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Tajore Arkle is a world filled with sand and dust. Sweetwater is collected from seeps in dark caves where Manna, the major food source, also grows. Anya is too young to work in the quarry collecting stone like her parents, and she and her sister Zue are responsible for collecting the supplies.
Zue is the only person with whom Anya shares her dreams. They are strange dreams ...more
Zue is the only person with whom Anya shares her dreams. They are strange dreams ...more
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Growing up, this was - and remains - one of my favourite novels. A highly original YA fantasy, Tajore Arkle is a stand-alone story about Anya, a girl who has memories of a world other than her own, the evils of prejudice, and the value of friendship. The opening lines have never left me:
"See, Zue? It's a picture of an eagle flying through the rain."
Zue laughed. "What's an eagle, Anya? What's rain?"
And if that doesn't hook you, I don't know what will. ...more
"See, Zue? It's a picture of an eagle flying through the rain."
Zue laughed. "What's an eagle, Anya? What's rain?"
And if that doesn't hook you, I don't know what will. ...more
(3 1/2 stars)
Tajore Arkle is a world of sand, dust, red skies and relentless work. Anya lives on an insulated village where folks wake up to work in the local quarry and go to bed at end of the day with hardly any breaks in between. They eat Manna, their only food source, and drink the nutritious sweetwater collected in dark caves by the children who are too still young to do quarry work. It’s a bleak world, a hard life but everybody knows this is just how things are.
But Anya dreams. She dreams ...more
Tajore Arkle is a world of sand, dust, red skies and relentless work. Anya lives on an insulated village where folks wake up to work in the local quarry and go to bed at end of the day with hardly any breaks in between. They eat Manna, their only food source, and drink the nutritious sweetwater collected in dark caves by the children who are too still young to do quarry work. It’s a bleak world, a hard life but everybody knows this is just how things are.
But Anya dreams. She dreams ...more
This was my absolute favourite book growing up. I never had my own copy, but I borrowed the same copy from the library so many times I could recognise the creases in the pages.
There was something special about Tajore Arkle that just captured my mind and kept it there for days. When I think about this book, although it's quite fuzzy for me now, it's more like I'm looking at old footage than recalling a story I read. The strange world French invented as escapism for herself was exactly the sort o ...more
There was something special about Tajore Arkle that just captured my mind and kept it there for days. When I think about this book, although it's quite fuzzy for me now, it's more like I'm looking at old footage than recalling a story I read. The strange world French invented as escapism for herself was exactly the sort o ...more
This was one of my favourite books growing up; my signed copy was one of my prized possessions and I re-read it many times. I could probably give it sole credit for instilling me with my love of fantasy novels, even though it's not a classic fantasy novel.
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I read this way back in my teens years and I loved it. I read it several times during those years and it is a story that has always stuck with me even when I forgot the actual title of the book. The red sky, the dreams, the rift, the mountains. I love the whole Tajore Arkle world and wish there were more books. I have so many vivid images and memories from this story, I just wish I knew where my copy was so I could re-read it again.
One of my teen favourites.
One of my teen favourites.
I absolutely love this book. I read it in grade four and have wanted to buy it ever since.
Anya's world is beautiful, with a red sky and red sand, it's the best place for a story like Tajore Arkle to unfold. If you haven't read it, please do!! XD ...more
Anya's world is beautiful, with a red sky and red sand, it's the best place for a story like Tajore Arkle to unfold. If you haven't read it, please do!! XD ...more
I have read elsewhere that Jackie French wrote this book based on her memories of an imaginary world that she created as a young child. The story is seems to live beyond its pages because the world of Tajore Arkle is so vivid. A wonderful read and highly recommended.
a book out of my TBR jar. I am glad to have finally read it. such an amazing world with interesting characters.
Apr 24, 2008
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it was amazing
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The kind of world I would love to create one day as an author. Simply a fantastic book, full of wonder and fantastic characters.
Purely original and amazing. You really wish it never ended.
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