![]() ![]() There are some lovable new characters introduced, and some old characters do not survive to the end of the book (but you'll have to read it to find out who it is). ![]() ![]() (We should not get our morals and theology from novels anyway.) However, if you do not let the moral and theological questions distract you, then you will find an engaging story in a wonderfully historical context. Parents should be warned that there is a good deal of violence and descriptions of gruesome deaths in this book, as well as some "crude" words that are not quite considered curses (but most Christian parents would not let their kids say them)! In addition, some Christians may find it difficult to reconcile the "righteousness" of Bran with the lying, drinking, stealing, and killing. In fact, I believe the books got increasingly better. Along the way Friar Tuck has been the stalwart supporter of the man. In my opinion, this was the best book in this excellent trilogy. Of course, all turns out well in the end - but in a very unexpected and climactic way. The fighting becomes more desperate, the Grellon suffer a division, and Friar Tuck has the heavy burden of responsibility placed on his shoulders. "Tuck" is the third book of Stephen Lawhead's "King Raven Trilogy." In this book, Bran and his "Grellon" (the forest-dwelling people) make their final efforts to restore the kingdom to its rightful ruler - Bran himself. ![]()
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His novel, The Tie That Binds, received a Whiting Foundation Award and a special citation from the Pen/Hemingway Foundation. Plainsong was also a finalist for the 1999 National Book Award. Haruf is the author of Plainsong, which received the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Maria Thomas Award in Fiction, and The New Yorker Book Award. ![]() ![]() For two years, he taught English in Turkey with the Peace Corps and his other jobs have included a chicken farm in Colorado, a construction site in Wyoming, a rehabilitation hospital in Colorado, a hospital in Arizona, a library in Iowa, an alternative high school in Wisconsin, and universities in Nebraska and Illinois. 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