Orson Scott Card: Stonefather
February 3rd, 2010 by fjacksonem
Raise your hand if :
Your midterms stressed you out?
You’re looking for a way to escape and unwind?
You want a quick read before your homework piles up?
Well, we’ve searched the stacks and found a great short Fantasy book that’s not a thousand pages long, or a trilogy wide.*
Perfect for the semesters end and beginning, this book is a quick and engaging otherworldly read.
Look no further my friend and try STONEFATHER by Orson Scott Card.
We start off with the main character Runnel, the simple and poor mountain boy born into an abusive family that considers him the unwanted child. On a walk one day, he leaves his home and takes a random path out of the mountains and into the city of Mitherhome, where he discovers so much more to the world than his simple mountain life.
He meets a young servant girl who helps him get a job with her master, the Stonemage Lord Brickel. As he progresses in this new land, far away from his family, he comes to the realization that the people of Mitherhome are not what they seem and that his true heritage may be very ancient and very magical.
” A great story to read when you’re pressed for time, or low on energy; it picks up quickly and is extremely charming. It’s a book that cannot be forgotten.” -Mrs. Hirsch, YA Librarian
Recommended for grades 11 and up.
*Note: reviewer is not responsible if Orson Scott Card later decides to make Stonefather the first book of a possible new series called Mithermages. I can only hope he does.
Your midterms stressed you out?
You’re looking for a way to escape and unwind?
You want a quick read before your homework piles up?
Well, we’ve searched the stacks and found a great short Fantasy book that’s not a thousand pages long, or a trilogy wide.*
Perfect for the semesters end and beginning, this book is a quick and engaging otherworldly read.
Look no further my friend and try STONEFATHER by Orson Scott Card.
We start off with the main character Runnel, the simple and poor mountain boy born into an abusive family that considers him the unwanted child. On a walk one day, he leaves his home and takes a random path out of the mountains and into the city of Mitherhome, where he discovers so much more to the world than his simple mountain life.
He meets a young servant girl who helps him get a job with her master, the Stonemage Lord Brickel. As he progresses in this new land, far away from his family, he comes to the realization that the people of Mitherhome are not what they seem and that his true heritage may be very ancient and very magical.
” A great story to read when you’re pressed for time, or low on energy; it picks up quickly and is extremely charming. It’s a book that cannot be forgotten.” -Mrs. Hirsch, YA Librarian
Recommended for grades 11 and up.
*Note: reviewer is not responsible if Orson Scott Card later decides to make Stonefather the first book of a possible new series called Mithermages. I can only hope he does.
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