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The Lost Years of Merlin (Merlin #1)

T.A. Barron

Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 304 pages

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Title	:	The Lost Years of Merlin (Merlin #1)
Author	:	T.A. Barron
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 304 pages
Published	:	July 2nd 2002 by Ace (first published 1996)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Young Adult. Fiction. Mythology. Arthurian. Magic. Adventure. Childrens. Middle Grade

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I enjoyed the prose, particularly when it describes the natural world. However, the novel is poorly plotted, with the protagonist bouncing from one coincidental encounter to the next. Nearly every problem is solved by something fortuitously dropping from the sky, appearing out of the blue, etc. No fewer than FIVE chapters end with the protagonist falling unconscious. Once is a cliche; five times is an offense against literature. The protagonist is almost willfully stupid. Either that or the author assumes his reader is equally thick. Everything is articulated in the most heavy-handed way possible. Similarly, Rhia and Merlin know each other for a few days, but some passages infer that we're meant to think of them as lifelong friends. They don't behave like people who have known each other for only a few days (particularly when Merlin confirms he's not a ghost to Rhia by wrapping his index finger around hers, as if they've had time to make that a gesture with personal history/significance to either of them). Their relationship is unbelievable. Shim, the tiny giant, speaks like Jar Jar Binks and is equally insufferable. Merlin abandons his loving mother but rescues his evil father. There's just so much to dislike here.

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Original Title:	The Lost Years of Merlin
ISBN:	0441010288 (ISBN13: 9780441010288)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Merlin #1, The Lost Years of Merlin #1

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I remember reading The Lost Years Of Merlin series when I was in Middle School. From what I remember, I LOVED them and decided to re-read them now, over 10 years later. I still enjoyed the book, but did not find it as amazing as I did when I was little.Emrys does not know who he is, who his parents are, or what his real name is. After a terrible fire that leaves him almost blind, Emrys sets out to sea to find where he belongs. He finds himself in a terrible storm and is washed onto a shore, half

I absolutely adored this book. I usually dont enjoy shorter fantasy novels since I seem to need 800+ pages to really become invested in a new world and new characters but this time that was not the case. ProsThere was just the right amount of travelling and we didnt get mind numbing descriptions of every individual leaf along the way. The plot was constantly moving forward while still taking the time to build the world around you. Although it is a YA novel it is not centred around a romantic

The story is good, but the prose is too young for me. I'd rather re-read Stewart or Lawhead.

Watching his journey as he grew older was magical. I hope he finds out about his past.

(Plot)A young boy named Emerys washes up on shore and he doesn't even know his name or where he came from. Throughout the book he is trying to figure out who he is and trying to find his real name. He travels to this different place called Fincayra where everything lives and talks. Fincayra is taken over by an evil king and Emerys trys to overthrow him and turn Fincayra to its old wonderful self.(Character Analysis)Merlin really showed his true colors when he learns that he can do magic. At

I found this series when I was 11 years old and I couldn't read them fast enough. Here, more than 10 years later, i'm still so very disappointed in myself for not making all of them my own. They all are enriched with the values of friendship, family, courage, and of course magic. I always envisioned it as a pre-harry potter series, even though I discovered it after I began the HP series.