Archer’s Quest

 

 

 

Archer’s Quest

 

Written by Linda Sue Park

 

Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006, 176 pp., $16.00

ISBN:  0618596313 (ages: 9-12)

Rating:  R  Genre: Modern Fantasy

 

The story focuses on an ordinary sixth grader doing ordinary homework, when out of nowhere an arrow grazes over the top of his head and pins his baseball cap to the wall.  A man’s voice enters the room and now Kevin, the ordinary boy, is about to embark on a not so ordinary adventure.  The intruder’s voice belonged to Koh Chu-mong a famous Korean archer and king from 37 B.C.  How did he get here, better yet how is he going to get home?  This question sets the background stage for the story’s plot.  The two of them set out to find a way to return Archer (Koh Chu-mong) back to his own time and his own country.  Along the way, they learn many things about each other but Kevin learns the most about his own Korean heritage.     (Trade Book)

 

Reviewer:   Angela Williams                             

                   Pre-Service Teacher                                                     

                   Early Childhood Education  

                                    

Suggested Themes:  Adventure/Survival

            

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