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The One-Armed Queen (Great Alta #3)
by
Jane Yolen
In a land of magic, the great warrior Queen known as White Jenna has found a frail, one-armed child on the battlefield. She adopts the child and names her Scillia. As is custom with the Hames of the Dales, Scillia will be next in line for the throne. A great honor.
But Jem—Jenna's natural-born son—covets the throne for himself. Will he risk open rebellion to claim what he b
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But Jem—Jenna's natural-born son—covets the throne for himself. Will he risk open rebellion to claim what he b
Paperback, 332 pages
Published
May 16th 2004
by Tor Teen
(first published 1998)
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I really like Jane Yolen's work. Goddess-oriented, feminist fantasy!
Just to give you an idea of how behind I am on getting my To Read shelf cleared out, Jane Yolen's The One-Armed Queen--the followup to Sister Light, Sister Dark and White Jenna--has been on the queue for NINE YEARS. The thing came out in 1998. It has taken me until now to actually read it.
Was it worth my wait? Eh, it was a decent enough novel. It didn't particularly blow me away, and the interspersing of snippets of myth, legend, song, and "historical" research through the story sometimes struck...more
Was it worth my wait? Eh, it was a decent enough novel. It didn't particularly blow me away, and the interspersing of snippets of myth, legend, song, and "historical" research through the story sometimes struck...more
I don't remember reading this book, so it goes on the "to-read" list till I figure it out...in other words, and archaelogical dig is called for to find the series, LOL. If this book is anything like it's predecessors, it will be a good read as well, deserving of 5 stars.
I am a huge fan of Jane Yolen, and while most of her books are geared towards children, this series is more towards older teens to adults.
Anything by Yolen is good to me!
I am a huge fan of Jane Yolen, and while most of her books are geared towards children, this series is more towards older teens to adults.
Anything by Yolen is good to me!
While The One-Armed Queen was enjoyable while I was reading it, it had a lot of the pitfalls of historical fiction without actually being historically accurate. I felt a little cheated by that. Again, the ending was a distant summary of what happens to the characters at the end of the action in the novel - not open-ended at all, and not satisfying.
Still, the middle was very entertaining and I had trouble putting the book down. Scillia is a 13 year-old when we meet her, but don't hold it against...more
Still, the middle was very entertaining and I had trouble putting the book down. Scillia is a 13 year-old when we meet her, but don't hold it against...more
Jane Yolen is an excellent author. The prose, world-building, and poetry in this book are all incredibly satisfying. Unfortunately, (view spoiler)
While this still doesn't quite match the first book, I found this more engaging than the second. The third and last book in the Great Alta Saga, this one is just as full of exciting adventure as the first ones. Yolen's writing is once again brilliant as she effectively writes in different voices as she tells the story, the tale, the legend, the myth, the history, the song, the ballad, and all the rest. Excellent!
It was a difficult read. The book did not flow well. It did have some interesting angles that could have been explored more.
Although I liked some parts of this book more than "White Jenna" (and vice versa), I just never felt like either of the two sequels lived up to the introduction provided in "Sister Light, Sister Dark". The first part of the book introduces the teenage character of Scillia. While I recall that I wasn't necessarily any better as a teenager, it wasn't fun to read about someone so annoying and stupid. I think I would've liked the book more if the parts with Scillia as a teenager would have been left...more
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I have to admit I didn't finish this one. I LOVED the first two way back when, but I think that you have to be in a very specific mood to read this series.
I love Jane Yolen, but she doesn't write many books for adults. She has two others, I think.
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Yolen was born at Beth Israel Hospital, the first child of Isabel Berlin and Will Hyatt Yolen. She and her family moved to California when she was young but returned to New York a few years later. After her younger brother was born, her father joined the army and served on the European front during WWII. Yolen spent her childhood taking piano lessons, ballet dancing and writing a neighborhood news...more
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