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Igraine The Brave (2007)

Igraine the Brave (2007)

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0439903793 (ISBN13: 9780439903790)
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chicken house

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About the Book... The Pimpernel Castle is home to a family of three magicians, a whole lot of mice, a talking cat, and one wanna-be knight: Igraine. Igraine comes from a long line of great magicians, including her exceptionally talented parents, but she doesn’t care a wit about magic, she wants to be a knight!tWhen a second-rate wizard who goes by the name Osmund the Greedy shows up with and his dastardly Knight, Rowan the Heartless (AKA the Iron Hedgehog), the castle is thought to be in danger. However, it isn’t until some misspoken magic turns Igraine’s parents into pigs, that Igraine must take on a quest to save her parents, her home, and the magical books kept safe inside the castle walls. My Review. . . Unfortunately, right from the first page the writing seemed a little off. Not quite what I expected from the expert storyteller that Cornelia Funke is. Although the book is a nice mix of endearing characters, adventure, and medieval magic, the narrative weighs down the action and somehow removes all tension from the plot. At no point does your pulse quicken or, for even a moment, you fear any of the main characters might be in real danger. tI don’t see this as entirely negative, although the age of the protagonist (Igraine) is twelve, I feel the book may be more suited for 8 to10 year olds. This would be an excellence book for advanced readers. It will expose them to a higher vocabulary, but without the darker, scarier side of upper middle grade fantasy. Overall: Three Stars. The book is fun and although adventurous, there are no truly “scary bits.” It is definitely G rated and in truth a very “cute” adventure, but likely to come across as rather boring to older readers.

Cornelia Funke is an amazing author and the mastermind behind Inkheart but you would never know it from this. While I am very much in favor of her reaching out to a younger set of readers, I feel that she should give her new audience more credit for the sort of content that they want and are ready for. All of the beautiful dark notes that are interwoven in her books for older readers are gone without a trace in this tale of a spunky girl who intends to be a knight. There are a smattering of things I could nitpick about here, but the chief problem of the book really lies in the fact that it seems untroubled from any real tension, and therefore is not the action-packed adventurous romp that you might expect. Igraine's family is somewhat amused, but altogether very supportive of her unconventional career plans, she and her older brother get along remarkably well overall, everyone seems affable enough about the unfortunate spell mishap that transforms her parents, and due to the host of enchantments on their castle, one never really feels that it and the magic books are ever really that much in danger during the "siege" by the villain Osmund. The one real mystery of the book involving the backstory of the Sorrowful Knight is not particularly all that satisfying when it is eventually revealed. An overall fluffy read. Girls who want a stronger dose of adventure and who wouldn't mind seeing their heroines really scrap it up a bit should probably turn elsewhere.

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Igraine is a young girl who wants to be a knight. Her parents and her brother are magicians, but she doesn't want to do magic. On her birthday, her parents accidentally turn themselves into pigs. Conveniently, at the same time, their 'neighbor' wants to lay siege on their castle and steal their magic books. Igraine shows her courage by setting off on a quest to turn them back.This book really showed how we can reach our dreams and overcome our fears. I love the way that Igraine is persistent in following her dreams. Even though her dream was against the norm, she was set on accomplishing it. I also really liked the humor in this story; all the characters have wit and have their own distinct personality.There was magic in this book.
—Amanda Enman

A girl who aspires to be a knight must save her magician parents (who have accidentally turned into pigs) and defend her castle against an evil magician.Appropriate for ages 9-13This amusing adventure fantasy story is about Igraine, a 12-year-old princess who aspires to be a knight, and who lives with her magician parents in a a castle guarded by roaring stone lions and fire-breathing gargoyles. When her parents accidentally turn themselves into pigs on her birthday and an evil magician is poised to invade their castle, Igraine must save them by going on a quest to gather hairs from a red-headed giant, which are the missing ingredient in the potion they need to return to their human form. Along the way, she meets the Sorrowful Knight, who teaches her about swordfighting and chivalry; together, they ride home to confront the magician. Filled with imaginative and comical details, this story with a plucky female heroine is a great read for girls. This not scary, so it is appropriate for younger readers in grades 3-5. Appealing black and white line drawings and a section that introduces the cast of characters add to the fun.Reviewers were generally enthusiastic. A Publisher's Weekly review from 9/10/2007 described and praised the book and drawings; the reviewer also recommended the book as a read-aloud story because of an " abundance of action and humor". A Library Media Connection review (January, 2008)was the only one which was somewhat critical--the reviewer thought that some of the characters were stereotyped and parts of the story were predictable. I think children would be bothered by any of this, and the characters were not stereotypical in any way that would be harmful to children.
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Igraine lebt auf einer Burg mit ihren Eltern und ihrem Bruder Albert. Eine Prinzessin ist Igraine aber nicht und eine große Zauberin wie ihr Bruder und ihre Eltern möchte sie auch nicht werden. Sie hat andere Ambitionen, es zieht sie in die Welt der Helden und Ritter, täglich übt sie sich im Schwertkampf und zu ihrem zehnten Geburtstag bekommt sie eine eigene ganz besondere Rüstung. Leider verwandeln sich just an diesem Tag ihre Eltern versehentlich in Schweine und als dann noch die Burg belagert wird, ist guter Rat teuer. Igraine Ohnefurcht ist ein Abenteuerbuch nach meinem Geschmack: Ein Burgmädchen, auf dessen Äußerlichkeiten überhaupt nicht weiter eingegangen wird (weil sie vollkommen unwesentlich für die Handlung sind), findet sich unversehens in der Rolle der rettenden Heldin in dieser fantasievollen Geschichte von Cornelia Funke. Auf ihrem Abenteuer findet sie immer wieder Hilfe, doch niemals einen glänzenden Prinzen, der ihr die Heldenarbeit abnehmen könnte. Während Igraine unterwegs ist, hat ihr Bruder Albert Zuhause alle Hände voll zu tun, mit seiner Zauberkraft die Burg zu beschützen. Der Junge glänzt also in einem anderen Bereich, beide Kinder sind für das gute Ende der Geschichte wichtig. Das finde ich toll, weswegen ich das Buch für Mädchen und Jungen empfehlen kann. Für Muttersprachler eignet sich Igraine etwa ab 6 würde ich sagen, meiner Zweitsprachlerin musste ich doch noch so manches erklären.
—Fragmentage

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