Laveidem

By Jennifer McFann

A hilarious fantasy spoof from the 2002 winner of the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards / PUSH Novel Contest. In this tongue-in-cheek fantasy adventure, Jason, a peasant, and Chris, royal assistant to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439639875
• ISBN13: 9780439639873
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.8" x 5.5"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

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I LOVED this book! Most of the time, the plot is pretty random, but it still makes sense. This book is hilarious (of course, since it was written by a teenager *wink*), and some of the jokes will keep you rolling for a couple of minutes. The book starts off in the court of Lord Bugle, the guillotine-happy master of the main character, Jason. Jason is not very different from the average teenager today, except for the fact that he lives in 14th-century somewhere, goes off on a quest, and finds himself in all sorts of crazy circumstances, from a gnome companion posing as a human and memo-writing corpses, to a troll named Dr. Jorf Riceman and a mysterious letter that Jason and Chris (the troll) must carry to the next kingdom. A plot twist at the end of the book startled me, but the book seemed to end as it should. My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars. Just one last thing: Never try to rescue a 90+ princess named Bagerta.

Great read!

My kids really enjoyed this book and i did too! My daughter loved the princess and the fantasy style. It reminded me of the Princess Bride. I highly reccomend this for children and their parents!! It's hard to get your kids to read, but Laveidem did it for me.

Super keen to the max!!!

For anyone who wishes to be amused. This book shall do the deed. This book is a wonderful form of fantasy that really grasps the reader's imagination. Despite the fact that I am in engaged to the author, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this novel, because of all of things above.

"Would there be belly dancers?"

I happen to be the gnome in this book--the author is one of my best friends from high school. While chock-full of absurd inside jokes, it also gives: * an apt social commentary on the middle ages(what were the people thinking when they disregarded the fact that the 14th century hills had been around much longer than inhabitants of said hills?), * lots of traveling tips(don't shave your head--you may need to give your hair to a troll to use his special tunnel system), * a glimpse into the plight of dragons as an endangered species(and a riviting account of how one callous young man killed on of the last remaining dragons), and even * a history of the Princesses Suck Kingdom and how it came to be. Laveidem is sure to entertain, enlighted, and confuse.