5/15/2023 0 Comments Twig beyond the deepwoods![]() ![]() The 'official' reading age for the series is 9-12, but I think it would be enjoyed by some younger readers and many older ones. I've been racking my brain for a book to compare these to but am drawing a blank - the best I can come up with is The Phantom Tollbooth by way of Lewis Carrol's Jabberwocky.Įnhancing the tale are the many pen and ink drawings by accomplished cartoonist Chris Riddel. These are classic adventure stories - an orphan boy 'strays from the path' in order to pursue his destiny in a fantastic world of foul-mouthed halitoads, red-faced slaughterers and galumphing banderbears. Personally, I think they're great - in fact I'd go as far as to say that I think they're the most imaginative books I've read in a long time. ![]() ![]() I've read the first two books, and our son (aged 10 now) has read a few more. An un-traditional coming-of-age story, the Edge Chronicles begins with Beyond the Deepwoods, in which our put-upon protagonist, Twig (a misplaced human boy who's being raised by woodtrolls) gets a hint of his true heritage, sheds his Deepwoods upbringing, and does the unthinkable: He strays from the path. Why it took 6 years from the time the first book in the series (Beyond The Deepwoods) was published in the UK to it crossing the Atlantic is one of life's mysteries, but the good news is that it and the second in the series (Stormchaser) are now available in the USA, and others in the series will be following shortly. I've been anticipating the arrival of The Edge Chronicles series in the USA for almost three years - ever since our son's Godmother, who lives in the UK, gave him the first three books in the series. ![]()
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