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| Original Title: | The Cry of the Icemark |
| ISBN: | 043968627X (ISBN13: 9780439686273) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Icemark Chronicles #1 |
| Characters: | Thirrin, Oskan |
| Literary Awards: | Waterstones Children's Book Prize |
Stuart Hill
Paperback | Pages: 496 pages Rating: 4.11 | 10254 Users | 569 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Cry of the Icemark (The Icemark Chronicles #1) |
| Author | : | Stuart Hill |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 496 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 2009 by Scholastic Paperbacks (first published January 3rd 2005) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Adventure. Magic |
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The Icemark is a kingdom in grave danger. Its king has been killed in battle, its enemy lies in wait, and its fate rests on the shoulders of one girl. Thirrin Freer Strong-in-the-Arm Lindenshield, a beautiful princess and an intrepid warrior, must find a way to protect her land from a terrible invasion. She will forge an extraordinary alliance of noble Snow Leopards, ancient Vampires, and ferocious Wolf-folk. She will find unexpected strength in her friendship with a young warlock. And she will lead her allies to victory with her fierce battle cry: "Blood! Blast! And Fire!"Rating Of Books The Cry of the Icemark (The Icemark Chronicles #1)
Ratings: 4.11 From 10254 Users | 569 ReviewsPiece Of Books The Cry of the Icemark (The Icemark Chronicles #1)
I can't even express how much I love this book! Thirrin is a fierce, temperamental princess who has to fight to save her kingdom from a Rome-like empire. She challenges previously held ideas of her people (she has to) and she thinks for herself as opposed to accepting the notions of the past. The text in this book! It's hysterical, with some of the best lines I've read and they make me laugh no matter how many times I read these books. It's also well done militarily, with enough to allow you toI bought this book last 2010 in a book fair at my school and after reading it, set it aside. But now that I rummaged through my library and saw it again, I decided to read it. But then, after I read the first paragraph of the first page, I got hooked just like what happened to me two years ago! With this book, you'll never get bored! What I Love: -The plot and writing style! Excellent made and perfectly-written! I'm not a fan of war books, but because of this masterpiece, it made a boring war
This is a debut novel with strong promises that the author will hone his craft as other books come along.; but it was a first novel, and it shows. There was a lot of telling of characters' thoughts and motivations (which I tended to skip because they often went on for pages), instead of *showing* their thoughts/motives in more powerful ways. Sometimes the dangerous action, especially in the early chapters, came out of nowhere and didn't seem plausible. Moreover, I was distracted by the feeling
This is tricky because as a children's book (which I think it is - with the main character being 13 when the story starts) I think this is a solid 4 star as I think it is perhaps lacking in a few areas of world and character building. I did rate this as a 5 star when I read it the first few times when I was around 11.Nevertheless even after rereading this around 10 years later I still love it. Story of how you need allies and friendship for peace and how we're stronger together.Think of this as
I demoted this to two stars. The children enjoyed it for the most part, but it seemed to drag on at the end. Predictable . . . and a bit boring. It started out promising. We really liked it when Therrin punched the werewolf, and then he ended up being the king of the werewolves and eventually swore allegiance to her. But, when the 14 year old heroine takes over the country and the army when her father dies . . . it got boring and predictable. Therrin is an amazing soldier and everyone defers to
"Cry of the Icemark" is one of the most sickeningly misogynistic YA stories I have ever had the misfortune of reading. Im surprised at how many readers have managed to delude themselves into thinking that Hill has written a female role-model in Therin, considering how antagonistic and hateful she is toward all the other female characters she meets in the book (literally, all of them), and her constant insistence on surrounding herself with no one but men. Even her animal companions are male. At
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