The Kestrel (Firebird) (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of The Kestrel (Firebird) Friday, July 31 2009.

• Theo is traveling Westmark, learning about the country of which he will soon be Prince Consort. He is not surprised to find great poverty-Mickle (now known as Princess Augusta) could have told him that from her years on the street. His friend Florian could have told him about the aristocracy's graft and corruption. But neither could have foreseen a loaded pistol in the practiced hand of the assassin Skeit. The echoes of that shot ring from the muskets and cannons of a Westmark suddenly at war-a war that turns simple, honest men into cold-blooded killers, Mickle into a military commander, and Theo himself into a stranger. . . . "The plot is magnificent, the characterizations are excellent, and the issues are compelling." ( Children's Literature )

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Kestrel (Firebird) Monday, July 27 2009.

• Added a contributor: Lloyd Alexander: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of The Kestrel (Firebird) Thursday, July 16 2009.

• Spring in the Carla River valley was a matter of opinion.