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Presented as a translation of an ancient legend, The Naming is epic fantasy at its most classic. The Dark (working for what someone else forces you to do) threatens to extinguish the Light (working for what you hope for and believe in the depths of your heart) in the ancient civilization of Edil-Amarandh. Cadvan, a magically gifted Bard, believes that sixteen-year-old Maedra is the One who is Foretold to defeat the Dark. He finds her living wretchedly as a slave nine years after she survived the destruction of her home of Pellinor.
Eager to leave her life of slavery, Maedra and Cadvan embark on a long and dangerous journey during which she confronts enemies and realizes her special gifts. On this journey, Maedra finds her little brother, Hem, who she thought had been killed. They must separate at the end of The Naming, as Maedra continues her quest in The Riddle. Hem’s story is taken up again in the third book, The Crow. In the last book, The Singing, brother and sister are reunited for a final effort against the growing power of the Dark.
The edge of danger never lags in this series and the evil ones are plenty scary. The characters are complex and the line between the Light and the Dark is often blurred. Maedra is strong-willed, intelligent, kind, and brave. Because of the strength of her character, this series has been well-liked by the middle and high school girls in my classes, but boys who are avid fans of fantasy have also liked it. The protagonist is a teenager and as such there are some themes of romance and maturing development, but these are more implicit than explicit. Though this series has been compared to The Lord of the Rings, I think it is a slightly easier read and could be appreciated by younger, experienced readers also.
Gaby Chapman
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Our children are not only the readers and writers of the future.
They ARE the voice of the future.
EPIC has given that voice a place and time.
Here is that place.
Now is their time.
EPIC wants to share the excitement about e-publishing with young writers and introduce them to the variety and versatility of e-books. We want to encourage them to spread their wings and soar by turning their creative dreams into reality, giving their voices a place in the books of now and the future.
EPIC’s New Voices Writing Competition Contest is their perfect opportunity.
We established this competition to encourage writing among Middle School and High School-aged students. The New Voices Writing Competition has been an astounding success in its short history, welcoming talented young entrants from all parts of the globe. Help us continue to offer these writers the opportunity to fly.
We invite your writers, poets, schools, and local organizations to participate in this ELECTRONIC COMPETITION and welcome all Middle School and High School aged writers attending public, private, or home schools.
Winning entries are compiled into special anthologies. EPIC donates two versions of the current anthology (one copy on CD, the other in print) to each winning entrants’ school library, doing our part to promote e-book awareness within school systems. Additional electronic copies are available for download at no cost from our website:
For more Guidelines and Entry forms, please go to:
If you think we're working our fingers to the bone making owl-shaped cupcakes in honor of Harry Potter, you're ... only half right. (Umm, they don't really look like owls, lets just put it that way).
So, yeah. Biggest publishing mania of like the century? I guess we've got to participate. Join the Books Inc. celebration tomorrow night at 10 pm and get your book at the stroke of 12:01. Here's party info for San Francisco, Mountain View, Burlingame, Palo Alto and Alameda. 20% of every book purchased before midnight will go to local schools and literacy organizations. So come geek out, dress up and eat owl-shaped amoeba-shaped cupcakes with us!
Thanks for sharing this - makes for a good post!
Cool - just emailed the info with the link to my son's Language Arts teacher!
Great incentive to get them started, so they'll be like us and won't be able to stop!
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I'll put a link on Cynthia's Attic Blog, Karen.
I'm following the progress of several young writers.