
I thought this was an interesting continuation of the first series. I like Phoenix Collins, the main character, and how he is kind, cheerful, and just an average teenager. The plot and the twists did make me unable to put the book down, however I do have some things I didn't like about this book. It seems more a book about racing bikes than kung fu like in the first series. I understand that this perspective was that kung fu was in other aspects of life, but I just don't like the focus all on bi...more
Phoenix - The Five Ancestors Out of the Ashes Book 1 by Jeff Stone - Fascinating to see how Jeff Stone jumps forward in time to set up a whole new captivating adventure and incorporating the former ancestors into the story as well. Really enjoyed. Reminded me of how the author Susan Fletcher created Ancient Strange and Lovely - the gorgeous follow up to her Dragon Chronicles series jumping forward into present time but pulling along the strings of the past stories we loved.
Loved this bookZ. Could not put it down. A lot more happened then I expected. There is a lot of double crossing and that stuff, though.
Better written than the last few Five Ancestors series as it has less Chinese historical or cultural content to go wrong.
I can't believe I knew who the villain was from the very beginning, it was interesting how I was thrown off of that. I enjoyed Jeff Stone bringing the characters of the past back to the present; it was nice encountering all those characters again, but with a new main protagonist and a new cast of characters. I wonder how Jeff Stone will choose to continue the next volume because this book itself felt wrapped up.
Phoenix goes to china to find dragon bone, which is greatly needed to save his grandfather's life. He encounters more trouble, including the guys who stole his grandfather's stash.
view 1 comment
I love that the book takes place in the 21st century!!!
it was ok.....
Feb 19, 2013
Red T
added it
Very interesting, some parts were climactic and exciting, others not so much. But a very good book.
May 20, 2013
Leslie
added it
May 20, 2013
Will Tyler
marked it as to-read
May 10, 2013
Jake
marked it as to-read
Apr 30, 2013
Morgane Salmon
marked it as to-read
Apr 23, 2013
Sarah Dahlen
added it
Apr 21, 2013
Kai Black
marked it as to-read
Apr 16, 2013
Fernando Morales
marked it as to-read
Apr 16, 2013
Kat
marked it as to-read
Apr 12, 2013
Aaronarwin
marked it as to-read
Apr 10, 2013
Karen
marked it as to-read
There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
Be the first to start one »
Jeff Stone is the author of the hugely successful Five Ancestors series. When that series concluded, he wanted to do something different than another tale set in seventeenth-century China. However, he was reluctant to completely let go of kung fu or the characters he had grown to love. So he created an opportunity to update them to his own contemporary life. That would be his new trilogy--The Five...more
More about Jeff Stone...
Share This Book
No trivia or quizzes yet. Add some now »
