Type of bind: Hardcover
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Label: Amazon Remainders Account
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Quantity: 1
Page Count: 400
Printing Date: September 01, 2003
Publishing house: Amazon Remainders Account
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What secrets lie in the ruins of Loamhedge? When young haremaid Martha Braebuck arrived at Redwall Abbey, she was unable to walk - and no beast knows why. The answer lies far away - at the ancient, ruined abbey of Loamhedge. And two old Redwall warriors, Bragoon and Sarobando, are determined to help. But as they leave, a murderous band of Searats is heading for Redwall Abbey - and their leader, Raga Bol, is a mighty vicious beast. One brave badger, Lonna Bowstripe, wants revenge on Bol and his crew - and the fate of Redwall, and young Martha Braebuck, will depend on him.
Amazon.com Review:
Number sixteen in the esteemed Redwall animal fantasy series, young readers will find Loamhedge just as wild and woolly as its predecessors. In this chapter of the seemingly endless history of the woodland abbey, adventure is sparked by the sad plight of the haremaid, Martha Braebuck. Due to a terrible event that befell her when she was just an abbey Dibbun, Martha has lost the ability to walk. But when legendary mouse Martin the Warrior comes to her in a dream and explains that the secret to winning back her legs lies within the cursed walls of the ancient abbey Loamhedge, Martha hopes for a hero who will travel to the ruins on her behalf. Enter world-class adventurers Braggon the otter and Sarobando the squirrel. The best friends have come for a visit, and decide to undertake Martha’s quest. Yet, just as soon as the two tricksters leave, the peaceful abbey folk fervently wish them back, as Redwall is suddenly under siege from the dread searat Raga Bol and his motley crew of vermin. But even as he endeavors to force the Redwall folk from their cozy nest, Raga Bol is plagued by nightmares of the massive badger archer Lonna Bowstripe, who is coming to end his reign of terror. But will Lonna get to Redwall in time to save the forest folk? And will Martha ever walk again? The only thing that’s certain is that the fur will fly and numerous feasts will be noisily consumed in yet another fur-tastic tale from beloved British storyteller Brian Jacques. (Ages 10 and older) --Jennifer Hubert
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Loamhedge was a pretty good book, with more action and more evil than Triss. Bragoon and Saro's team of partly-retired mischief makers were intresting, as was Martha the haremaid's probem with her legs. Raga Bol was definitly a good villan, with his good-sized horde of rats. Overall, Loamhedge waa a good book.
-Emma D.
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Super!!! Brian Jacques is the BEST!!!!!! Action-packed animated series!!!!!!!! Interesting Setting & Lovable characters!!!!
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Enter the world of Redwall and the surrounding country. Get to meet the kind, humble people who reside in Redwall abbey and the villanous foes from other countries. Filled with adventure and excitement, this book will have you from the very start to the end. The book is well written, and you actually can feel the characters come to life. I almost forgot it wasn't real for a moment!
Highly recommended(and dont forget to check out the other books in the Redwall series)
-B.Z.
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Enter the world of Redwall and the surrounding country. Get to meet the kind, humble people who reside in Redwall abbey and the villanous foes from other countries. Filled with adventure and excitement, this book will have you from the very start to the end. The book is well written, and you actually can feel the characters come to life. I almost forgot it wasn't real for a moment!
Highly recommended(and dont forget to check out the other books in the Redwall series)
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I believe that many of the reviews are misleading. Many complain about the book not being about loamhedge itself (I didn't expect it to be anyway), but that's not a reason for giving a book a bad review. Let's look at the book itself. I have read all but the most recent Redwall book and I have to say this was very good. Here's why:
I'm not going to give the story and spoil everything, but you can read some of the other reviews if you want to. Compared to a number of other Redwall books, this book had a very interesting plot. Many Redwall books (Triss is a perfect stereotype of this) are centered around a hero who eventually inherits Martin's sword and slays the evil warlord of the horde that is attacking Redwall with not much else standing out. Loamhedge follows this somewhat, but it has a very interesting main plot which has almost nothing to do with the evil attacking hordes. It was a very refreshing Redwall book to me.
I agree that Martha's brother and his friends were pretty annoying, but I enjoyed seeing them learn their lessons from two awsome characters. At the end of the story, the trio of troublemakers turn into descent and likable creatures and the reader feels like it was a realistic and substantial change. This had some of the better character developement that Jaques has produced.
This book also has some characters that I really enjoyed. There were two old codgers that are actually battle-hardened warriors with much wisdom in their experience. These were very likable creatures who gave the story and very likable flavor. By the way, a codger is not an animal it is a saying for anyone who didn't know :D
There were a few things that weren't very strong in this book. I don't like the treatment of the group of villians very much; however, the pirate captian was done well. I like how he actually defeated a badger in combat (with his crew helping of course). However, he was not the greatest of the badguys. I would like to see a story that brings back the Wearat. Perhaps he becomes a real tyrant and not just a visitor like the wolverine in Rakkety Tam. But don't expect to see much of the wearat in this book. I say this so that anyone reading the book won't be dissapointed, just be patient and you'll see. It would have been much better if the wearat were more involved with the rest of the story. The main weakness in the book has to be that many potentially intersting things (like the river captian guy early in the story) are not really given much significance and the reader is not able to really make an emotional connection with many of these characters unlike many other Redwall books that bring you very close to many of the characters.
Anyway, aside from a few complaints, this was a great book. I definately don't consider it as highly as my favorites Taggerung, Martin the Warrior, Outcast of Redwall, The Bellmaker, Legends of Luke, the Long Patrol, and of course the original Redwall that started it all. I still think this is the best of the average Redwall books. This is coming from a college student too, so don't think that this book is too childish for you. I have a friend who started reading Redwall in college and he likes them a lot. The series of Redwall including this book of course is definately not just for kids.
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