LCE 6th grade Book Review

1. Student Reviewer Name: Jang L
2. Date of review of the book: March 2006
3. Complete Book Title: The Book of Three
4. Author of Book: Lloyd Alexander
5. Year the book was published: 1964
6. Genre: Fantasy
7. Student rating of the book: 2 (1 is the highest, 5 the lowest)

8. Main Conflict in the book:
Taran's courage to warn the kingdom Gwydion talked about against the Horn King.

9. Setting of the book: Land of Prydain

10. Main characters and part they play in the book
(1)Taran-He's an assistant pig keeper who has a mission to save Hen Wen and warn the kingdom Gwydion mentioned.
(2)Gwydion-He is the true king of Prydain who defeats the Horn King.
(3)Horn King-He is the servant of Arwan and the dark one.

11. Are the characters believable? Most of the characters are believable except for the Horn King, the Dwarves, and Gurgi. All the characters were very interesting because of their foolish actions.

12. One excellent direct quotation from the book:
"Ride as fast as you can, or it will be death for all of us!" the bard shouted to Taran pg 202.

13. Good reason to read the book:
This book had a very creative story including many amazing characters.

14. Any reason not to read this book?
This book had some violent parts about killing enemies.

15. Did you like this book or not? And why...
I liked this book because I didn't know what would happen next, like a mystery.