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Loading... The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp (2005)by Rick Yancey
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I took pleasure in a break at the library to read this today. Awesomeness is good! Will be thinking more on it soon. ( ) Alfred is a giant of a teenager whose world is turned upside down when he helps his uncle steal a giant sword from the office of a wealthy CEO for a shadowy character named Mogart. The story is at times very sad, but generally quite good, full of adventure and Arthurian legend and surprisingly realistic characters. Something I would have enjoyed quite a lot as a kid. I have put off reading this book for years, but have finally given in and read it. Why did I wait so long?? It was really good; full of action and a hero that I actually wanted to succeed. The links to King Arthur give it a similar feel to Percy Jackson, with his links to ancient myhology. I have just found that it is the first of a trilogy, so I am going to read the others; they have so much to live up to. A really fantastic read for boys especially.
"The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp" draws little of its energy from its source myths. Yancey's knights lack the melancholy poetry of their ancestors; they seem like something out of a video game, or at best a Hollywood movie. Belongs to SeriesAlfred Kropp (1) AwardsNotable Lists
Through a series of dangerous and violent misadventures, teenage loser Alfred Kropp rescues King Arthur's legendary sword Excalibur from the forces of evil. No library descriptions found.
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