The Outcasts
Brotherband Chronicles, Book 1
Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · September 4, 2012
From the author of the global phenomenon Ranger's Apprentice!
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- Who it’s for
- A sea race turns perilous as an overlooked crew’s skills and courage face their test.
- Themes
- Belonging among outcasts, Courage, Seafaring competition
- Pacing
- Fast
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From the author of the global phenomenon Ranger's Apprentice! They are outcasts. Hal, Stig, and the others - they are the boys the others want no part of. Skandians, as any reader of Ranger's Apprentice could tell you, are known for their size and strength. Not these boys. Yet that doesn't mean they don't have skills. And courage - which they will need every ounce of to do battle at sea against the other bands, the Wolves and the Sharks, in the ultimate race.
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The icy waters make for a treacherous playing field . . . especially when not everyone thinks of it as playing. John Flanagan, author of the international phenomenon Ranger's Apprentice, creates a new cast of characters to populate his world of Skandians and Araluens, a world millions of young readers around the world have come to know and admire. Full of seafaring adventures and epic battles, Book 1 of The Brotherband Chronicles is sure to thrill readers of Ranger's Apprentice while enticing a whole new generation just now discovering the books. Perfect for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, T.H. White’s The Sword in the Stone, Christopher Paolini’s Eragon series, and George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire series.
Courage at Sea
A sea race turns perilous as an overlooked crew’s skills and courage face their test.
Come here for
- Icy-water danger and seafaring adventure
- A fresh cast in Flanagan’s Skandian world
Expect
- Outcasts relying on skill and courage
- A contest that becomes dangerous
Where it sits
| Magic & Fantasy | 41% |
|---|---|
| Boats & Ships | 38% |
| Action & Adventure | 33% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Action & Adventure
- Magic & Fantasy
- Boats & Ships
- Authors
- John Flanagan
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- September 4, 2012
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Belonging among outcasts · Courage · Seafaring competition
- Reading lane
- Action & Adventure