Comments on: Top 100 Children’s Novels #68: The High King by Lloyd Alexander

By: Louise

Louise — Thu, 31 May 2012 13:52:38 +0000

Taran Wanderer is still my favorite of the Prydain Chronicles, but this one – well, had any part of it gone any different way, the Chronicles as a whole wouldn’t have been anywhere near so satisfying or bittersweet. Lloyd Alexander is my very favorite writer of all time. Not enough people know about his wonderful, wonderful books.

By: DaNae

DaNae — Thu, 24 May 2012 12:09:52 +0000

I switched from last time. Last time I voted for the High King. It is such a satisfactory ending to the series. This time around in a vote for the entire series I switched to THE BOOK OF THREE. My favorite, of course, is TARAN WANDERER. Let’s all go weave a coat and spin a pot.

By: Karen Maurer

Karen Maurer — Tue, 22 May 2012 22:11:27 +0000

Lloyd Alexander is the measure by which all other children’s fantasy authors are judged. Just saying!

By: Elizabeth Bird

Elizabeth Bird — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:45:48 +0000

Well we’re counting up from 100. This is the first to appear so far. If there are others they’ll be higher on the list. Are there others? Mum’s the word . . .

By: Tom Angleberger

Tom Angleberger — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:08:31 +0000

This is odd… Is this the only book from the series to make the list? A great book, of course, but hardly the best of the series…

(I’m feeling serious deja vu… Did we have this discussion last time?)

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:02:17 +0000

This has been one of my favorite series since my own childhood. Glad to see that other people agree too. Now if only someone would check it out from my library!

By: ChrisinNY

ChrisinNY — Tue, 22 May 2012 13:02:57 +0000

“Just wait until you see Jody’s Madeleine L’Engles!”
Spoiler alert. (Like we didn’t already know….)