RANGER'S APPRENTICE

Book 5: The Sorcerer in the North

by JOHN FLANAGAN

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New softcover book, the fifth in the exciting series. 330 pages, published 2006.

The courage of a warrior. The skill of a thief. Meet your new hero

On his first top-secret mission, can the Ranger Will save a castle lord from a terrible curse?

Five years have passed since the Skandians and the Araluans made their treaty, and Will has finally become a Ranger, with his own fief to look after. He soon learns that even sleepy little island fiefs have problems to keep him on his toes.

Then he and his old friend Alyss are thrown into a terrifying new adventure, investigating the truth behind rumours of sorcery in a remote northern fief. As he stands in Grimsdell Forest, hearing eerie voices and seeing the horrific figure of the Night Warrior looming in the fog, Will must ask himself one question: is there a rational explanation ... or does sorcery really exist?

Praise and Awards Short-Listings for the Series

• Aurealis Awards - Children's Novel finalist (Books One and Four) and Highly Commended (Book Three)

• Children's Book Council of Australia Notable Book (Books One, Two and Five)

• New York Times Bestseller - children's chapter books (Book Two)

• Longlisted for the Ottakar's Children's Book Prize 2006-07, UK (Book One)

• Nominated for the Grand Canyon Reader Award - Tween Books 2008, Arizona, US (Book One)

Other books in the series:

1. The Ruins of Gorlan
2. The Burning Bridge
3. The Icebound Land
4. Oakleaf Bearers (called The Battle for Skandia for US)
5. The Sorcerer in the North
6. The Siege of Macindaw
7. Erak's Ransom
8. The Kings of Clonmel
9. Halt's Peril due for publication in late 2009

Books 1 - 4 are also now available as a boxed set

About the author:

John Flanagan's bestselling Ranger's Apprentice adventure series originally comprised twenty short stories, which John wrote to encourage his twelve-year-old son, Michael, to enjoy reading. The series has come a long way since then. Now sold to fourteen countries, the series has appeared on the NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller List and is regularly shortlisted in children's book awards in Australia and overseas. John, a former television and advertising writer, lives with his wife, Leonie, in the Sydney beachside suburb of Manly. He is currently writing further titles in the Ranger's Apprentice series.

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Rangers Apprentice Book 5 The Sorcerer in the North by John Flanagan