booksnorkel 's review for:

Taran Wanderer by Lloyd Alexander

4.0

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An interesting take on the 'growing up and discovering yourself' book. Taran wants to find himself, he wants to know who he is so that he can know if he is worthy of Elinoweny. Along with Gurgie (as you know is my least favorite) Taran sets out for Morva to see if the three women there know of his heritage. They send him on a quest and as we all know not for nothing, never for nothing. His goal is to find the Mirror of Lunet and it will tell him of who he is. As he is traveling he meets all sorts of people who have different views on life. Is it luck, a forge, a loom, can life be narrowed down to one word? Does the circumstances of one's birth make them better than others? There are a lot of themes and a lot of school/ home discussion points that this book brings up. For those who have read the rest of the series and want to see Taran grow as a person.