murphyc1 's review for:

Taran Wanderer by Lloyd Alexander

5.0

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I truly loved these books in middle school. They were my introduction to fantasy, predating Potter, Rings, and even Narnia. Here your ten-year-old reader will find less whiny angst than in the exploits of the Boy Wizard, far fewer subtly-allegorized religious tropes than in C. S. Lewis, and none of the insipid libertarian cynicism that is offered by the likes of The Hunger Games and Divergent.