Jackie French
Paperback | Pages: 352 pages Rating: 3.95 | 438 Users | 29 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Oracle |
| ISBN: | 0732288401 (ISBN13: 9780732288402) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Jackie French explores a distant and fascinating world, where the future is not always as it seems, and the king's displeasure means death. Ages 10 - 14 After Nikko and thetis are taken from their village, their amazing acrobatic skills save them from slavery and make them the focus of the Mycenaean court. the courtiers are in awe of them; the King is enchanted. But thetis may destroy them both when she tells the King a truth about his future that he doesn't want to hear. Nikko and the daring horse dancer Euridce must travel across Greece to find his sister again - and the extraordinary future that awaits them all - in Delphi. Can one young girl change history? Jackie French waves history, myth and fantasy together into one enthralling tale of horse dancers, earthquakes and tsunamis, as well as love and courage, from beyond recorded time. Ages 10-14Mention Containing Books Oracle
| Title | : | Oracle |
| Author | : | Jackie French |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 352 pages |
| Published | : | July 2010 by HarperCollins Australia (first published January 7th 2010) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Fantasy |
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Ratings: 3.95 From 438 Users | 29 ReviewsAssess Containing Books Oracle
This book is clearly written for young adolescents, and keeping the target audience in mind, is done quite well. It is set in Ancient Greece in the time prior to the battle of Troy. The author has clearly researched about the culture of the era, but has not managed to create a convincing world. This is largely due to the dialogue in the novel. It is an entertaining tale, and gives an interesting possible history for aspects of the era that have become part of Greek legend.An excellent coming of age story set in a distant distant past. She has brought the time and the people to life with scant written records to rely on.
I credit Jackie French for inspiring my passion for historical fiction. I passed this book over a few times however figuring that not being set in Australia it wouldn't be as enjoyable as her other books. How wrong was I! Jackie French has such a way with language it gives me tingles. "The smoke clung like a dirty tunic to Nikko's skin ; his sweat seemed stained with it." It's sentences like this that have put Oracle up there with Nanberry as my favourite Jackie French novel.
I think I read this book back when I was 11. I didn't remember any of the events but I always remembered the emotions. I found this book again and it's just as good as I remember.In regards to content; the character development is brilliant. This novel spans over the course of 15-20ish years and both Nikko and Thetis' characters are developed upon in an enjoyable and realistic way. They are easy to like and follow along with. Not the mention the other characters aswell who have equally as
Not really my thing. But it was well written.
Fantasic, i loved this. It's another of Jackie Frenchs wonders.
Lovely! A great young-adult tale of the Mycenaean civilisation and of two misfit children finding their way.
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