Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Review: Prince Caspian (Book Four)

Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis, Chapter book, ages 10 & up. Book four in the Chronicles of Narnia series, originally published 1951.
5 out of 5 stars

All is not well in Narnia. An evil King now rules in succession to Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy. He has made a law that anyone who talks about the old Kings and Queens of Narnia is under penalty of a severe punishment. But the king's son, Caspian, learns of the the forbidden Kings and Queens. Caspian wants peace in Narnia and is chased away. He forms an army with the Narnian talking animals. Meanwhile, the four children in London are transported from a dreary train station to Narnia, where they must help Caspian defeat his father.

Reviewed by Teresa Z., 11

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