Beyond the Burning Lands

by John Christopher

Book Overview

Prince-in-Waiting Luke returns from exile to Winchester, a city of a future England ruled by patterns from the past, and sets out on a journey through the Burning Lands, a volcanic wasteland inhabited... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0020425724
• ISBN13: 9780020425724
• Release Date: October 1989
• Publisher: Simon Pulse
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.2" x 7.0"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

the best "war book" I've read.

beyond the burning lands by John Christopher... I finished it last weekend, and I won't lie, I waited for monday just to check out the next by christopher. I LOVE this series, and I can't wait to finish this one. I personally think its better than the harry potter series, but thats just me. This is serious and darker than Harry Potter, and also embodies what one undergoes in life, no matter what the situation. sadness, lies, anger, hatred are allcharacteristics of a human. Christopher Hooked me on the first book, The Prince In Waiting, and I absolutely loved it. The Structure and dramaticism is incredible and the way he transposes his characters into feelings we can all relate to, And Luke, most of all being a confused man in a changing world.

The best of the three

The pacing is odd at times and the book could have done with the last couple of chapters being stretched out somewhat, but in the end this is a fairly satisfying read. The best part, from the point of view of someone who has read most of John Christopher's post-apocalyptic young adult fiction (bizarre genre, no?), is that Christopher *finally* manages to develop some decently written, even believable, female characters. Pity that strength is set to crash and burn in the third volume of the series.