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Sundered Lands 1: Trundle's Quest (2010)

by Allan Frewin Jones(Favorite Author)

3.5 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Hodder Children's Books

series

The Six Crowns

review 1: My nine year old and I picked this book as something different to try. It's the first in a series so we thought if we liked it we would have more similar books to keep us reading. Humble hedgehog to fighting-for-his-life hedgehog, this book is action packed with lots of twists and turns. Trundle goes on a quest searching for 1 of 6 crowns, which may or may not even exist. We found ourselves cheering in this little hedgehog as he faced many scary characters and impossible challenges. However, the language in this book is very different and when reading it to my boys even I skipped some words or replaced them with words we were more familiar with. All in all it kept our attention but was just too much of a fantasy and with the wording it made too hard to follow clearly somet... moreimes. This is for 3rd-5th graders but I could see them get easily discouraged with all the fantasy worlds, names and unfamiliar words.
review 2: A prophecy is foretold that the Princess of Darkness and the Lamplighter must find the Six Crowns of the Badgers of Power. Thus begins Trundle's quest with Esmeralda to escape pirates and ruffians while locating these hidden crowns. The illustrations by Gary Chalk are reminiscent of those from the Edge Chronicles with billowing sky ships in lovely black and white. Similar to the Redwall series, this story centers around animals ( in this case two hedgehogs) but makes an easier read for younger children who are not ready for Brian Jacques more richly detailed stories. Nice beginning adventure story. less

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