Jonathan Rogers
Autore di The Bark of the Bog Owl
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Fonte dell'immagine: via Amazon.com
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Opere di Jonathan Rogers
The World According to Narnia: Christian Meaning in C. S. Lewis's Beloved Chronicles (2005) 162 copie
Take a Closer Look for Teens: Uncommon & Unexpected Insights That Are Real, Relevant & Ready to Change Your Life (2007) 10 copie
The 365 Most Important Bible Passages for You: Daily Readings and Meditations on Experiencing God's Richest Blessings… (2011) 6 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Sesso
- male
- Luogo di residenza
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Attività lavorative
- Writer, Teacher
- Breve biografia
- Jonathan Rogers grew up in Georgia, where he spent many happy hours in the swamps and riverbottoms on which the wild places of The Wilderking are based. He received his undergraduate degree from Furman University in South Carolina and holds a Ph.D. in seventeenth-century English literature from Vanderbilt University. The Wilderking Trilogy has already found a receptive audience among Jonathan’s own six children. The Rogers clan lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where Jonathan makes a living as a freelance writer.
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No one has ever come home from the Feechiefen Swamp. What makes Aidan think he can?
It looks like a fool's errand. A jealous and vindictive King Darrow sends Aidan Errolson on a seemingly impossible quest into the depths of the Feechiefen Swamp. Darrow thinks he's sending Corenwald's young deliverer to certain death. No one, after all, comes back from the Feechiefen. He doesn't know that Aidan has friends and allies among the feechiefolk, who know him as the hero Pantherbane.
But even the feechiefolk may not be able to deliver Aidan from the enemy who waits in the swamp's deepest recesses - an enemy who threatens not just Aidan, but all of Corenwald.… (altro)
It looks like a fool's errand. A jealous and vindictive King Darrow sends Aidan Errolson on a seemingly impossible quest into the depths of the Feechiefen Swamp. Darrow thinks he's sending Corenwald's young deliverer to certain death. No one, after all, comes back from the Feechiefen. He doesn't know that Aidan has friends and allies among the feechiefolk, who know him as the hero Pantherbane.
But even the feechiefolk may not be able to deliver Aidan from the enemy who waits in the swamp's deepest recesses - an enemy who threatens not just Aidan, but all of Corenwald.… (altro)
Courage and a heart for adventure drive twelve-year-old shepherd boy Aidan Errolson. When the bark of the bog owl echoes from the forest across his father's well-tended pastures, Aidan dreams of wild places still untamed and quests not yet pursued.
Aidan's life changes forever on the day Bayard the Truthspeaker arrives at Longleaf with an astonishing pronouncement: it is Aidan's destiny to be the Wilderking, who will ascend to the throne from Corenwald's wildest places. Only the Wilderking can balance his people's civilizing impulses with the wildness that gives Corenwald its vitality. But not just yet. Many trials and adventures will shape the shaggy-headed shepherd boy into the man who can bring the kingdom back to its former glory.… (altro)
Aidan's life changes forever on the day Bayard the Truthspeaker arrives at Longleaf with an astonishing pronouncement: it is Aidan's destiny to be the Wilderking, who will ascend to the throne from Corenwald's wildest places. Only the Wilderking can balance his people's civilizing impulses with the wildness that gives Corenwald its vitality. But not just yet. Many trials and adventures will shape the shaggy-headed shepherd boy into the man who can bring the kingdom back to its former glory.… (altro)
The Charlatan's Boy is a great fantasy book suitable for all ages. It's the ultimate "finding yourself" story. The only life 16-year-old Grady remembers is travelling with con-man Floyd. One part of Grady longs for a home and a family, and he looks for someone who looks like him in every town they visit. As one of Grady's claims-to-fame is being the Ugliest Boy in the World, this search makes for an entertaining narrative. In one town, he does see a women who he thinks may be his mother and he gets very excited, only to realize that he was mistaken.
"I got ready to wrap my loving arms around her and claim her as my long-lost mama, but it was no luck. As she come closer, I seen she was the wrong kind of ugly."
However, Grady also feels an attachment to Floyd. Floyd has always taken care of him, and Grady really doesn't know any other life. When Short Fronie, a pub owner, offers to let Grady stay with her, he considers it. Until Floyd and excitement call again. Even after leaving with Floyd, Grady continues to wonder during the rest of the book if he shouldn't just give it all up and go back to Fronie and finally have a "mama".
Watching Floyd and Grady adapt their act over the years and seeing some of the things they come up with is also a lot of fun. It's not all fun and games, though. Floyd and Grady are travelling hucksters and Grady's starting to wonder if it's really okay to lie to people all the time. What is amusing is how he rationalizes lying to some people about some things. He has categories in his head of who it's okay to fool and which cons are acceptable. And don't start leaving me crazy comments about that. Just read the book. Lying is my number one pet peeve, but I promise the book is funny.
I don't think I can say anything more without giving away too much, but I think readers of all ages will enjoy this story. It's a little bit of "sweet" with a whole lot of "silly".
Read more reviews at http://www.livinglearninglovinglife.com… (altro)
"I got ready to wrap my loving arms around her and claim her as my long-lost mama, but it was no luck. As she come closer, I seen she was the wrong kind of ugly."
However, Grady also feels an attachment to Floyd. Floyd has always taken care of him, and Grady really doesn't know any other life. When Short Fronie, a pub owner, offers to let Grady stay with her, he considers it. Until Floyd and excitement call again. Even after leaving with Floyd, Grady continues to wonder during the rest of the book if he shouldn't just give it all up and go back to Fronie and finally have a "mama".
Watching Floyd and Grady adapt their act over the years and seeing some of the things they come up with is also a lot of fun. It's not all fun and games, though. Floyd and Grady are travelling hucksters and Grady's starting to wonder if it's really okay to lie to people all the time. What is amusing is how he rationalizes lying to some people about some things. He has categories in his head of who it's okay to fool and which cons are acceptable. And don't start leaving me crazy comments about that. Just read the book. Lying is my number one pet peeve, but I promise the book is funny.
I don't think I can say anything more without giving away too much, but I think readers of all ages will enjoy this story. It's a little bit of "sweet" with a whole lot of "silly".
Read more reviews at http://www.livinglearninglovinglife.com… (altro)
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- Opere
- 13
- Utenti
- 1,804
- Popolarità
- #14,272
- Voto
- 4.2
- Recensioni
- 31
- ISBN
- 36
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Aidan has no intention of leading any such rebellion. But when the kingdom continues to weaken, and the enemy Pyrthens threaten to invade, it's clear the Aidanites are the only army his people have left. What soon transpires among civilizers, feechiefolk, Corenwalders, and Pyrthens alike, no reader could predict.… (altro)