It just occurred to me that sometime I ought to make a list of “Top Ten Books/Series I’ve Read” or something like that. In any case, this book would definitely be on there. The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima is AWSOME! Chima really has an excellent imagination. Never before have I come across the concept of a “Weir stone”. A Weir stone is a sort of magical inheritance. Without a Weir stone, a Weir (person with Weir stone) dies.Jack was born without a Weir stone, so his Aunt Linda located a wizard named Jessamine Longbranch to surgically implant a Weir stone in him. Jack was born a wizard, one of the five types of Weir. His Aunt Linda therefore expected Jessamine Longbranch to implant a wizard’s stone. Longbranch had other ideas, however. She chose to place a warrior’s stone instead. This book is about what happened because of the mixed-up Weir stone, and a deadly Game that Jack can’t avoid.
I would recommend this book to anyone 5th grade and up. I also suggest its sequel, The Wizard Heir. I just found out that there is a third book, The Dragon Heir, which came out in August. I haven’t read it yet, but I can’t wait to stick my nose in it!
Later: I read The Dragon Heir! It was excellent!
3 comments:
What a cool book cover! Nice review!
I had to come visit after firefly said such nice things about you - now I have to add this to my "gonna read it when I can afford to walk back into the bookstore" list!
okay, I picked up the first 2 this morning... I'm going to be in trouble here I can tell :)
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