This book is a bit odd. It begins,not with the main character, but with a character that has little to do with the story. It begins with a rat. From then we meet Sorrel, a short tempered young brownie girl. A brownie is a sort of cross between a cat and.....well,something else. Sorrel's best friend is a dragon named Firedrake, and the two of them have some problem solving to do. Here is their to do list.
1. Somehow get to a nearby city, the home of rat's uncle, a famous map maker. Why? So that they can find the fabled "Rim of Heaven" which can provide shelter from the humans invading their valley.
2. Find a home for Ben, a homeless child they've picked up along the way.
3. Dispense of Twigleg by throwing him into the ocean, or at least feeding him to something really big and vicious (Don't ask, it was entirely Sorrel's idea, it had nothing to do with me) .
Those are basically the things that Firedrake and Sorrel plan on doing. But little do they know they know they will have much more problems as time goes on. Cornelia Funke is a really good artist/author, the kind that uses words for her paints. So far, I've got a pretty good idea of her writing style. Keep on the lookout for more books by this author!
Note: OOHHH looky! I am writing in color! I am really starting to get the hang of this!
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