Ranger's Apprentice Book One The Ruins of Gorlan

by John Flanagan...so most of the kids in the library where I work RAVE about this series. So this weekend I decided to read the first book in the series. It is one of several books and most of the series was printed in Australia before here in the US. I felt it was a pretty good book. It kept me entertained. It did have similarities with other fantasy/adventure/etc that I have read in the past...but I liked that it did take until page 189 to reveal a fantasy side...long enough I believe to hook a reader who may or may not like the fantasy. Excellent fight scenes and suspense for a younger reader as well.