false 833710 15 In <I>Pendragon: The Merchant of Death</I>, D.J. MacHale, the creator of several popular television series and Afterschool Specials, transplants the Pendragon name from Arthurian legend to modern-day junior high school. Fourteen- year-old Bobby Pendragon has it all; he's smart, popular, and a star basketball player in quiet Stony Brook, Connecticut. But a visit from Uncle Press soon topples all of that as Bobby learns that he is a Traveler, someone who can ride "flumes" through time and space. Bobby lands in Denduron, a medieval world where the gentle Milago are enslaved by the Bedoowan, and it's Bobby's job to free them. He reluctantly teams up with Loor--a girl his age from the warrior-territory of Zadaa--and other Travelers, recounting his adventures in journals that are magically transported back to his friends Mark and Courtney in Stony Brook. These first-person journals at times feel contrived--they're riddled with terms like "coolio" and "bizarro" and gnarly descriptions of vile sights and smells--but the book's thumping story soon scrubs away all such concern. <I>The Merchant of Death</I> keeps the pages flipping with steady action and near-constant mortal peril for its heroes, promising that both this and future volumes in the Pendragon series should be eagerly devoured. (Ages 10 and older) <I>--D.J. Morel</I> 1726608 1 9 2002 The Merchant of Death (Pendragon, #1) total:3178|5:1257|4:1079|3:646|2:162|1:34| 3178 12897 4131 474 4 3 false false Mon Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 22:26:53 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 22:35:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jan 19 11:58:55 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 12:18:20 -0800 2009
This book really cannot be denied. D.J. MacHale, who has created many other favorites for Y.A. has now beautifully written a creative and entertaining book. The story is of youbg ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 07:00:29 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 11:19:12 -0700 2008
Bobby Pendragon is a “traveler,” but he doesn’t know it. His Uncle Press picks him up the day he is on the w...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri May 09 03:24:11 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 03:26:21 -0700 2008 The Merchant of Death is the story of Bobby Pendragon, a normal fourteen year old boy who is going to save the world... yeah, nothing out of the ordinary so far I know, your basic fantasy story... Bobby doesn't know it until his Uncle Press takes him through the gates of an alternative world c...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Dec 20 22:54:53 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 11 23:48:27 -0800 2008
The Merchant of Death is the first in the series and sets the grounds for the rest of the series: Bobby Pendr...more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 17:50:39 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 17:50:39 -0700 2009 1
The Merchant of Death, the first book in the Pendragon series, made hardly any sense--I can't wait to read the rest of them. My friend has pestered me like crazy to get me into this book. And...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Mar 09 09:14:17 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 09:32:25 -0700 2009

One thing that made me enjoy this book was that this book’s cover was kind of cool looking. The cover had a boy in ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Mar 06 08:18:14 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 08:54:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 22 05:30:59 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 05:43:36 -0800 2009
As you can probably tell, I am only puting the first book of all of my series down. I am not saying the first is the best, but I am saying if yo...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 14:08:15 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 14:13:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 01 17:53:51 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 17:56:09 -0800 2009 4 0 false true Sat Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 03:10:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 21:17:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Oct 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 17:46:24 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 11:05:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 21:45:18 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 22:02:26 -0700 2009
Reading graphic novels is a new thing for me, so I was surprised at how incredible the pictures were for this book. Since I haven't read the original novel this book was based on, it's hard for me to evaluate how closely the graphic version comes to the original, but...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 16 11:29:54 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 11:29:54 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 15:45:43 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 15:49:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Feb 20 12:34:28 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 12:36:55 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 true false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Nov 19 12:44:26 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 19 12:46:54 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 03 05:47:30 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 05:47:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 13 06:59:55 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 07:09:10 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=833710