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Mar 10, 2008
Jackie
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The author’s command of the language allows the continuation of the story of The Ranger's Apprentice to flow with ease and familiarity. Characters become those you care about, nervous and anxious when they are in danger and happy and satisfied when a job is well-done. The on-going story starts with the The Ruins of Gorlan and your memory is refreshed in such a way that it is not merely rehashing and reiterating the beginning over again , but a gentle reminder of what proceeded at the start of th
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Jul 07, 2008
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Jul 08, 2011
Ryan
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I tried to give this series a fair shot, I really did. After the first book I wasn't convinced but figured that a lot of series get better as the story advances. Unfortunately, I enjoyed this novel less than the first one. Granted, the concept of rangers was very appealing, and I really wanted to lose myself in the novel, but for some reason I could not get into Falanagan's writing style or the way he forms his prose. His writing has a very "spoken" quality to it, meaning it reads
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Jan 31, 2008
Kaleb
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The Rangers Apprentice book number two: The Burning Bridge, is exciting and packed with adventure and action. The main character is Will the apprentice of a legendary Ranger named Halt. The kingdom is preparing for the great battle of their time and need more men. So Gilan, which was Halts old apprentice was assigned to go convince the Celts to help them fight. Gilan takes along Will and Wills friend Horace who is training to became a knight. On their journey they encounter thieves and an unexpe
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Dec 30, 2008
Valerie
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Really, if I could give 6 stars, this series would get them. They are so good. I love the characters, good and bad, and the way we are seeing them grow up or older. There is so much action and adventure, very much like Lord of the Rings. Love these books.
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Jan 01, 2012
Ricky
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This one was much better. It had more action, a more interesting plot, and more “surprises” (even though the one that caught me totally off guard was Horace’s challenge and subsequent dispatch of Morgarath in the second volume of the series). I like how it was totally left as a major cliffhanger with Will and Cassandra being carted off to Skandia, and I found myself over the last 20 pages of the novel hoping that Halt wouldn’t rescue the two of them, just so the story would take on a different
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Nov 19, 2011
Trisha
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Bracing for a final clash with the evil warlord Morgarath, the Rangers rally the kingdom’s allies, and Will is chosen, along with his friend Horace, as special envoys to nearby Celtica. But the simple mission soon takes an unsettling turn – the Celticans have disappeared, their town abandoned. The scheming hand of Morgarath, it seems, has been far from idle. He has found a way to bring his legions over the once impassible eastern mountains and is plann More...
Bracing for a final clash with the evil warlord Morgarath, the Rangers rally the kingdom’s allies, and Will is chosen, along with his friend Horace, as special envoys to nearby Celtica. But the simple mission soon takes an unsettling turn – the Celticans have disappeared, their town abandoned. The scheming hand of Morgarath, it seems, has been far from idle. He has found a way to bring his legions over the once impassible eastern mountains and is plann More...
Oct 27, 2011
Gabby
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The book the burning bridge is about will and this time he is going on an adventure to the Celtica Kingdom. He has to get information to their king about the impending war. He and his three companions have to figure out why all the villages are deserted. Then only Will and two of his companions are left and they have to figure out how to stop a whole army from getting across a bridge.
I would recommend this book if you read the first book in the series and you liked it. This book picks up ba More...
I would recommend this book if you read the first book in the series and you liked it. This book picks up ba More...
Oct 25, 2011
02oscarr
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This story is like any other not! Is a story unlike any other you have read a young man named Will has just become the apprentice of a Ranger named Halt and he has already deafeted a great enemy called the Kalkara. They're evil beasts that can freeze you with one look until you die. Anyway a Ranger is kind of like a CIA agent, they're stealthy, use long range weapons, and gather intelegane for the kingdom. Things were a little slow after the Kalkara insident so Will went with Gilan (Halts o
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Sep 01, 2011
Rosalia
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I have been waiting years to read this one because the first one in the series was part of a program I did with the kids and I didn't want to get confused.
War with Morgrath is fast approaching but the Araluens think they have a leg up on him because they believe they have gotten ahold of his battle plans. Will, Horace and Gilan go on a trip to try and get help from their Celtian neighbors, however when they arrive they find that all is not as it should be and Will and Horace find More...
War with Morgrath is fast approaching but the Araluens think they have a leg up on him because they believe they have gotten ahold of his battle plans. Will, Horace and Gilan go on a trip to try and get help from their Celtian neighbors, however when they arrive they find that all is not as it should be and Will and Horace find More...
Aug 04, 2011
Amanda
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Will's adventures continue in book two of John Flanagan's Ranger's Apprentice series, The Burning Bridge. This book was much like the first one: full of action, adventure...and was just downright fun. There isn't much about this series that is deep or inquisitive, but that's part of the its appeal. The writing is easy to read, goes by fast, and has just the right balance between action and plot to keep the reader interested.
Burning Bridge follows the training of Will, an orphan who was More...
Burning Bridge follows the training of Will, an orphan who was More...
Jul 07, 2011
Kristine
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For the 4th of July weekend Darik and I were quite lazy. Our house was clean from the many potential buyers/renters who were coming through somewhat endlessly, but had settled down for everyone to enjoy their own holidays. I actually had time to stop cleaning and pick up a book in the middle of the day! I'd decided to clear out my "currently-reading" shelf, but couldn't bring myself to jump into WWII Berlin on such a chill weekend. I chose to read for escapism - which isn't my prim
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May 31, 2011
Michael
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I thought this book was very very good. It had a lot of action in it and cliff hangers and had points where you'd think everything's going to go bad but goes well or visa versa. There are sad parts and also awesome parts; there's stuff that might be a little boring at the start but as you read on it gets much better. It's pretty obvious that it's called the Burning Bridge when you get to the middle of the book, he did that in the first one too. This book is set in medieval times and Halt, a Rang
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May 13, 2011
Karissa
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This is the second book in The Ranger's Apprentice series by Flanagan, there are twelve books planned for this series with a spin-off series planned after that. Book 9, The Emperor of Nihon-Ja just came out in April. This book was a good addition to the series; there is a lot more adventure than in the first book.
Will is sent on a mission with Galen and Horace to go talk to the Celts but when they get there something is terrible wrong. Towns are abandoned and people are missing. Th More...
Will is sent on a mission with Galen and Horace to go talk to the Celts but when they get there something is terrible wrong. Towns are abandoned and people are missing. Th More...
Dec 12, 2010
Splash Of Our Worlds
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The second book of the Ranger's Apprentice series takes us through the journeys of young Will throughout the lands of the Celts. This time seeking the aid of the Celt people against the evil Morgarath etc etc. There they will find a land torn and split as...well i shouldn't actually say due to spoil but...Morgarath has been taking Celts as slaves. Will will then have to find out what Morgarath is planning and stop his devious plans.
Once again John Flanagan manages to create anothe More...
Once again John Flanagan manages to create anothe More...
Jul 31, 2010
Braden
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Flanagan begins to hit his stride in this book. I remember that this book was the one that really sold me on the series. Flanagan is quite good at cliffhanger endings that draw you in and I found his characters to be interesting. At first they seem to be well-worn types--but as the book progresses, he draws back the layers and they have become very real to me.
This is a fun, page-turning book. Not sure what genre it is. It's listed as fantasy but there is not much sorcery or magi More...
This is a fun, page-turning book. Not sure what genre it is. It's listed as fantasy but there is not much sorcery or magi More...
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Jul 13, 2010
Saskia Marijke
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This is the second book of the Ranger's Apprentice. The humor in it is one of the best parts of the book. It is so well told that there is never a piece it that is too descriptive or boring or too long. It has great action that moves all the characters in a synchronized dance that brings them to the destination they are intended to be, and yet it is done in a masterly way so that never once is the reader suspect of the author's intentions. Here the story moves to war between two factions and
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Oct 19, 2009
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Jun 15, 2009
Robbie
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Ranger's Apprentice: book two- the burning bridge
by john flanagan
262 pages
Philomel
0399244557
This is the second book to the Ranger's Apprentice series. John Flanagan starts the story off with the town in peril. Will, and Horace, an apprentice night join together in this story, to save a neighboring village. They traveled to the neighboring village soon to find out all the villagers were captured or killed by the evil lord Morgarath. Together they go on a peril More...
by john flanagan
262 pages
Philomel
0399244557
This is the second book to the Ranger's Apprentice series. John Flanagan starts the story off with the town in peril. Will, and Horace, an apprentice night join together in this story, to save a neighboring village. They traveled to the neighboring village soon to find out all the villagers were captured or killed by the evil lord Morgarath. Together they go on a peril More...
May 18, 2009
Denae
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This is a great book for younger readers who want adventure stories. There's a lot more telling than there needs to be (in the scene where we really meet Holt and find out how quiet he's supposed to be, he proves himself to be quite a chatterer, odd), and a few things that don't fit.
Maybe this is just me, but why didn't they try burning the bridge on THEIR side of the fissure? It would have made escape a LOT easier....but that's just me.
The hidden-princess thing was a nice twist, t More...
Maybe this is just me, but why didn't they try burning the bridge on THEIR side of the fissure? It would have made escape a LOT easier....but that's just me.
The hidden-princess thing was a nice twist, t More...
Oct 26, 2011
Olivia
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This book is very well written, not only grammatically, but in the emotion that the author can draw out of the reader. The story plot line is exceptional, and creates a world you can truly believe exists. This atmosphere in the book is so realistic, you become immersed in the world inside the book. The book is actually the second in a series. However, in the first two pages it explains the background, and then dives right in, not wasting time on lengthy unnecessary explanations. The story be
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Dec 15, 2010
Raymond
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This book was like the bomb because it was action packed and like my type of book. I liked the setting it took place in because it took place in medivial times with like swords and knights which i enjoy reading about. The main charcters also had like a role because this book somehow turned into a princess saving story near the end of the book but att the same time war between humans against an army of monsters led by an evil socercer. I enjoyed this book a lot because the charcters were very int
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Oct 21, 2008
Marian
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Again, another great book in the series. These books are easy reads which makes them fun. Perhaps it's all the scenes from movies like The Lord of the Rings, The Golden Compass and The Chronicles of Narnia, but I can picture this book as a movie while I'm reading it--and what luck I hear it is being made into a movie.
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Nov 14, 2010
Carrie
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I have to say, I’m officially hooked and have decided to add this series to my family library without reading them all first.
Morgarath and his army have for years tried to find a way into the Kingdom of Araluen but the mountains have kept the Kingdom of Araluen safe from the evil Morgarath. Will, an apprentice ranger, and his old friend Horace, an apprentice knight, have been asked to join a seasoned Ranger and visit a neighboring village. When they arrive they discover that the More...
Morgarath and his army have for years tried to find a way into the Kingdom of Araluen but the mountains have kept the Kingdom of Araluen safe from the evil Morgarath. Will, an apprentice ranger, and his old friend Horace, an apprentice knight, have been asked to join a seasoned Ranger and visit a neighboring village. When they arrive they discover that the More...
Nov 09, 2009
Kat
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Flanagan continues the adventures of young Will, Ranger's apprentice in this book. Will is actually sent out to do some work away from Halt, his master, and has to test his mettle under fire (to mix a metaphor).
I'm really liking this series. It doesn't blow my mind, but they are tightly woven stories with little "fat" to trim and well-written characters. This book in particular described a massive battle scene in terms a young person could understand. It had just the ri More...
I'm really liking this series. It doesn't blow my mind, but they are tightly woven stories with little "fat" to trim and well-written characters. This book in particular described a massive battle scene in terms a young person could understand. It had just the ri More...
Jan 12, 2012
Lauren
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Will is sent out on a mission with Galen and Horace to go talk to the Celts but when they get there, something is terribly wrong. Towns are abandoned and people are missing. The local nobles are not cooperating and Halt is sent to deal with them. The possible war with Morgarath is drawing near.
There is a lot more adventure and excitement in this book than was in the previous book, The Ruins of Gorlan. Will and Horace are forced to show resourcefulness and take on more and more respon More...
There is a lot more adventure and excitement in this book than was in the previous book, The Ruins of Gorlan. Will and Horace are forced to show resourcefulness and take on more and more respon More...
Feb 15, 2010
Indah
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John Flanagan, penulis asal Australia, menuliskan serial Ranger Apprentice untuk memotivasi putranya yang berumur 12 tahun agar suka membaca. Dan buku cerita yang cocok untuk seorang anak laki-laki adalah buku bertema keberanian, petualangan, fantasi, dan misteri.
The Burning Bridge atau Jembatan yang Terbakar, adalah buku kedua dari 10 buku serial Ranger Apprentice. Sebagaimana buku pertamanya, Reruntuhan Gorlan (The Ruins of Gorlan), tokoh utama di buku ini adalah Will, anak laki-la More...
The Burning Bridge atau Jembatan yang Terbakar, adalah buku kedua dari 10 buku serial Ranger Apprentice. Sebagaimana buku pertamanya, Reruntuhan Gorlan (The Ruins of Gorlan), tokoh utama di buku ini adalah Will, anak laki-la More...
May 18, 2011
Alex
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I just read The Burning Bridge, by John Flanagan. This time, Will, Horace, and Gilan are out to Celtica to solve the mystery of why everyone is missing. When they get there they find that not only everyone is gone, but that Morgarath's wargals have taken them to a camp to use them. They meet Evanlyn, who survived the Wargals. She leads them to the Fissure, a fissure separating Araluen from the Mountains of Rain and Night. The wargals have used the Celt miners to build a bridge across the Fi
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Feb 03, 2009
Conner
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This book is the second of one of my favorite series and was as good if not better than the first.
This book is about a 15 year old boy named Will who is training to be a Ranger. He goes off with two of his friends to see if they can get help in war aganist Morgarath. On Will's jorney they find out that Morgarath is building a bridge. Wills want to burn the bridge.
This book keeps you geussing until the very end. Many of the things I predicted about the book happened entire More...
This book is about a 15 year old boy named Will who is training to be a Ranger. He goes off with two of his friends to see if they can get help in war aganist Morgarath. On Will's jorney they find out that Morgarath is building a bridge. Wills want to burn the bridge.
This book keeps you geussing until the very end. Many of the things I predicted about the book happened entire More...
Dec 17, 2011
Mark
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What a good ending to the year! I don't get to read as much in December as I do in other months just due to buisiness. This is the kind of book you can read in a day (Much like the first one), although it took me over a week.
The book picks right up where the previous one ends, and the development of characters is done expertly. My 14 y/o son likes it better than the first because it has more action while I am drawn to the first (But that is how I am in most series as well), due to li More...
The book picks right up where the previous one ends, and the development of characters is done expertly. My 14 y/o son likes it better than the first because it has more action while I am drawn to the first (But that is how I am in most series as well), due to li More...
