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Full Circle

Full Circle

#6 in series

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1 of 1 copy available
1 of 1 copy available

The sixth and final book in the animal fantasy series The Six Crowns, of which Booklist said, "Evokes elements of both Redwall and Lord of the Rings." The adventuring hedgehog Trundle Boldoak and energetic Princess Esmeralda must find the final legendary crown in their quest to save their lands!

Five of the six lost Badger crowns have been found. Only one is left—the Crown of Stone. But legend has it this crown is on an island long forgotten. Will Trundle and his swashbuckling companions be able to find it on their trusty ship? With dangerous pirates hot on their trail, Trundle and his friends must set sail to an island that might not even exist. An entertaining—and funny!—tween adventure with lively black-and-white illustrations throughout. School Library Journal called the Six Crowns an "action-packed page-turner . . . that even reluctant fantasy readers will embrace."

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    • Kirkus

      November 15, 2013
      Completing their quest, Trundle and Esmeralda literally reconfigure their whole world. Five thin volumes ago, Trundle was a humble hedgehog working as a lamplighter on a cabbage-farming planet, and Esmeralda was the scrappy stranger who yanked him into a rough-and-tumble adventure (Trundle's Quest, 2011). Traveling by skyboat across their archipelago of sky islands, which is called the Sundered Lands, the two hedgehogs seek the sixth hidden crown from an old legend. They don't know exactly what reuniting the six crowns will do, but they know they have to accomplish it before the pirates do--not to mention Esmeralda's evil aunt, who wants to run the world. Machinery has "cogwheels and gears and ratchets and sprockets"; bad guys carry "muskets and pistols and blunderbusses." Loud explosions and thud-and-blunder battles supply plenty of bluster (though the text leans a bit hard on exclamation points) while moving quickly and predictably enough to suit fans of the formula. A few refreshing surprises break the mold without undermining the narrative structure's comforting safety. As it has been for the whole series, ethnic stereotyping--"I'm a Roamany....I have the sixth sense"--is shameful. Trundle and Esmeralda sail "sunward beyond Nightreef" and end up unwittingly recombining the Sundered Lands into a single planet so breezily that readers may not even question the whereabouts of, well, the archipelago's entire population. A happily fanciful wrap-up, with a whole new adventure likely to come. (Animal steampunk. 7-10)

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    • The Horn Book

      January 1, 2014
      In the last two legs of their quest for the six Badger Crowns, hedgehogs Trundle and Esmeralda find themselves staging an opera along their journey (Sargasso) and seeking a hidden island while evading pirates (Full Circle). These late installments deliver a sparkly and satisfying conclusion, though some recurring illogic would make them a confusing entry point. Black-and-white illustrations underscore the almost-steampunk feel.

      (Copyright 2014 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

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  • English

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  • ATOS Level:5.4
  • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
  • Text Difficulty:4

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