Valley of Fear

by Mary Stanton

Book Overview

Princess Arianna and her unicorn, Sunchaser, learn from the Old Mare of the Mountain that they must travel through a land ruled by the black unicorns in order to recapture a magical septer. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439062829
• ISBN13: 9780439062824
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Apple Paperbacks (Scholastic)
• Length: 133 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Let The Quest Go On...

Are you looking for a good book that is beautiful and peaceful? Do you need a book that must have adventure or even lead to death? That humans can talk to animals? Is this the book you want? Well if it is then here's a book that will inspire you! The Unicorns of Balinor Valley of Fear by Mary Stanton. Arianna, Princess of Balinor, is trying to find her parents the King and Queen and her two Brothers the princes. The land they rule is a peaceful valley where Unicorns live. The Celestial Unicorns to be exact. Humans talk to the animals and even to the cows! Some of the unicorns work for the humans and they don't need to be steered or anything. If you say where you need to go, they go. This book really inspired me because it has adventure in it. Fore example, there is a hero named Princess Arianna and her horse Chase, then there's Lori. She doesn't like to do every thing that Arianna wants Lori to do. They argue but then Lori says something so rude that Arianna finally put her foot down and spoke up. See I have liked this book so much that I really had to read the rest. For example... Lori: "I'm not going now. I am spending the night in a real bed. I'll think about leaving in the morning." Ari: "You. Will. Do. As. I. Say. I've agreed to your terms, Lori. Now listen to mine...." So sit back pick up the book and as they say Let the quest go on.

A great book!

Sunchaser the unicorn , Lori , Ari and a unicorn toby are trying to find the Royal scepter and they ask the old mare of the mountain , who tells them they will find in the valley of fear were the black unicorns are. Ari needs it to be the princess of balinor , she just wants to be the ordinary girl she is but she must for Sunchaser the great unicorn and she must for Balinor. So Sunchaser and Toby the unicorns with Lori Sunchasers master and Ari the maid to her go to the valley of fear dressed as soldiers and Ari finds the Royal Secpter but both girls Lori and Ari with Sunchaser fall into the pit and are back at Glacier River Farm.

Valley of Fear

The Unicorns of Balinor is a very good example of protagonist/antagonist books. Foreshadowing is also displayed very well. I remember when I read it for the first time two years ago, I was kept on the edge of my seat because the story line is very addicting and suspenseful. It's hard not to imagine your self in a woodland watching the old mare of the mountian appear or carefully making your way across the fiery feild (in order to recliam the royal septer from the evil shifter). True, the book ends very abruptly, but that is why it is in a series. This is not; however, a series you can read out of order. Trust me, I have tried to do that. It doesn't work.

Wonderful!

My younger sister bought this book without knowing what it was. I started to read it one weekend and couldn't (or wouldn't) put it down! I started at no.3 so I am trying to catch up! :)

Best new fantacy series yet!

I think this book, as the others, were Awesome! I've been really into Unicorns and this just tops the cake. It's got fantacy, adventure and a little comedy also. I exceede the reading age, but these books have such a good story line I'm excited for the rest of the series to get printed.