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Mass Market Paperback Jackaroo Book

ISBN: 0590485954

ISBN13: 9780590485951

Jackaroo

(Book #1 in the Tales of the Kingdom Series)

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Format: Mass Market Paperback

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"False, they were all of them false, the stories; as false as the stories of fairies dancing in moonlight glades on Midsummer Night." But they served a purpose. In a distant time and far-off kingdom,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

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Rated 5 stars
My favorite book

I read the other reviews complaining about the lack of actionin the book, and have to strongly disagree with them. It's sad thatpeople prefer mindless "action" to finely-crafted characters, engaging plots, vivid settings, and meaningful messages, all of which this book has in full.These are the reasons that this book is one of my favorites. Voigt has written a classic tale, and the messages contained within this book are...

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Rated 5 stars
cohesive, finely tuned

It was only when I reached university and re-read this book that I realized how subtly drawn and complete Voigt's characters were. Where a less observant reader quickly bored of Voigt's dwelling on descriptions of everyday phenomena, I finally noticed what interaction was revealed, and what depth each character portrayal went to. By the book's end I was thoroughly engaged in the characters' lives, perceptions, and feelings,...

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Rated 5 stars
Don't despair! It gets better!

If you can make it through the first half of this book, you'll love it. I read about five chapters when I first bought it, get bored, and threw it under the bed to age for a couple of years. When I finally did finish it, it became my second favorite book. Adventure, action, and emotional twists happen in this book, but you have to wade through a deceptively bland beginning to get to it. Read it twice and I promise you'll...

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Rated 5 stars
Masks, stories, and freedom: a compelling blend

In every time, in every place where the people are oppressed by a ruling class, there is a hero of the poor, an outlaw who rides outside the law and is yet its greatest champion. In old England it was Robin Hood. In Spaniard-ruled California it was Zorro. And here, in this unnamed kingdom ruled by a distant King and greedy Lords, it is Jackaroo. Jackaroo is the masked outlaw who rights wrongs, who saves true love, who...

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