Banner, Catherine The Eyes of a King, 448 p. Random, 2008.
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Young Leo finds a book left behind by his powerful uncle and reads the unfolding fairy tale of a lost prince exiled to a foreign land. What Leo doesn't understand at first is that the fairy tale is the true history of his homeland and the foreign land is present day England. Events move from reading the past and into the current time and Leo makes a fatal mistake that has a dire effect on his and his country's future.
This first time effort of a teenaged writer is definitely a first effort. Leo's story is not particularly interesting, but at least the author is not derivative of past fantasy writers. Best in a large collection; seems to be the first in a trilogy. I hope that the story focuses next ona more interesting character.
Cindy, Library-Teacher.
HS - OPTIONAL
Young Leo finds a book left behind by his powerful uncle and reads the unfolding fairy tale of a lost prince exiled to a foreign land. What Leo doesn't understand at first is that the fairy tale is the true history of his homeland and the foreign land is present day England. Events move from reading the past and into the current time and Leo makes a fatal mistake that has a dire effect on his and his country's future.
This first time effort of a teenaged writer is definitely a first effort. Leo's story is not particularly interesting, but at least the author is not derivative of past fantasy writers. Best in a large collection; seems to be the first in a trilogy. I hope that the story focuses next ona more interesting character.
Cindy, Library-Teacher.
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