Taran Wanderer

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Author(s):

Lloyd Alexander

First Pub:

1967

Genre(s):

Fantasy; Young Adult

First Read:

2020

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

See 21

1 - Who Am I?

2 - Cantrev Caddifor

3 - Gloryon and Gast

4 - A Matter of Crows

5 - A Judgement

6 - A Frog

7 - Friends in Danger

8 - The Wall of Thorns

9 - The Hand of Morda

10 - The Broken Spell

11 - Dorath

12 - The Wager

13 - The Lost Lamb

14 - The End of Summer

15 - The Open Cage

16 - Taran Wanderer

17 - The Weir

18 - The Free Commots

19 - The Potter's Wheel

20 - The Spoilers

21 - The Mirror

Internal ID:

2804

Series:

The Castle of Llyr
The High King

The Chronicles of Prydain*

#4 of 5

The Chronicles of Prydain*

A series of fantasy novels for younger readers by Lloyd Alexander.

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1) The Book of Three
2) The Black Cauldron
3) The Castle of Llyr
4) Taran Wanderer
5) The High King

Copyright:

Dedication:

For Wayfarers still journeying,
for Wanderers at rest

First Sentence:

It was full springtime, with promise of the richest summer the farm had ever seen.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

Taran followed it.

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Added: 25-Mar-2020

Last Updated: 16-Oct-2024

01-May-2006

Henry Holt & Company

Trade Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-May-2006

Format:

Trade Paperback

Cover Price:

$5.99

Pages*:

220

Read:

Once

Reading(s):

1) 14 Aug 2020 - 15 Sep 2020

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

amazon.com

Internal ID:

2210

Publisher:

Henry Holt & Company

ISBN:

0-805-08051-1

ISBN-13:

978-0-805-08051-3

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Evaline Ness - Map
David Wyatt - Cover Artist

More than 3 million copies of
The Chronicles of Prydain in print!

Taran is an Assistant Pig-Keeper no longer - he has become a hero. Now he dreams of winning the hand of the Princess Eilonwy, but how can someone who has spent his wholel ife caring for a pig hope to marry royality? Taran must find out who he really is. Eager to find his origins and hoping to find noble roots, Taran sets off with the faithful Gurgi.

The journey takes the companions to the three witches in the Marshes of Morva and through the many realms of Prydain. At last they reach the mystical Mirror of Llunet, which reveals a person's true identity. Yet Taran may not be reasdy to face the truth....

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Notes and Comments:

First published in hardcover in 1967 by Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Reissued in 1999 by Henry Holt and Company
First Henry Holt paperback edition, 2006
First printing based on the the number line.
Canada: $7.99

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01-May-2006
Henry Holt & Company
Trade Paperback

Author(s)

Lloyd Alexander
Birth: 30 Jan 1924 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: 17 May 2007

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