Redwall by Brian Jacques
Penguin
Hardcover
Ages 10+
*ADAM’S PICK!*
The first Redwall book came out the year before I was born, but the series was really really popular when I was in grade school. Most of my friends read the books, and for many of us the wait for the next installment of the series was a herald of our later obsessive impatience for the next Harry Potter book and then later George R.R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire series. In many ways, Redwall is the perfect fantasy primer. It recalls Tolkien and C.S. Lewis in its use of adorable woodland creatures as heroes and creepy vermin as villains. The plots are classic tales of unlikely heroes overcoming challenges and growing up to defeat evil. If you need a classic adventure tale for someone who’s not quite ready for The Lord of the Rings or A Game of Thrones, you need look no further.
Welcome to Mossflower Wood, where the gentle mice have gathered to celebrate a year of peace and abundance. All is well…until a sinister shadow falls across the ancient stone abbey of Redwall. It is rumored that Cluny is coming—Cluny, the terrible one-eyed rat and his savage horde—Cluny, who has vowed to conquer Redwall Abbey! The only hope for the besieged mice lies in the lost sword of the legendary Martin the Warrior. And so begins the epic quest of a bumbling young apprentice—a courageous mouse who would rise up, fight back…and become a legend himself.
Penguin
Hardcover
Ages 10+
*ADAM’S PICK!*
The first Redwall book came out the year before I was born, but the series was really really popular when I was in grade school. Most of my friends read the books, and for many of us the wait for the next installment of the series was a herald of our later obsessive impatience for the next Harry Potter book and then later George R.R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire series. In many ways, Redwall is the perfect fantasy primer. It recalls Tolkien and C.S. Lewis in its use of adorable woodland creatures as heroes and creepy vermin as villains. The plots are classic tales of unlikely heroes overcoming challenges and growing up to defeat evil. If you need a classic adventure tale for someone who’s not quite ready for The Lord of the Rings or A Game of Thrones, you need look no further.
Welcome to Mossflower Wood, where the gentle mice have gathered to celebrate a year of peace and abundance. All is well…until a sinister shadow falls across the ancient stone abbey of Redwall. It is rumored that Cluny is coming—Cluny, the terrible one-eyed rat and his savage horde—Cluny, who has vowed to conquer Redwall Abbey! The only hope for the besieged mice lies in the lost sword of the legendary Martin the Warrior. And so begins the epic quest of a bumbling young apprentice—a courageous mouse who would rise up, fight back…and become a legend himself.
Penguin
Hardcover
Ages 10+
*ADAM’S PICK!*
The first Redwall book came out the year before I was born, but the series was really really popular when I was in grade school. Most of my friends read the books, and for many of us the wait for the next installment of the series was a herald of our later obsessive impatience for the next Harry Potter book and then later George R.R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire series. In many ways, Redwall is the perfect fantasy primer. It recalls Tolkien and C.S. Lewis in its use of adorable woodland creatures as heroes and creepy vermin as villains. The plots are classic tales of unlikely heroes overcoming challenges and growing up to defeat evil. If you need a classic adventure tale for someone who’s not quite ready for The Lord of the Rings or A Game of Thrones, you need look no further.
Welcome to Mossflower Wood, where the gentle mice have gathered to celebrate a year of peace and abundance. All is well…until a sinister shadow falls across the ancient stone abbey of Redwall. It is rumored that Cluny is coming—Cluny, the terrible one-eyed rat and his savage horde—Cluny, who has vowed to conquer Redwall Abbey! The only hope for the besieged mice lies in the lost sword of the legendary Martin the Warrior. And so begins the epic quest of a bumbling young apprentice—a courageous mouse who would rise up, fight back…and become a legend himself.