false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255711830m/144350.jpg 144350 11 (Published in Australia as Oakleaf Bearers) Still far from their homeland after escaping slavery in the icebound land of Skandia, Will and Evanlyn's plans to return to Araluen are spoiled when Evanlyn is taken captive by a Temujai warrior. Though still weakened by the warmweed's toxic effects, Will employs his Ranger training to locate his friend, but an enemy scouting party has him fatally outnumbered. Will is certain death is close at hand, until Halt and Horace make a daring, last-minute rescue. The reunion is cut short, however, when Halt makes a horrifying discovery: Skandia's borders have been breached by the entire Temujai army. And Araluen is next in their sights. If two kingdoms are to be saved, an unlikely union must be made. Will it hold long enough to vanquish a ruthless new enemy? Or will past tensions spell doom for all? <P> The battles and drama are nonstop in Book Four of this hugely popular epic. 6627896 book 2006 The Battle for Skandia (Ranger's Apprentice, Book 4) total:1803|5:870|4:685|3:224|2:19|1:5| 1803 7805 2414 218 5 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 15:48:59 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 15:53:00 -0800 2008
Book Four in the Ranger's Apprentice not only makes up for the lack luster book Three, it left it my fists pumping in the air! Book Three basically set up the events for book Four, in which the ranger Halt and the warrior apprentice Horace were in search of the missing princ...more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 05:20:19 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 12:20:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false true Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 15 09:52:35 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 09:53:32 -0800 2008
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I am increasingly finding it difficult to talk about these books without spoiling them for others. The bo...more...]]> 5 0 false true Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue May 12 15:56:30 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 15:56:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 21:55:30 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 08:23:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 22:07:06 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 22:12:24 -0700 2009
It was only in the last book (3rd of the series) that I finally understood the rough correlation between real European culture/geography and the peoples of this se...more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Dec 16 10:54:08 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 06 11:20:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 19:38:46 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 19:42:54 -0700 2009
Lots of action. Lots of character development. Erak is really prominent in this book and he is...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 19:57:25 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 17:37:08 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 16:31:47 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 15:39:20 -0700 2009 http://ibeeeg.blogspot.com/2009/04/range...

I really like the Ranger's Apprentice series. This 4th book - The Battle for Skandia - did not disappoint.
Will, Horace, Evanlyn and Halt all maintained their character strengths as I described in Book 1, Book 2 and Bo...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri May 23 06:56:17 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 06:56:56 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Mar 25 16:40:06 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 16:44:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 22 12:55:26 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 13:07:34 -0700 2008
This book was one of my favorites of the series. Will has some strugg...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jun 04 09:02:44 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 04 10:05:52 -0800 2009 2
After a lackluster third installment (with another dreaded cliffhanger ending), this is a fitting finale to this particular arc - once again bringing Will and Halt together (and how I do love watching the growing relations...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 02 07:01:08 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 07:02:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 20 14:30:32 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 14:34:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 20 15:16:30 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 07:56:07 -0800 2009
The book is about a boy named Will who is off in Skandia with his friend Evanlyn. They were slaves there, but escaped. Evanlyn was captured by a group of Temujai who were planning to envade Skandia....more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 17:07:49 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 11:14:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=144350