Ranger's Apprentice: The Lost Stories

I was really excited to hear that this book was coming out! It ties a lot of ends up about Halt and Will and everyone else. I like the point of view of how a group of archeologists find the stories and go through about the Rangers. It's a really neat take on the book. ( )

The 10th book in the Ranger's Apprentice series, The Emperor of Nihon-Ja, just seemed to end. I felt there was no closure on my journey with these characters I have come to love. Thankfully, Flanagan gave us the Lost Stories. These short stories will give fans of the series the closure they need. Be warned: many tears will be shed! ( )

Harry McDade
12-14-12
Book Review

Ranger Apprentice: Lost Stories

The Lost Stories are part of the Ranger Apprentice series. It is like an encore for all the books John Flanagan has done. It is made up of separate small stories that intertwine with the on going story of the plot of all his books. To start the book they have some archeologist find some of the old stories that were lost, which explains the name. The stories sometimes explain different questions that where left unknown in the main story line. All the stories take place in the Kingdom of Araluen. The stories switch from character to character depending on the story.
Some of the stories explained some of the questions that were not answered in the main story plot. Like Halts Origin (Halt is Will’s teacher who is the main character), where he came from and some of the details of who he is and was. One of the Ranger Apprentice readers asked John Flanagan what happened to the rangers’ horses because it seemed that one of the horses was functioning to well longer than it should. So John Flanagan made a story explaining what happened to the horses after they don’t function well enough for the user. The last story hinted at the new series John Flanagan is making, that is called The Brotherband Chronicles.
This book is great, but you would have to read all of the other books to understand it. Once you read all of the other books you will enjoy this book. After I read the book I felt sad that the whole series was over. At least John Flanagan is making a new series. I thought this was a good book for almost age group. This book was defiantly not the best book in the series, but it was good. Most of the books in the ranger apprentice series were good.

Hated it when Flanagan finished the series, so was thrilled when this book came out just so I didn't have to say goodbye to Halt and Will and Horace and company. ( )

This book was great for any avid reader of the series. if you were into reading the other rangers aprentice book then this would be a wonderful and mush apreciated adition to fill in the blanks of the series. ( )