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    <body><![CDATA[The fifth book of a successful series, John Flanagan keeps his readers going with &quot;The Sorcerer of the North&quot;. This is the fifth book of the series &quot;Ranger's Apprentice&quot;, but this time, it has been six years or so since the &quot;Battle of Skandia&quot;, the fourth book. The main...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80894002">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Once again John Flanagan manages to pick up from a cliffhanger only this time he does it very differently. This time he jumps a long span of time in the characters lives and continues from there. What he is doing is leaving room for another book or two that he can write there if he gets the asparati...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56491504">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this series! In this book, Will isn't Halt's apprentice anymore, but a full fledged Ranger and he's given his first mission. And Will gets a dog! I was lead to believe that this cliffhanger was worse than the Icebound Land and Battle for Skandia but I have to say, Sorcerer of the North wasn't...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39630715">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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