The Battle for Skandia

The most recent installment in the Ranger Apprentices Series (book 5 The Sorcerer of the North will be released this November) did not disappoint. I was totally hooked by this series, I read the first 3 in one week, took a little break and then came back for the fourth a month later. The Battle for Skandia resolves the story arc introduced in the third book. Early in the book Will and Halt are finally reunited in distant Skandia, but they are immediately faced w/ a new dilemma. An enemy from the East who threatens both Skandia and Araluen necessitating that Halt and Will form an unlikely alliance w/ the Skandians. As with all the Rangers apprentice books this one is full of arrow shooting, axe-swinging and sword fighting, as well as plenty of battle tactics to satisfy all the budding young strategists out there.

For grades 5-9.