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Summary: My thoughts on The Ancient One
Review: Overall, I felt it was an incredible experience. I find myself often reading Barron's books because of the adventure and fantasy involved. Though this book expressed all of the characteristics of a Barron book, it tended to a have a weaker ending than the others. Throughout the story the plot thickens and the climax builds but the build was so extreme during the story that it outshined the ending. The villain was just not creepy enough in detail and was fought to easily. There wasn't enough struggle.Leaving the ending very abrupt.But then I relized what Barron was trying to get the reader to notice. That one should revel in the experience and not how this particular story ends. Yes, the tree is lost but the experience he takes the reader through is forever encompassed in our minds.
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Summary: The BEST book I've read!!!!!
Review: READ THIS BOOK! It is a wonderful story of a 13 year old girl named Kate. She travels back in time with a magical stick; "The Stick of Fire". Now she has to get back to the present. It takes place in an ancient redwood forest in Oregon in 1992. Kate makes friends with a Halami while trying to get back home. Kate finds out that the only way to get home is to heal the broken Touchstone.
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Summary: The BEST book I've read!!!!!
Review: READ THIS BOOK! It is a wonderful story of a 13 year old girl named Kate. She travels back in time with a magical stick; "The Stick of Fire". Now she has to get back to the present. It takes place in an ancient redwood forest in Oregon in 1992. Kate makes friends with a Halami while trying to get back home. Kate finds out that the only way to get home is to heal the broken Touchstone.
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Summary: Praise for T.A. Barron and his book "The Ancient One"
Review: Some people really like to read books. Others don't. I like to say that I am a lover of books. I devour fantasy books by the dozen. Ever heard that books are food for thought? I take that to heart. One day in my search for brain food, I stumbled across an author so brilliant he outshines the sun. Each word that pours from his pen has the power to delight, to spring vividly to life, to amaze. Every drop of wisdom concealed in the words he weaves into his books never ceases to astound me. One day I found T.A. Barron and there is no doubt in my mind that he is the best author ever. His book "The Ancient One" holds the place of highest esteem: first place on my bookshelf. The adventures of Kate and her companions is a masterpiece to be savored by all.
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Summary: Wonderful fantasy
Review: Sometimes, when an author describes something that is purely a creation of imagination, it's hard for me to picture it in my mind. This is not the case for T. A. Barron's book, THE ANCIENT ONE. He describes things so clearly; I can instantly see exactly what he is talking about. The storyline and plot are exciting and clever. I do, however, feel that Kate's ending battle with Gashra was a little too short in proportion to the journey to Gashra's cave. Despite that, THE ANCIENT ONE is an excellent book.
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Summary: I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!
Review: T.A Barron did it!He captured the attention of many readers including me.I loved this book because of the magic.He explained the ways things interact and live in harmony.Kate the main character seems so real T.A Barron gives her life.She has fears and insecurity like any other human being.The ending is sad but gives you hope at the same time.T.A Barron I hope you can find it in your heart to make a sequel because I couldn't put this book down until I finished the last word.I think that Kate should get another story and I'm urging you people to read it.PLEASE!I promise you (well not exactly promise)that if you are a kid or a kid at heart you will love this story so please for heaven's sake read it!
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Summary: Solid as a redwood
Review: T.A. Barron expanded his fantasy writing career after the critically acclaimed "Heartlight," with the follow-up novel "The Ancient One." His intense love of nature is melded together with modern concerns, time travel, legends and myths, and a cast of quirky supporting characters. Kate is spending time with her Great-Aunt Melanie in the dying Oregon logging town of Blade. The people there are angry and afraid for their about-to-be-ditched jobs, and are threatening something Melanie is struggling to protect. Recently a giant volcanic crater was found to harbor a strange, "lost" land where the Halami Indians once dwelled. It's a mysterious, dangerous and beautiful place: There's a lake with a strange living island, a cursed spring that mesmerizes anyone who sees it -- and giant redwood trees that could keep the loggers employed for a year or two more. When some of the loggers try to cut down the redwoods, Kate and Melanie set out to stop them. But when Kate takes Melanie's walking stick, she finds herself and logger's grandson Jody transported five hundred years into the past. After getting the help of a Halami girl, Kate struggles to find a way back to her own time. But to master the staff that took her back in time, she will have to battle the evil Gashra, an evil volcanic creature that threatens to destroy them all. Showing concern for the natural world is nothing new in fantasy; it dates back to the Ents of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth. And it's pretty clear that Barron loves nature. At times "Ancient One" borders on preaching, but always manages to veer back; even the loggers aren't evil, just desperate and misguided. His story's simplicity and lack of twists would be a downside in most books, but it fails to slow down the pace or lose reader interest. His enthusiasm is what keeps "Ancient One" moving forward and interesting, along with his unusual fantasy creations. His lush descriptions of Oregon wildlife (both past and present) are loaded with detail, giving a you-are-there feel to it. Barron's writing is detailed all the time, and he's at his peak when he describes the natural surroundings. A comic vibe is added with the owl-like Tinnanis, especially their delicacy-addicted king (who is promised ten thousand peppermint drops by Kate). The scene where Kate confronts Gashra is rather too short, but is quite vivid nevertheless. Kate is stronger in this outing than in "Heartlight." Here she is more in control, more sure of herself, and less dependent on others; she's a heroine that boys and girls alike can relate to. Laioni is a bit flatter, but a good sidekick. Jody and Kandeldandel are both outstanding, a hardened logger boy and a flittery Tinnani. Nature-lovers unite under "The Ancient One." T.A. Barron's love of nature elevates what might have been an ordinary fantasy tale into a beautiful, beautiful thing. Highly recommended.
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Summary: An exiting, and imagenetive book.
Review: T.A. Barron's "The Anchent One" is an exiting tale of friendship and mystical wonder. This book rates whith the best. Anyone who likes C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkine should read "The Anchent One".
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Summary: Exellent
Review: T.A. Barrons books are not only full of magnificent awes, wonders, and suprises, but his books bring you in to the adventure. You feel like you are there and that you are taking the adventure with the charecters. I want to congradulate T.A. Barron on such fine writing skills.
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Summary: 5 *'s 4 Trees
Review: The Ancient One was a moving novel. So moving that whenever in the future I shall pass a tree I will hold the tree in high esteem and more respect for itself and spirit.
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