Sign in with Facebook
Loading...
Snake (Five Ancestors #3)
by
Jeff Stone (Goodreads Author)
Twelve-year-old Seh is a snake-style master and a keeper of secrets. Close-lipped and ever-watchful, he has used his highly attuned senses to collect information about his brothers, his temple, and even Grandmaster. Now, with the temple and Grandmaster gone, Seh sheds his orange robe like an old skin, joins a bandit gang, and meets a mysterious woman whose name means Cobra...more
Hardcover, 208 pages
Published
March 14th 2006
by Random House Books for Young Readers
(first published 2006)
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
1,174)
Feb 15, 2013
Mirrani
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
finished-and-reviewed
I'm not certain how I feel about this book now that I have finished it.
In the beginning I found myself feeling bombarded with information, either as a rehashing of what had happened in previous books or as a way of hurrying along to the next part of the plot. I felt almost as if I was being pushed along on this maddening experience without getting much chance to breathe. Once we reached an actual plot point for the Snake character, however, things calmed down a little and I settled into reading...more
In the beginning I found myself feeling bombarded with information, either as a rehashing of what had happened in previous books or as a way of hurrying along to the next part of the plot. I felt almost as if I was being pushed along on this maddening experience without getting much chance to breathe. Once we reached an actual plot point for the Snake character, however, things calmed down a little and I settled into reading...more
Jul 17, 2011
Steve Clark
rated it
3 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
historical-fiction
This one gets a little confusing, partially just due to the convergence of characters with similar names, and the fact that many of the characters now have TWO names. Some good action at times and also some humor (Inevitable whenever Malao, the Monkey-brother is around) make it still worth reading, and some twists at the end make you hold out hope that the next book will be better again--up to the level of the first two books, which I did like a little more. Hopefully the series is not running o...more
This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it,
click here.
Twelve-year-old Seh is a snake-style master and a keeper of secrets. Close-lipped and ever-watchful, he has used his highly attuned senses to collect information about his brothers, his temple, and even Grandmaster. Now, with the temple and Grandmaster gone, Seh sheds his orange robe like an old skin, joins a bandit gang, and meets a mysterious woman whose name means Cobra—all the while trying to stay one step ahead of vengeful Ying!
Oh my gosh this is the best five ancestors book yet. In this book another temple gets destroyed and seh has no where to go. Until he joins that group of bandits and is part of there stronghold. At there secret place he meets a weird women and her name means cobra. This book has some of the strangest and most exiting things in any of the books. On the other hand secrets are revealed and someone is a girl!
The third installment in The Five Ancestors series continues with Seh, the snake, who struggles to find his brothers and save the Dragon Scrolls. He joins a powerful band of bandits and discovers his mother and father. Now, with the bandits, Seh, Fu, and Malao seek to keep the scrolls safe from Ying and find the rest of their Cangzhen brothers. But the plot thickens...
Snake
by Jeff Stone was and continues to be my favorite of the series so far, but perhaps that's because I identify with Seh, the Snake Kung Fu artist the most. Having said that, Snake is certainly the most action heavy so far of the series, or so it seemed to me. The action starts flowing quickly as Seh meets up with the bandits described in Book 2 : Monkey. Again, allies are made, those once thought to be friends plot against and betray our heroes and the family ties and criss-crosses develop...more
I liked this one even better than the last, which was surprising because I really DO NOT like Snakes! Still his point of view was fascinating and I really like the character, even though I am not converted to liking the real critter. I am interested in the next book too, since they discovered in this book that Crane is really a girl!
sad but happy and I didn't expect him to find his dad so quickly! Seh has a lot of challenges facing him later on but he always remains calm and collected! Read if you loved the first few books! GO MARTIAL ARTS AND KUNG FU!
This book is the third book in the Five Ancestors series. All of books are told from a different person's point of view and this one is from Seh's point of view. This book fills in the gaps the others have left and this book has a lot of adventure, excitment and betrayal. There are new characters introduced and old characters are reintroduced. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes action packed books such as The Lightning Thief.
A book about the third animal kungfu matsre and how he finds his way after his temple is destroyed and is constenly sorrounded by enemys and nevre gets a long break so he is slowly losing his grip on the world. This book is great cheack it out if you get the chance.
view 1 comment
I like this book because its about a man ho got bit with a snake and started doing things like a snack.You would like this book if you like fiction books.You could find this book in a librery.
My 9 year old has read this series almost competely and is finishing with Monkey. He really loved it, it's one of the only books he can say (honestly) that he has read beginning to end =)
Pretty good, I enjoyed this book but there are some parts that doesn't makes sense but I highly recommend this book and also the author made an awesome school visit and he is great!
This is adolescent reading but I enjoyed the story line (and the simplicity of the reading).
I've read the series (waiting on book 7, Dragon) and have enjoyed them all.
I've read the series (waiting on book 7, Dragon) and have enjoyed them all.
Snake, book 3 in the 5 ancestors is about 12 year old Sa or snake who when told to scatter into the 4 winds by grandmaster,save China and soften his lost brother Yings heart, Sa runs for his life and into the forest. But Sa has a secret,he is a dealer of secrets. Often when Grandmaster talked in secret, Sa would spy and listen in on him and learn his secrets. But now Sa must find some one to trust to share his secrets with, because those secrets just might save China and pinheaded Ying for that...more
i loved this book it was ausome!!! i loved loved loved it!!! i would recomend this book to all my friends!!!!!
Things are getting confusing, it's hard to tell who's good and who's evil, still a cool book though.
Just like the first two, this book was good. I liked the story in this one becasue it was really interesting.
I honestly could not get enough of this book! It was so great I am excited to read the next one. I am hooked!
This one is the 3rd book in The Five Ancestors series and it was good but not enough action for my taste.
Still love Malao the best.... But several info revealed in this book told mostly from Seh's perspective.
This book was really good, much better than the first two in my opinion.
the series kind of declined after this book. It got interesting after Eagle.
Loved how they introduced the monk's fathers more in this book
It was a good book that explains a stile of kung-fu very well.
Not as good as the first but i still a great book I love to read. :)
Highly recommend. Very interesting series.
best of the first three books
Awesome.So much action
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 »
