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The Great Redwall Feast (Picture Puffins)
Published in Paperback by Puffin (September, 2000)
Authors: Brian Jacques and Christopher Denise
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flawless illustrations and a loooong poem
Fabulous illustrations occupy most of the page in this 64-page poem of 101 six-lined stanzas with an AACBBC rhyming scheme. The story incorporates many of the series' favorite characters, including Matthias and Cornflower, and depicts not only the preparations of a wonderful Redwall feast by hares and mice and otters, but includes a riddle as well.

This book is really beautiful and should be read aloud.

A Childs Fantasy World
This is the story of an Abbey, Redwall to be exact. The Abbot's Golden Jubilee Feast is to take place and the entire Abbey is a hustle and bustle preparing for the party while hiding the fact from what everyone thinks is an old mouse who is very easy to fool. However they're in for a surprise! This a colorful, fun, and exciting book that has all of your favorite Redwall characters.

The Beginner's Redwall Reader
A masterpiece! The children's poem book by our heroMr. Jacques, and the third book revolving around the latest AbbeyChampion, Matthias, The Great Redwall Feast is a light-hearted trip back into Mossflower. The Abbey is preparing for a surprise feast for the Abbot, and food keeps disappearing at the claws of Bungo, a baby mole! Can the Redwallers stop Bungo from devouring the feast before Matthias and the Abbot return? A wonderful story with a signature twist ending! (Historian's Note: Takes place between Redwall and Mattimeo) Definitely worth it!!

Tales from Redwall, Books 5-7: Salamandastron; Martin the Warrior; The Bellmaker
Published in Paperback by Berkley Pub Group (October, 1996)
Author: Brian Jacques
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Brian Jaques books are the best for young adults and up.
I rate this series with 5 stars because of the way it was written. My favorite of the series is Marlfox. It is about new creatures that stroll on by Redwall, but they want to take it. I suggest that you read this book, and any of the Redwall books.

Brian Jacques' Redwall series is amazing.
I have read every one of Mr. Jacques' books and I am telling you there is nothing better. His unique storytelling techniques are excellent. His "world" is full of life, fun, imagination and great adventure. Every last one of his (so far) 10 books, from Redwall to The Long Patrol are masterpieces. His books are about woodland type of creatures who fight tyranny and evil creatures. There is everything in them. Joyfulness, Greif, Tragedy, Happiness, etc... Lets just put that movies can not compare to Jacques' amazing story telling. If you choose to not read them, then you do not know what you are missing.

The Redwall series are the greatest books of all time!
Each of Brian Jacques books of the Redwall series is crammed full of excitement and adventure, feasts, battles, quests, journeys, cruelty, revenge, and victory! No-one I know who has read one of these books doesn't like it!

The Angel's Command
Published in Hardcover by Philomel Books (31 March, 2003)
Authors: Brian Jacques and Thomas Gordon
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Truly heart-taking
I had bought Castaways of a Flying Dutchman to see if it would satisfy my cravings for more redwall, and boy did it ever. After reading the first book I was hooked to buy the second when I heard it was coming out. As I read through the book my heart saddened with each time they had to leave their newfound friends, but also gladdened with each thrilling adventure, this book left me only wanting more. Ben and Ned really get into some adventures with this book and there is only room for another as they leave off. I really enjoyed it and I cant wait for the next book to come out.

This book basically fills some of the gaps between what happened in South America to so on and it leaves off with more "filling" I guess u can call it that. They end to book sailing away on a boat and headed for more adventures, where those may start we can only wonder...

The furthur adventures of Ben and Ned!
As a long time Redwall fan I remember, a few years ago, when I went to a Brain Jacques book signing when he announced that he was going to write Castaways of the Flying Dutchmen, the book to which An Angel's Command is a sequel to. The reaction from the crowd was not one he expected. It was one of horror. Millions of children thought that it meant he was going to stop writing Redwall, or at least postpone it for a little while, and it terrified us all. Luckily, we were wrong. With Castaways of the Flying Dutchmen and now, with The Angel's Command, Brain Jacques proves he can create not just one but TWO series.

The book, like Castaways, is divided into two stories that take place back to back in the early 17th century. The first story tells of Ben and Ned, the Castaways, first trip back to the sea. Almost by accident, Ben and Ned find themselves traveling from the Caribbean to France on the Buccaneer ship, Le Petit Marine. They are trailed by two ships, a vengeful Spanish pirate ship and a corrupted English privateer boat. Both of them are interested in one thing, Le Petit Marie's gold. Ben and Ned know they must help their new friend, the captain Thuron, in any way possible. But the crew of the ship is not as noble as the captain. They don't want to go back to France, and they'll do anything to stop the captain from getting them their. At the same time Ben and Ned are haunted by images of the Flying Dutchman. Has Captain Vanderdecken come back to haunt them?

The second story happens almost directly after the first one. Ben and Ned run into a gypsy girl named Lalay and a facemaker named Dominic that can see into the hearts of his models for his drawings. They travel to a city called Vernon as friends and find themselves caught up in a strange adventure. A boy named Adamo, was kidnapped by the Razan, strange witch-like people, years ago and has not been seen by his family since. Ben and Ned immediately volunteer to help find Adamo but this journey may prove to be the most treacherous one yet. As they travel through the Pyrenees they face many challenges, but no challenge is more daunting then what they find when they reach the Razan.

I loved these two stories. They are filled with high adventure, suspense, and a little bit of mystery here and there. I like how Brain Jacques gives us not one, but two stories. It makes the book twice as enjoyable. He somehow manages to do this without making the story seem choppy and divided, which I find admirable. Once again the characters of Ben and Ned are great. The clever and goodhearted Ben and his witty and intelligent dog Ned are extremely enjoyable to watch. I also really liked the new characters Mr. Jacques's created for the story. Whether it's the plucky Lalay, the brave Thuron or the brave Dominic, they always are interesting. Magdula Razan is one of the creepiest villain's I've seen in one of Mr. Jacques's books to date! I hope you enjoy this book as much as I have!

More of Ben and Ned
Better than the first Flying Dutchman book, Ben and Ned meet more charecter's you'll love (and some you'll hate) as they are forced to go back to the sea in the first part of the book. After their adventures on the wide ocean, they go inland so face their hardest challeneges yet.
Whether you are a younger Redall fan looking for more Brian Jacques or on older person (or Redwall fan) looking for a good story told by a master storyteller, "The Angel's Command" fits the bill. It is necessary, though, to read the first in the series ("Castaways of the Flying Dutchman") first.

Mossflower (Redwall, Book 2)
Published in Hardcover by Random House of Canada Ltd. (June, 1994)
Author: Brian Jacques
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A Thrilling Prequel to Redwall!
I really enjoyed this book, because it was a very good science fiction/ fantasy book. It was a very good book that kept me wanting to read it more and more to see what happened next. I couldn?t put the book down once I began reading. It was about talking animals with a problem. Martin a warrior mouse was traveling from his home land, searching for his father when he was captured. He was thrown in the jail of Kotir in mossflower. He later finds out the all the woodland animals in mossflower are being enslaved and attacked by wildcats and there army. After being helped by the woodlanders he decides to stay with the woodlanders and help them defeat the intruders. With his new found friends he sets out to the mountain of Salamandastron to get help from a great warrior badger. On the way they overcome many hardships. While back in Kotir the rest of the woodlanders find out other ways to stop the intruders.
I rate this on a scale of 1 to 5 stars, a 5. I rate this a perfect five because this is just the kind of book I enjoy reading. This book also has a lot of action and fighting in it which kept me wanting to read more.

Bravery, cunning, determination. Mossflower has it all

A masterful story of cunning, treachery, determination, and bravery. Brian Jacques' tale of how the Redwall Abbey came to be is truly a must-read for any fan of the Redwall series, and for anyone who has not read one of the Redwall books, Mossflower is a great place to start!

The story is full of riddles, songs, memorable characters, and one cannot forget the battles of the peace loving woodland creatures versus the evil troops under the command of the the merciless wildcat Tsarmina. The brave Martin, clever Gonff, the strong Skipper of the Otters and a plethora of other colorful characters make this book one not to miss. There's something for everyone in this book, action, humor, love, mystery, and riddles that make the mind boggle!

Truly one of Brian Jacques' best and most beautifully done works, also a fantastic tale for all ages! This was the first of Jacques' books that I ever read, and I've looked forward to any of his new books ever since

Well-written, exciting, I'd give it six!
Mossflower is an excellent addition to the Redwall series, and pretty soon my copy's going to fall apart; I've read it WAY too many times! I enjoyed reading this book for several reasons. First, it's exciting! The battles are in the right places, they're never drawn out, and they will always find a way to shock, amuse, or effect you. Second, the plot is an excellent and genuine find. It's not the same old, same old, plots that have found their ways into books. It's fresh. Third, it has Martin the Warrior in it. He's my absolute favorite character of all, and any book with him is fine by me.

SUMMARY: For a long time, the peaceful land of Mossflower and its inhabitants were under the claws of Verdauga, King of a Thousand Eyes and a wildcat tyrant. When he falls ill, however, he passes on the ruling to his far crueler daughter Tsarmina. The peaceful woodlanders begin leaving the settlement as the evil wildcat demands more and more tribute to the wildcat fortress, Kotir. Because of this, Tsarmina declares a war on the woodlanders, knowing that she would have to weed them out before Kotir falls into famine (the soldiers are no farmers!). Just as things look pretty bad for the woodlanders who know little of war, a young mouse hero who was witnessed to beat up a patrol "single-pawed" (as in, weaponless) comes along. This hero, of course, is Martin.

Soon, the woodlanders find a new hope. They are convinced that if they could contact Boar the Fighter, the badger ruler of Mossflower, they could defeat Tsarmina and her vermin horde. Bella, daughter of Boar the Fighter, calls upon Martin (who is accompanied by his friends Gonff the Prince of Mousethieves and Young Dinny the mole) to go to Salamandastron to seek out Boar the Fighter. In the end, however, it is brave, fearless, heroic (I'm naming a few of Martin's good traits. There are way too many!) Martin the Warrior who comes to battle Tsarmina!

I won't say anymore. I don't want to ruin it for anyone who hasn't read it! Anyway, read this book. It's excellent. The other Redwall books are excellent too, and I'm anticipating the arrival of "Triss" and "Loamhedge" in bookstores. Later!

~*DatBzzEB*~

Mattimeo (Redwall, Book 3)
Published in Paperback by Firebird Books (March, 2003)
Author: Brian Jacques
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THIS IS A DEFINITE READ
"One day you will weild the sword my son but it will not make you a warrior." This is from the book Mattimeo by Brian Jacques. If you don't like adventure, if you don't like action, if you like boring charecters, ........then don't read the book because Mattimeo is loaded with Adventure, action, and great and funny charecters. Mattimeo is about a young mouse named Mattimeo whose father, Matthis, is the Redwall Warrior and mattimeo has to grow up to become one. Through his life Mattime grows up just like his father ( a little michief maker) he always gets in to fights, trouble, and other things like that. Well one day he and some of the other young Animals from redwall get captured by a Cunning fox Slagar the Cruel and are put on a slave trial destined to a place called Malkris where they will work as slaves for the rest of their lives. The Animals at Redwall send out a search party. On their way to find their children they make some new friends with other animals whose Children have beeen taken by Slagar, Plus they meet up with some with some old friends. While they are gone a Crow named General Ironby attacks the Redwall Abbey. If you thought the plot sounded good, then try reading the book. I think the strengths were everything but one thing. The weaknesses are that one thing. I don't think that in each chapter there should be a different place each time. The style of the author was funny, so funny that sometimes it makes you laugh out loud; adventurous so that you feel like you're fighting in the battle, cliffhangers that just make you want to read on, and mystery. Other books in the Readwall series are, Martin the Warrior, Mossflower, Redwall, Perls of Lutra, The long Patrol, and of course Mattimeo. Will Mattimeo ever grow up to become a warrior and weild the sword of his father? To find out you must read the book.

Read it and you'll love it forever!
"One day, you will wield the Sword, my son... But it will not make you a Warrior." says Mattimeo's father, Matthias. This is a truly thrilling book to read over and over again and you'll never get tired of it! This story is about a cunning fox, Slagar the Cruel, and he and his evil followers sneak into Redwall Abbey to kidnap the Woodland children along with Mattimeo, the son of the warrior Matthias. The evil creatures makes them slaves to sell them to the mysterious kingdom of Malkariss where an equally mysterious king rules. As Matthias and a few more brave parents and friends starts searching for their lost young ones, Redwall Abbey is being invaded by General Ironbeak's ravens.........

My favorite character in this book is Basil Stag Hare who has an ENORMOUS appetite and I love the way he acts. I also like Cheek, the very cheeky otter who accompanies Matthias and the other parents.

This is a book you have to read! This is just GREAT!

Mattimeo
For those who have read Redwall, this book will be all the better for you.Being reunited with your old friends gives you unsurrpressed joy, and seeing them with their children fills you with a sence of great pride. ( Though seeing the animals who were quite young in the previous book having children was quite awkward at first )This story is exellent and I rate it accordingly.
Few things can happen to Redwall that is worst than this. First, The young ones are stolen from the Abbey, And when Matthias, Jess and Basil, along with some new found friends, whose young ones have also been stolen, are gone, some other uninvited guests visit the Abbey. General Ironbeak and his birds from the Northlands invade Redwall, at the time when most of the fighting beasts are gone searching. I would tell you more but this book but it is very complicated and wonderful. Another story for the Faithful Redwallers who adore these books and Brian Jacques.

Martin the Warrior (Redwall, Book 6)
Published in Mass Market Paperback by Red Fox Publishing (September, 1994)
Author: Brian Jacques
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A GREAT book. It deserves more than 5 stars!
This book is the best (in my opinion) that I have ever read! It made me laugh, cry, and I sat on the edge of my seat during the battles! When I first started reading it (about sometime during October) I thought it would be stupid. A friend let me borrow it, and strongly recommended it. It took me about a month to get at least 20 pages into the book. Then in two days I finished the rest. I stayed up until even past 2:00 A.M. reading about the battle, and adventure! I strongly recommend this book, but once you get around the last three chapters, get out some tissues! It's really sad- but I won't reveal anything to those of you who haven't read! It is about a young mouse named Martin, who is a slave at Marshank, captured by the evil tyrant Badrang. He sets out with his friends Laterose the mousemaid of Noonvale, and Grumm the mole. They travel to Noonvale (Rose's home) to raise an army. From there Martin's quest continues to get an army and put an end to Badrang, and recover his father's (Luke the Warrior) sword. This book is the absolute BEST of the Redwall series, and in all other books (in my opinion) it has no equal. I STRONGLY recommend reading this tale of adventure, battle, love, and hope that will make you both laugh, and cry. DEFINITELY a must read!

Emotionally stirring...a masterpiece!
I've read all the Redwall books; several made me cry, but not like this one. I admit: I wept openly while reading it. It's not a particularily sad story, but Martin (who wuld later become Redwall's greatest hero) had a hard life. He was taken prisoner by Badrang the Tyrant and led away from his home on the northern shores at a young age. Once at Badrang's Palace, he was forced to work with other slaves, but his courage never failed him. Martin makes friends with Rose and Grumm, a mousemaid and a mole, who are one the outside of the palace and trying to rescue Rose's brother Brome, also a slave. An escape is planned for Martin, Brome and Felldoh (a squirrel), who are down in the prison pit as a punishment for their insolence. The manage to get free, but Martin and Rose are separated from Brome and Fellodoh at sea beacause their boat sunk. Both couples find much adventure anbd new friends as they try to raise an army against Badrang. When they finally meet again an attack is made on the palace, a battle between free creatures and a Tyrant. During the battle, the rest of the slaves are freed ands they, too, join the fight against their former captor. In the end, at the very end of the battle, a trajic and unexpected thing happens, which changes Martin forever. Throughout the story, though, tiny hints have been dropped about this unfortunate occurence. If you want to laugh, cry, and be held in suspense I strongly reccomend this touching book. In fact, I reccmend all of the Redwall books beacause each is special in its own way.

One of the best ever
How can anyone NOT give this a 5? Martin the Warrior has got to be one of the best books I've ever read. I saw other reviews say that this book is about war, but its not! Its about fighting for freedom and respect. The sword-fights are intense and brutal, and so are the battles. If you like action, there's plenty of it in Martin the Warrior. Human characters are replaced by animals and I think that is a very good aspect of the Redwall books by Brian Jacques. The animal characters act like humans too!

It starts off with Martin, the mouse (as a child) on the shoreline with his elderly father, Luke. Luke knows Martin has warrior spirit inside him and gives Martin his sword and sails away. Then one day, Martin was with his mother when a gang of searats passed by his shack and attacked Martin and his mother. Then Badrang, the leader of the searats took Luke's sword from Martin. Martin and his mother were sent to Badrang's slave camp in fortress Marshank where his mother shortly died after. After being sentenced to death, Martin gets saved by two travellers - Rose (a mouse) and Grumm (a mole). Martin escapes, but he still didn't get his sword back from Badrang. Now this is where the story begins - Martin will do anything to get his father's sword back and re-claim his family honor. He also wants vengeance over Badrang for enslaving all the innocent animals he abducted to work for him.

Please read "Redwall" before reading this book, you'll enjoy this one a bit more. I must admit the ending shocked me, and I nearly cried at the end. They should change this book's reading age to 9-100 because everyone will enjoy this book! The last battle at Marshank was outstanding, but it was a bit dissapointing because the final sword-fight was too short. I read this book in 2 days, and enjoyed every page of it. This is a must-read, Redwall fan or not!

Salamandastron (Redwall, Book 5)
Published in Paperback by Firebird Books (September, 2003)
Authors: Brian Jacques and Gary Chalk
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I loved it!!!
I had heard a few people talk about this Redwall series but I'm not usually to easy to please. After the first few pages I could tell this was not just another volume in any old fantasy series. This was awesome! I mean, any book that can make you believe and care about rodents in an abbey in the middle of nowhere has got to be something special. This was the most vivid, descriptive, engrossing book I had ever read. It was finished in short order. Needless to say, I now buy every Redwall book that comes out. The feasts, the battles, and especially the characters just leapt right out at me. I told a few of my friends about this amazing series and I can't think of a one who wasn't hooked. This was the only literary universe I had ever found myself wanting to escape to. The school library had multiple reservations on every book available! If that's not reason for praise, then I'm not sure what is.

Review of Slamandastron
This is the third book that I have read in this series. I found it very interesting and would recomend it to everyone. It is about The Fire Mountain, Salamandastron and the ruling badger, Lord Earthstripe. His badger maid (Mara) runs away and makes friends with Klitch a weasel. Klitch's Father (Ferhargo) has told him to do this so that they can enter the mountain and take over. Ferhargo is the leader of a band of evil vermin. Mara runs away from them after discovering thier evil plot. Meanwhile at Redwall Abbey a lightening bolt strikes the weathervane and reveals the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior. Matthais finds it and sets out on an adventure. He meets up with Mara and decides to help her. They come across a couple of shrew armies that are willing to help for a price. He has to retrive their black stone. Along the way he finds a great white badger that has the stone he gives it back and comes along because Urthstripe is his long lost brother.
Will they make it in time to save Urthstripe and Salamandastron? to find out read this exciting novel.

The best book in the Redwall series!!
Salamandastron has to be the most moving and captivating book that i have ever read.I sat enthralled for hours whilst reading this and became totally captured by the detail and personalities that each of the characters has been given.It has been read so many times that i have now lost count! I adore the bravery of Mara and the companionship that Pikkle Ffollger shows her.My favorite part has to be when Mara add's the last name to Urthstripes title - "father" as this was when Mara realised that she did love him.I think that Brian Jacques is a brilliant writer and is also a very unique writer as i don't know of any other writer who can write a whole page on the description of food!! well done!!

The Bellmaker (Redwall, Book 7)
Published in Mass Market Paperback by Red Fox Publishing (August, 1995)
Author: Brian Jacques
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GALLLLLLLLLLEEEEEDDDDDDDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!
The Bellmaker is Mainly about a Fox who wears a wolf's skin, and he tries to take over Southsward, but there's a girl named Mariel (Mariel of Redwall sold seperately) and she two main companions, Dandin (another mouse) and Bowly Pintips (a Hedgehog). Mariel and the others gather an army of Otters, Hedghogs, and Moles. Meanwhile, Mariels Father Joseph the Bellmaker has a dream that he will save Mariel with others. The others are Log-a-log the shrew and his band of Guoism, Foremole, Rufe Brush, Durry Quill (Fat wettysnout pricklybottom cakeface), Rosie Woodsorrel, and Finnbar Galedeep. Together they fight a gruesome battle. In the end, The Foxwolf gets killed by Finnbar, but Finnbarr gets killed by a rat named Bladetail. This is a very exciting book with an awesome, explosive, annhialating band of characters.

Spectacular Redwall novel - perhaps the best!
The Bellmaker is the sequel to Mariel of Redwall. However, even if you haven't read it's prequel, or if you've never read a Redwall based bookbefore, this one will leave you hooked. The book follows the mousemaid Mariel and her friend Dandin's adventure to free the land called Southsward from the evil Foxwolf, the Urgan Nagru (with a little help from some of their Redwall Abbey friends). From descripitve sea battles to vicious land clashes, this book lacks no action. The characters personalities will draw you right in and make you keep reading until you've finished. Truly a classic novel

ANOTHER AWESOME REDWALL BOOK
The Bellmaker is another wonderful Redwall book. Everything I like in books is in it- action adventure, fighting, and much more.

This book gets you hooked right from the start. Chapter 3 (the chapters are farely short), really gets you wanting to read more, as the prisoners escape from their captured castle, owned by the vicious Foxwolf, the Urgan Nagru. Mariel and Dandin, Redwall warriors adventuring in the south get captured by Foxwolf.

In Redwall Abbey, Joseph the Bellmaker, Mariel's father, has a dream and comes down with four others to save his son. After an amazing escape, the fugitives gather up their puny forces to defeat the mighty hordes of rats and Foxwolf himself.Wan't to know the result's? It'll surprise you, for sure.

Jauques writes a wonderful book, with lovable characters, lots of surprises, exciting actions, plenty of humor, amazing feats, unpredictable outcomes, and lots of adventure, fighting, and everything you could want in a book. I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK FOR ANYONE.

Redwall (Italian Edition)
Published in Paperback by Mondadori (November, 2002)
Author: Brian Jacques
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Incredible Read!
Though a little slow in the beginning, the first published book of the Redwall series rules. It's a wonderful tale about different heroes going on seperate, exciting journeys for the sake of their lovely home: Redwall Abbey. Me, (a 13 year old girl,) my mother, and my 11 year old brother have read Redwall - we all loved it. For anyone who wants it all: adventure, love, serious times and funny ones, this book's for you. That is what's so appealing about the book: the wonderful mix and balance and flow Brian Jacques puts in. Even though quite a few of the Redwall readers can't pronounce the author's last name (me!) the interior of the book has the word usage for practically anyone above grade 4, yet thick enough to please any adult. The characters in the amazing tale of Redwall are so well developed they capture our hearts. We all love Jess Squirrel, Silent Sam (who eventually does speak,) Matthias, Mathusalah, & Constance, just to name a few of the hundreds at the strong yet caring home of the Abbey. If they weren't evil, then Asmodeussss (creepy), the Sparra warriors (evil- well, most of the time,) and especially Cluny (just plain mean,) would probably steal our hearts as well. I recomend this book and the rest of the series to any reader anywhere. In the end, I have just one question for Mr. Jacques: how does he come up with the millions of names?

Like a beautiful dream, and you never want it to end
The Redwall books are now without a doubt my favorites, my teacher recommended them to me and I fell in love with them. When I'm reading, I can actually feel what's happening, like I'm there watching it happen. I will read for hours, not wanting the book to end. I know this'll sound strange, but when I'm done with the book I feel a terrible sadness, I'll cry even, because suddenly the magic of the words will vanish. I also feel this horrible despairing feeling because I realize that I'm really not there, watching and helping the wonderful characters. I want to be there so badly, that I just start sobbing myself silly. When I'm reading, I feel like I'm living in two worlds; the first is wonderful Mossflower, or the Abbey, or Salamandastron, and second is the vague feeling of the real world around me. You may be surprised that a fifth grader can feel this emotion, but it happens to me all the time. I truly love these books, and I encourage everyone to read them, because even though the perfectly woven tale will end, the only way it can end is for you to start at the beginning. :-) Lail

The Warrior Wins Again!
When I was in the 7th grade, I had to read Pearls of Lutra. I rebelled against the book, believing that it was the dumbest, most idiotic book ever. I thought that Brian Jacques was insane to be writing a book about animals!
Now that I am in the 9th grade, however, I LOVE Jacques' books! I enjoy reading about celebrations, adventure, and action. Redwall Abbey reminds me so much of my village of 49 residents, which makes this book more enjoyable to read.
Mattimeo, a series to Redwall, is a fantastic fairy tale about peaceful woodlanders who live in Redwall. They are harmonious creatures who mind their own business and do not like to cause trouble; trouble always comes seeking them. Although, Redwall citizens are friendly animals, many other evil creatures do not like them, which puts the warriors of Redwall in many adventures.
In this book, a huge feast is held at Redwall. Slagar the Cruel disguises his army of rats and ferrets into jesters and clowns. He disguises himself as a magician. The creatures of Redwall enjoy company and entertainment, so they allow the evil fox enter their abbey. While every creature is celebrating, some rats poison the punch, causing all the Redwall creatures to fall into a deep sleep. When the creatures awake from their sleep, they find the band of clowns gone. What's worse, is their children are all missing and two of their Redwall friends are dead!
Among the missing is Mattimeo, the great warrior mouse, Matthias' son, Sam squirrel, Tim and Tess Churchmouse, and some others. The angry parents and some of their friends go on a long search for their children. Along the way, they run into Jube, Orlando, Cheek, Log-a-log and his Guosim crew, and some others. The friends together trek south to find their children.
While the brave warriors are gone rescuing the children, the remaining Redwallers are being invaded by General Ironbeak's ravens, crows, and magpies!
Mattimeo and other books by Brian Jacques are my favorite book series! I like how Jacques describes his characters and how he has more than one event happening. Jacques not only describes what Matthias is going through, but what Slagar the Cruel is doing, how the Redwall critters fend off General Ironbeak, and what General Ironbeak feels.
My favorite characters in this book are Basil Stag Hare and Cheek, and of course the brave warriors. I like how B.S. Hare and Cheek always have a sense of humor and a generous appetite! I recommend this book for anyone who enjoys action, adventure, and comedy!

The Long Patrol (Redwall, Book 10)
Published in Audio Cassette by Price Stern Sloan Audio (February, 1998)
Author: Brian Jacques
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One of the BEST Redwall books so far!!!
I really recommend you read this book. It's full of suspense and adventure! There are battles and feasts, sad parts and happy. A young hare, Tammo, runs away to join the famed Long Patrol. The Rapscallions, a large band of every type of vermin are on the march, and they are headed towards Redwall Abbey. In the meantime, Redwall's south wall is falling! What will the Redwallers do? Join Tammo, Arven, the abbey warrior, and many more in this battle for peace in Mossflower.

One of Jacques best! A great addition to the Redwall Series
In this, the tenth book in the Redwall series, a young hare named Tammello De Fformelo Tussock (Tammo for short) leaves home to find adventure in the famous Long Patrol. During his travels with the squirrel, Russa Nodrey, he joins the famous hares in a desparate mission to save the Abbey of Redwall from a yet another vermin horde threatening the peaceful woodland creatures. However, this time there's a glitch in Jacques usual pattern: The south wall is falling down. Jacques again uses his masterful recipe for excelent and fantastic storytelling to create one of the best in the series yet. With "Pearls of Lutra," Jacques finally created a sequel to his best, Mattimeo. This sequel to "Pearls of Lutra" is well worth reading, more than once. Brian Jacques is easily one of the greatest story tellers, and the greatest English fantasy writer since Tolken.

Eulaliaaaaaaaaa! Brian Jaques does it again.
In this, another installment in the beloved Redwall series, readers have found a true gem of a book. Full of vivid characters, luscious foods, and amazing scenes, Brian Jaques has made another masterpiece. I am a huge Redwall fan. I own all the books. It is hard to choose a favorite. The Long Patrol is definitely up there. How can anyone help but love the bally ol' hares, wot wot! Cregga Rose Eyes is without a doubt my favorite character in the series. Her ferocity surprised me and she is a strong female character. Only Jaques could spin such a good story, with such good characters. Critics will probably ravage this book for the usual sins- the plots are all the same, the characters are too perfect. I must admit, the bad guys are evil, and the good guys are good. What do you expect? This is an excellent fantasy, and if you read the book and enjoy fantasy, you will find that this fact does not matter. The characters still seem almost as if you know them. Also, the plot is unlike any of the others in the Redwall books. If you are looking for an enjoyable peace of fantasy fiction that includes vivid details, excellent characters, and engaging action and plots, you should read The Long Patrol.

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