false 248470 9 <div><div>Razo has no idea why he was chosen to be a soldier. He can barely swing a sword, and his brothers are forever wrestling him to the ground. Razo is sure it's out of pity that his captain asks him to join an elite mission--escorting the ambassador into Tira, Bayern's great enemy. </div><div><br>But when the Bayern arrive in the strange southern country, Razo discovers the first dead body. He befriends both the high and low born, people who can perhaps provide them with vital information. And Razo is the one who must embrace his own talents in order to get the Bayern soldiers home again, alive. </div><div><br>Newbery&#8211;Honor winner Shannon Hale returns the reader to the intrigue and magic of Bayern, first introduced in her critically acclaimed novel, <i>The Goose Girl</i>. Enter a world where even those with no special magical skills find in themselves something they never imagined. </div></div> 240752 5 9 2006 River Secrets (The Books of Bayern, #3) total:5082|5:1511|4:2196|3:1197|2:163|1:15| 5082 20271 7153 998 5 2 false false Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 15:29:50 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 12:21:33 -0800 2009 you get to see past characters fairly often and some good new characters as w...more...]]> 5 3 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 17:25:01 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 17:07:23 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 12:30:02 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 22:04:16 -0800 2009
Quick overview: Razo is chosen to join an elite mission to escort the ambassador to Tira. Razo can't think of any other reason that he would b...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 09:39:34 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 10:50:23 -0800 2008 all of Shannon Hale's books, and the Bayern series (Goose Girl/Enna Burning/River Secrets) certainly doesn't disappoint. If I were to rate the Bayern books in order of my favorites, I'd go with #1: Goose Girl, #2: River Secrets, an...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Dec 16 11:02:21 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 11:02:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false true Mon May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 14:28:11 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 07:09:43 -0700 2008
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The story follows the character Razo from the earlier books as he...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 02 08:05:43 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 08:06:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Tue Feb 17 20:10:42 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 13:04:58 -0800 2009 ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Dec 01 20:24:38 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 13:33:15 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 16:48:04 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 09:28:06 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 16:52:21 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 16:56:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 21:57:27 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 22:05:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 02 13:37:50 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 13:43:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=248470