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Summary: A treasure, back in print at last
Review: Thanks goodness this marvelous novel is back in print. I was a real bookworm as a child, devouring hundreds of books, but this one stuck with me. I had searched for it ever since my own children were old enough to read, and thoroughly enjoyed re-reading it as an adult.Who, ultimately, saved Andrecia from being conquered by the Imperials? Elana, her father, and Evrek, with their superior civilization? Georyn, with his amazing ability to use the power of the charm? Jarel, with his courageous decision to aid Elana and Georyn? Certainly, all these characters played a part. But, some higher force in the universe brought them all together. Some higher force arranged that Elana and Georgyn would fall in love, and that Jarel would both question his empire's conquest and have opportunity to meet and aid Elana. We are left to decide for ourselves just what that higher force could be. Coincidence is not an option. In the climactic scene of this novel, love truly conquers all to the astonishment of everyone present. Every character acts according to a plan, and every plan goes awry, yet the outcome is better than any of them could have imagined. They are all left humbled by a magic beyond their expectations. And, the reader is left enchanted by Engdahl's provacative science fiction-fairy tale.
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Summary: An Incredible Book
Review: This book gave me alot to think about and to hope for. I am sixteen and just finished reading this book a few days ago. It is about four people from an advanced Federation, who travel to an inhabited "Youngling" planet that is being colonized by a different Youngling culture. The Federation hopes to frighten the invaders away without letting either culture know that their race is less advanced than another is. If a race learns that they have more advanced neighbors, they could lose faith in their own progress and wouldn't develop normally, depriving the universe of a unique race that might someday discover something that previous races had missed. There is a "My Teacher is an Alien" series of books by Bruce Coville that I enjoyed many aspects of, but in those books the more advanced races of the universe were contemplating destroying Earth because it was still fighting itself 3,000 years after all other known species had stopped fighting themselves. I like Sylvia Endgahl's take on humanities evolution better; unfair actions are a natural part of a culture's growth. A race may go through growing pains just as a person does. It is painful to know that so many innocent people have been hurt when unique cultures, unused to each other, first meet and subsequently try to adapt. People tend to be more thoughtful and considerate as they gain experience and become more aware of feelings. The Federation could easily have destroyed either or both cultures, but instead chose a few people to try to ease the cultures through some painful growing stages. They recognized that once a race is influenced too much or gone, you can never know what it might have accomplished.
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Summary: hm...
Review: This book was...well, interesting. When I first picked it up, it seemed fascinating. But, once I got into it, it was slow. The plot was good, but nothing really memorable-it seemed old-fashioned...if that word can be used to describe plots. It didn't really get in touch with me. While it was good, it certainly wasn't the best.
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Summary: My all-time favorite
Review: When I picked up Enchantress From the Stars, I expected it to be a kind of old-fashioned fantasy book. The reason I picked it up was that it was a Newbery Honor winner. I was tired of old-fashioned fantasies.
This wasn't tiring. In fact, it's one of my favorite books.
It's about Elana - she isn't supposed to be on Andrecia, but she's on there. She's from a highly developed planet where they aren't supposed to show themselves to not yet developed planets. Andrecia is another planet, which is kind of like our past, when people believed in dragons and such, being invaded by a more developed society. Anyway, Elana pretends to be an Enchantress, her father Starwatcher, and Evrek an evil spirit. It changes views from Elana to Georyn to Jarel. I didn't quite agree with the ideas and was enraged when I found Elana and Georyn's relationship was simply being "used," but it's still my favorite book. It's a science-fantasy viewpoint of legends and enchantresses.
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Summary: My all-time favorite
Review: When I picked up Enchantress From the Stars, I expected it to be a kind of old-fashioned fantasy book. The reason I picked it up was that it was a Newbery Honor winner. I was tired of old-fashioned fantasies.
This wasn't tiring. In fact, it's one of my favorite books.
It's about Elana - she isn't supposed to be on Andrecia, but she's on there. She's from a highly developed planet where they aren't supposed to show themselves to not yet developed planets. Andrecia is another planet, which is kind of like our past, when people believed in dragons and such, being invaded by a more developed society. Anyway, Elana pretends to be an Enchantress, her father Starwatcher, and Evrek an evil spirit. It changes views from Elana to Georyn to Jarel. I didn't quite agree with the ideas and was enraged when I found Elana and Georyn's relationship was simply being "used," but it's still my favorite book. It's a science-fantasy viewpoint of legends and enchantresses.
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