| The Kestrel Contributor(s): Alexander, Lloyd (Author) |
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ISBN: 0141310693 ISBN-13: 9780141310695 Publisher: Firebird OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2002 Annotation: In the second volume of the Westmark trilogy, Theo is about to be Prince of Westmark, a province marked by great poverty and corruption. But an assassin's pistol shot makes things even more dangerous for the new monarchy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 710 |
| Series: Westmark Trilogy |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 4.2" W x 7.26" (0.34 lbs) 256 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 6615 Reading Level: 5.2 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 9.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The second book of Lloyd Alexander's Westmark Trilogy explores the darker side of humanity and will leave you questioning everything. Theo is traveling Westmark, learning about the country of which he will soon be Prince Consort. He is not surprised to find great poverty-Mickle (now known as Princess Augusta) could have told him that from her years on the street. His friend Florian could have told him about the aristocracy's graft and corruption. But neither could have foreseen a loaded pistol in the practiced hand of the assassin Skeit. The echoes of that shot ring from the muskets and cannons of a Westmark suddenly at war--a war that turns simple, honest men into cold-blooded killers, Mickle into a military commander, and Theo himself into a stranger . . . The plot is magnificent, the characterizations are excellent, and the issues are compelling.--Children's Literature |