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MercatorNet: Courageous teen brings peace to country in turmoil

Courageous teen brings peace to country in turmoil



Courageous teen brings peace to country in turmoil

The first in an amusing adventure series.
Jennifer Minicus | Jul 28 2016 | comment 
The Illyrian Adventureby Lloyd Alexander
written for ages 11-14 | recommended
published in 2000 (1986) | Puffin | 144 pages


Professor Brinton Garrett expects to find a helpless orphan when he and his wife go to Strafford, PA to help Vesper Holly settle her father's estate. What he finds is a strong-willed, daring 16-year-old determined to complete her father’s research.
Before long, Garrett is on his way to Illyria, a small country near the Adriatic Sea. Vesper is convinced that her father's theory that the Illyriad, the land's great epic, is true. Soon she ropes her "Uncle Brinnie" into accompanying her to this hotbed of political unrest.
There they find a young king, a manipulative chief minister and an army of revolutionaries. Despite Garrett's attempts to instill common sense in his young ward, Vesper jumps from the pan into the fire. They travel through the countryside with a ne'er-do-well guide, lose their supplies and are chase by the chief minister's henchmen. Ever the optimist, though, Vesper is sure things will go her way – and somehow they do.
Readers will fall in love with the indomitable Vesper Holly in this, her first adventure. With subtle humor, Lloyd Alexander juxtaposes a vivacious heroine and her level-headed guardian in an action-packed plot. Middle school students looking for an entertaining series for the summer will not be disappointed.
A former teacher, Jennifer Minicus is currently a full-time wife and mother.
MercatorNet

As I was writing about media coverage of terror attacks and mass shootings today, the news came through that Le Monde would no longer publish images of people responsible for terror attacks. A couple of other media organisations followed suit and the Catholic paper La Croix said it would only publish attackers first names in future. These seem like good moves to me, though they didn't stop TVNZ this evening showing a picture of the two young jihadists who killed a Normany priest on Tuesday.I've suggested that we could go further. What do you think?



Carolyn Moynihan
Deputy Editor,
MERCATORNET



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