"Thoroughly convincing and deeply moving. Whether we read the story as an allegory, an elaborate metaphor, even a bittersweet dream, the feelings and insights are precise and real, enhanced all the more by a wonderfully wry and rueful humor."
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Best known for his children's fantasy series, the Prydian Chronicles, Lloyd Alexander dropped out of college after one semester and joined the army to fight in World War II. After the war ended, the army transferred him to Paris to work in their counterintelligence unit, where he later requested a discharge to attend the Sorbonne. He met and married Janine Denni and the couple eventually moved, with Janine's young daughter, back to the U.S. Alexander's novels for children are a blend of fantasy more...
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01/30/1924 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Middle Atlantic States, Northeastern States, United States,
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Fantastic! Every child should read this series!