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Summary: An Impressive Start to a the Wind on Fire Trilogy
Review: Bowman and Kestrel live in Aramanth, a so called perfect city where you are constantly tested from age 2 on, and the results of your "exams" can affect where you life and they way you life your life. In this Utopian society people are all considered equal, or so the high examiners claim. When young Kestrel decides to push the limits of the High Examiners that live in Aramanth she realizes that she might have gone too far. She learns about the secret of the wind singer, a strange structure in there town that was rumored to sing in the wind many years ago. She learns that the town she lives in is no more than a prison, and it's up to her and her brother to save everyone from the evil Morah. Setting out on a journey to places unknown with the slow and stupid Mumpo, the children make friends and enemies, running for their lives. Can they make the wind singer sing again? Can they survive?Though this books interesting style took a while to get used to I soon grew to really appreciate what it was about. On the outside it is a well crafted fantasy that readers of all ages will enjoy, but beneath it all is a serious story concerning society, a twisted class system, and life. The city of Aramanth is intriguing but also terrifying, considering that the society they created has many times been attempted to make in the real world. The three children's tales though the desert and towards the Morah are thrilling and occasionally symbolic. I really enjoyed reading this book and I'm looking foreword to soon picking up the next book in the trilogy, Slaves and Mastery. I would recommend this to fans of all ages, almost anyone can get something out of this book.
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Summary: The Wind Singer Review by a 13 year old
Review: I picked up the wind sugner on accident, I was in the libray at school and had to leave and grabbed any book. Later after a test we were supposed to take out a book to read. This was the only one I had so I thought I would scan through it. Immediatly I fell in love with. It might be 300+ pages but I read it in 2 days and I am not a fast reader. This trilogy is now my ultimate favorite books, I love them more then Harry Potter and LOTR, which is amazing. I forgot all my other favorite books, now everything revolves around these. I am very impatient for the third book to come out, I refuse to read any thing accept the first and second book over and over agin untill the third book comes out, then I will be able to read all three of them over and over again.
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Summary: a must buy for anveture/fanticy lovers
Review: this book like many others has touch my heart. i almost couldn't put it down litteraly. if you like the amber spy glass, golden compass, subltle nife,lost in time, giant under the snow, drogon's blood series, etc. you my just love this. its a story about a family who doesn't quite fit in. every one around them is getting more ad more crule. those who arn't are also are sorted out. the main characters are two (3) children who have an extrodanary gift. i'm almost positive you'll love it. but not as much as me.
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Summary: The Wind Singer (Wind on Fire, Book 1)
Review: The Wind Singer is about a twin brother and sister who can talk through eachothers heads. They have adventures, journey and have the chance to save thier weird town from evil hands. They meet helpfull creatures and evil creatures. They reunite their family and have an adventure they won't forget. Read The Wind Singer to find their secrets and journeys. It is an awsome book! Read it!
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Summary: The Wind Singer
Review: How the Wind Singer is Sooooo Great It is a great book to read because it takes you out of a non-magical world to a different world where there is a great evil to defeat and to find the key to make a town happy. This book is about two twins who live in a town called Aramanth. In this town you have to take tests to tell where you and your family start living and which school to go to. The only way to stop the test idea is to get back the key to the wind singer. This book was a exciting one. I think that everyone should read it.
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Summary: Great read-aloud for older kids
Review: My kids, ages 9-12, enjoy reading a chapter from a book aloud every night. This has been one of our favorites - a family you care about, imaginative villains, wonderful images. "More, more, more" was the cry each night as we came to the end of a chapter!
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Summary: very good children's book
Review: William Nicholson's "The Wind Singer" tells the story of Kestrel and Bowman Hath, a twin sister and brother who live in the city of Aramanth. Aramanth is a joyless city, divided into color-coded districts, with White being the best and Gray the worst. Families are ranked based on the results of yearly examinations, and everyone is told to strive harder, reach higher, and better themselves. Kestrel gets fed up and publicly insults the High Examiners, the Emperor, and the whole way of life in Aramanth. This puts her whole family in danger, and she, Bowman and Mumpo (a hapless boy in their class at school) go on a quest to find the voice of the Wind Singer, a strange contraption at the heart of Aramanth, which has been silent for hundreds of years. Meanwhile, their parents are fighting for their dignity and freedom in Aramanth. The book is a wonderful fantasy, very inventive. In addition to the thoroughly unpleasant culture of Aramanth, we meet the mud people who live under the city, the Baraka and Chaka who travel the desert plains in great wheeled ships, the disturbing "old children," and the unstoppable Zars, who serve as the army of the Morah, an evil being who holds the voice of the Wind Singer. Unfortunately, the later stages of the quest, once Kestrel, Bowman and Mumpo leave the plains, are not nearly as detailed and absorbing as the first two thirds of the book. "The Wind Singer" is a lovely, fun book, which manages to deliver a message without beating readers over the head. Though it's the first book of a trilogy, it stands very well on its own, leaving only a few dangling hints unresolved. However, it's aimed at people between 8 and 12 years old; adults and teens should adjust their expectations accordingly.
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Summary: Really Good Book!
Review: I really reccomend this book. I loved the ending so much, and I can't wait to read the other books in the series!
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Summary: Very Good Fantasy Novel
Review: This is the first book of a projected trilogy but stands by itself as a self-contained story. The theme is that of the individual struggling against a socially repressive society. The book is set in a closed, very regimented and hierarchial society. Values repressed include creativity, individuality, and freedom of expression. The heroes are children whose slightly unconventional family have become victims of the state. The children leave the city to seek a historic artifact that will restore the city to a pre-regimented society. The book is simultaneously a quest and something of a bildungsroman with the hero-children becoming more mature and capable as the plot unfolds. The author is a very good writer and many parts of the book are quite enjoyable and imaginative. The plot is a little forced, perhaps more complex than really needed. While the quality of writing is very good, there are times when it lacks convincing detail. I predict this series will improve in the later books.
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Summary: Adventure Thrill Ride of a Lifetime!
Review: The city state of Aramanth is convincing all citizens that they live a happy life, although Kestrel Hath knows more. She knows the citizens aren't happy, and goes out on an adventure to thrill your socks off.
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