Ranger's Apprentice

by Books LLC

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ranger's Apprentice Books, Ranger's Apprentice Characters, List of Characters in Ranger's Apprentice, the Ruins of Gorlan, Oakleaf Bearers, Erak's Ransom, the Icebound Land, the Sorcerer in the North, the Kings of Clonmel, the Siege of Macindaw, the Burning Bridge, Will Treaty, Halt, Halt's Peril. Excerpt: Ranger's Apprentice is the title of a series of fantasy novels written by Australian author John Flanagan. The first book in the series, titled The Ruins of Gorlan, was released in Australia on 1 November 2004 and in the United States on 16 June 2005. So far, nine books have been released in Australia and New Zealand, with other countries including the United States and United Kingdom following behind. The series follows the adventures of Will, an orphan who is taken as an apprentice Ranger, as he strives to keep the Kingdom of Araluen safe from invaders, traitors and threats. He is joined on his adventures by his mentor Halt and his best friend Horace among others. The series has been sold to over 20 countries and has sold over 2 million copies worldwide. Will was an apprentice throughout the books The Ruins of Gorlan, The Burning Bridge, The Icebound Land, Oakleaf Bearers and Erak's Ransom. The first four books told the story of Will at his first two years as an apprentice while Erak's Ransom told about Will's final mission as an apprentice. Will grew up as as orphan in Castle Redmont by the charity of Baron Arald. The orphans there are educated and given food. When the orphans turn 15, they will become an apprentice to a craft of their choice. However, if they are not chosen, the child is sent to help grow crops. When the day comes for Will, no one is willing to accept him as an apprentice until the Ranger Halt gave the Baron Arald a p... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=5750241

90 pages, Paperback

First published June 13, 2010

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Reviews

[Starr Elementary · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was really slow starting out. In fact, it didn't get interesting at all until at least halfway through. There was a lot of description so it could be skimmed if you don't like that sort of thing. After the initial introductions of characters the story begins to pick up and around the middle of the book it does get fun. Hang with it and I think adventure readers will like it. There are at least 10 books more in the set and I hope that now we have it all set up the series flys.

[CILLYart CILLYart · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book and have since read about 4 of the sequels and enjoyed these too! I am hoping to get around to finishing this series soon and highly recommend it for boys & girls, as a middle grade reader, YA fiction and for adults who enjoy reading children's books or YA fiction!