Ranger's Apprentice   Tags: author, john_flanagan, kids, ranger's_apprentice, teens  

Hal, Stig, and the others are outcasts. Skandians, as any reader of Ranger's Apprentice could tell you, are known for their size and strength. Not these boys. Yet that doesn't mean they don't have skills. And courage - which they will need every ounce of to do battle at sea against the other bands, the Wolves and the Sharks, in the ultimate race. John Flanagan, author of Ranger's Apprentice, creates a new cast of characters to populate his world of Skandians and Araluens. Full of seafaring adventures and epic battles, Book 1 of The Brotherband Chronicles is sure to thrill readers of Ranger's Apprentice while enticing a whole new generation just now discovering the books.

Inspired by questions and letters his loyal readers have sent over the years, John Flanagan offers a a collection of "lost" tales that fill in the gaps between Ranger's Apprentice novels. For the first time, readers can learn the truth behind how Will came to be orphaned and what his real relationship to Halt is, or watch Alyss in action as the young Araluen diplomat becomes the perfect spy.