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Title: Enchanted Island of Yew
Author: L. Frank Baum
Narrator: Patrick Lawlor
Format: Unabridged
Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-16-13
Publisher: Harmonic Wave
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
The Island of Yew is divided into five kingdoms, the central of which, Spor, is a place ravaged by crimes and robbers. One day, a young girl, Sesely, living in the nicer kingdom of Heg, is enjoying a picnic with some companions. A fairy comes down and begs them to help change her into a human. Sesely and her friends, amazed, obey her orders and soon they find themselves in the company of a young man, named Prince Marvel. Prince Marvel desires to go on adventures and become a hero, which he is able to do easily enough in crime-ridden Yew. He faces the bandits of Wul-Takim, the Royal Dragon of King Terribus, a strange mix-up in the land of Twi, a fake magician Kwytoffle, and the Red Rogue of Dawna. In all, Prince Marvel spends a very busy and successful year in his mortal form and turns back into a fairy when the year is up.
L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) was an American author of children's books, most famous for his "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." Baum wrote 13 sequels to his first Oz book and still has a huge fan base to this day. The Enchanted Island of Yew is one of Baum's many non-Oz fantasy works.
Members Reviews:
A great frank baum story
Full of magic, and fairies and evil hearted villains, this a good read for young adults with a love of gentle adventure stories.
A true heroic romp
Prince Marvell, the fairy on safari, is unlike any of Baum's other protagonists: a romantic hero, wandering freely through the semi-civilized countryside, looking for good adventure, turning evildoers into good guys. His sidekick, Nerle, is another unique character in Baum; the only one I can think of who's anything like him is Sacho in THE SEA FAIRIES, and they're not VERY similar. Sacho forgives those who hurt him; Nerle actually thanks them.
This book is not without flaws. Like so much of Baum's lower-quality work it suffers from aimlessly-wandering-around syndrome. Oz books are almost all essentially wandering around, but in the better ones like WIZARD it's not aimless and there's more going on as well. This is like DOROTHY AND THE WIZARD and ROAD and most of EMERALD CITY--essentially plotless, a riding tour. Also, the whole Twi adventure is way too long.
Another reviewer criticised the illustrations and the manufacturing quality. The original first edition of YEW had only a few (five?) color plates, plus some early editions had orange line-drawings stamped over the text. I have seen several recent very-badly-illustrated republications of YEW and this may be one. But it's most likely worth it anyway; you'll be glad to have Prince Marvell and Nerle in your family.
Great for middle schoolers that have high reading levels
My daughter reads at a high reading level. We really struggle to find appropriate books for her since she is 7th grade. This is actually at the lower end of her lexile, but it is closer then most books, even adult. She really enjoyed the story a lot. Made me want to pick it up and give it a read. She is now reading through the Wizard of Oz collection.
Fractured Fairy Tales, Good Message, Weak Plot, No Suspense
This was a quick and easy read that felt more like a sequence of fractured fairy tales than a novel. There are some interesting bits: gender reversal, overcoming the bad guys by helping them, a kingdom consisting of nothing but twins acting in unison, and a fake wizard.
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Title: Enchanted Island of Yew
Author: L. Frank Baum
Narrator: Patrick Lawlor
Format: Unabridged
Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-16-13
Publisher: Harmonic Wave
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
The Island of Yew is divided into five kingdoms, the central of which, Spor, is a place ravaged by crimes and robbers. One day, a young girl, Sesely, living in the nicer kingdom of Heg, is enjoying a picnic with some companions. A fairy comes down and begs them to help change her into a human. Sesely and her friends, amazed, obey her orders and soon they find themselves in the company of a young man, named Prince Marvel. Prince Marvel desires to go on adventures and become a hero, which he is able to do easily enough in crime-ridden Yew. He faces the bandits of Wul-Takim, the Royal Dragon of King Terribus, a strange mix-up in the land of Twi, a fake magician Kwytoffle, and the Red Rogue of Dawna. In all, Prince Marvel spends a very busy and successful year in his mortal form and turns back into a fairy when the year is up.
L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) was an American author of children's books, most famous for his "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." Baum wrote 13 sequels to his first Oz book and still has a huge fan base to this day. The Enchanted Island of Yew is one of Baum's many non-Oz fantasy works.
Members Reviews:
A great frank baum story
Full of magic, and fairies and evil hearted villains, this a good read for young adults with a love of gentle adventure stories.
A true heroic romp
Prince Marvell, the fairy on safari, is unlike any of Baum's other protagonists: a romantic hero, wandering freely through the semi-civilized countryside, looking for good adventure, turning evildoers into good guys. His sidekick, Nerle, is another unique character in Baum; the only one I can think of who's anything like him is Sacho in THE SEA FAIRIES, and they're not VERY similar. Sacho forgives those who hurt him; Nerle actually thanks them.
This book is not without flaws. Like so much of Baum's lower-quality work it suffers from aimlessly-wandering-around syndrome. Oz books are almost all essentially wandering around, but in the better ones like WIZARD it's not aimless and there's more going on as well. This is like DOROTHY AND THE WIZARD and ROAD and most of EMERALD CITY--essentially plotless, a riding tour. Also, the whole Twi adventure is way too long.
Another reviewer criticised the illustrations and the manufacturing quality. The original first edition of YEW had only a few (five?) color plates, plus some early editions had orange line-drawings stamped over the text. I have seen several recent very-badly-illustrated republications of YEW and this may be one. But it's most likely worth it anyway; you'll be glad to have Prince Marvell and Nerle in your family.
Great for middle schoolers that have high reading levels
My daughter reads at a high reading level. We really struggle to find appropriate books for her since she is 7th grade. This is actually at the lower end of her lexile, but it is closer then most books, even adult. She really enjoyed the story a lot. Made me want to pick it up and give it a read. She is now reading through the Wizard of Oz collection.
Fractured Fairy Tales, Good Message, Weak Plot, No Suspense
This was a quick and easy read that felt more like a sequence of fractured fairy tales than a novel. There are some interesting bits: gender reversal, overcoming the bad guys by helping them, a kingdom consisting of nothing but twins acting in unison, and a fake wizard.