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The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (Collins Voyager)
by: Alan Garner

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780007127887
ISBN: 000712788X
Label: CollinsVoyager
Manufacturer: CollinsVoyager
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: August 05, 2002
Publisher: CollinsVoyager
Studio: CollinsVoyager
Sales Rank: 7697

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- not convinced.
I loved the Harry Potter books, Lord of the Rings, Susan Cooper etc, so i thought i would love this. But i didn't. I found the whole thing a little cold. The main charectors didn't come alive for me, meaning i couldn't empathise with them, instead finding the whole thing a bit murky and strange. Obvoiusly i'm in a minority, but for some reason i deally do NOT get on with Alan Garner.

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- The Weirdstone of Brisingamen - pure magic for all ages.
I first came across this book in my english lessons as a first year at secondary school back in 1970. I was so enthralled by the book that I dragged my mum to the bookshop and got her to buy me a copy, which I then read in one marathon stint within a day, not stopping for food or sleep - it really was that good. Nearly 40 years on I still go back to it at least once a year and enjoy it as much now as I did then.

Set in a gentler, rural Cheshire (it was written in 1960) the setting now appears a little dated, as you would expect, but for those who were born close to this time, the nostalgia is very pleasant.

Weaving a story drawn from several celtic and norse tales as well as the legend of Alderley itself, and placing ... Read More:

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- A wonderful read
I bought this book, for my daughters, after reading the reviews, and read it myself, and was not disappointed !! It is excellent.My daughter is now captured, and a queue of her friends await her finishing the book so they too can join the adventure of Susan and Colin,and their car crash fall into the fight of good and evil.

The book is extremely well written, from start to finish both surprising and enchanting, leaving you will no option but to read The Moon of Gomrath the second book in the series. I would even go so far as to say, Harry Potter you have a rival.(High praise from our household). All in all, an excellent book and a very worthy read.

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- Even better than I remembered!
In my last year at primary school, my teacher used to spend the last hour or so on friday afternoons reading aloud to the class. He introduced us to this fantastic book and the memory of friday afternoons enthralled in this story are one of my fondest from my school years. I'm now 32 and bought this book to read again and the memories came flooding back. It's even better as an adult and I can't wait until my children are old enough to read it too.

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- Fact, Fantasy and Legend, brilliant.
Combinng elements of fantasy, a factual landscape and an ancient lengend (that does exist, not a mere creation of Garners), the author writes with great fluency and creates fantastic characters. The secret about Cadellin and Grimnir at the end of the book nearly gave me a heart attack sheer drama. If it can do this to a 18 year old just imagine how exciting this book will be for young children! Well worth a read whether you are 7 or 70, fully recommended

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