![]() Cara’s journey leads her through the strange underground world of the delvers to the court of the centaur king, while her father must travel from mysterious India to the depths of the Rainbow Prison itself. Cara, with the help of a few friends, must travel to the gate within a dragon’s lair before the window of opportunity is lost.ĭark Whispers: This is a tale of two quests: Cara Diana Hunter’s search for an ancient story that may unravel the secret of the long enmity between the unicorns and the delvers, and her father’s journey to free Cara’s mother from the Rainbow Prison. But there are few gates that link the two worlds. Song of the Wanderer: The queen of the unicorns has sent Cara on a mission back to earth to bring back her grandmother. Readers share Cara’s confusion as she tries to figure out her own past and deliver her grandmother’s message to “The Old One,” the queen of the unicorns. She is befriended by Lightfoot the Unicorn the Squijum, a cat/squirrel-like creature and the Dimblethumb, a creature like a half bear/half man. While fleeing from an unknown adversary, Cara is given an amulet that opens a gateway between Earth and Luster. Into the Land of Unicorns: Readers are introduced to Cara Diane Hunter, a young girl who’s been abandoned by her parents and raised by her grandmother. I’ll briefly touch on each, without giving too much away from the next. The tale of Luster is revealed in four volumes. It features a girl protagonist, but the magic, the creatures, the male unicorns, the quest will all appeal to boys. Though I wouldn’t rate it as highly as The Chronicles of Prydain or Narnia, I was never bored. It’s entertaining and well-written, with snappy dialogue and plausible plots. It’s sweeping in its scope, with all the elements of high fantasy: dragons, kingdoms, races, magical creatures, wizards, quests…it’s got it all. But one twelve-year-old girl finds herself thrust into the story and pulled strongly by both sides. Behind all four books lies the threat of Beloved, a woman of vast power with an ancient grudge, who has stepped up efforts to destroy all unicorns. They reveal the monumental happenings in of the world of Luster, a land created for magical creatures to escape to when mankind began to look suspiciously on-and even disbelieve in-magic. The creation of the series spanned ten years and includes four books. I was directed to the Chronicles by Patricia Tilton of Children’s Books Heal. The Unicorn Chronicles is a series written by Bruce Coville, a high quality epic fantasy stories for middle grade readers. ![]()
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