Rama: A Legend

By Jamake Highwater

In a story based on the great Indian and Southeast Asian epic, the Ramayana, Prince Rama falls in love with Sita, a beautiful nature goddess, but when a jealous queen forces him from his throne, Rama,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805030522
• ISBN13: 9780805030525
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 1.0" x 6.0"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Corruption of the Ramayana.

Reading this story is slightly better than not knowing about Rama at all. If you want to start somewhere, try the "Ramayana," the William Buck version. The Jamake Highwater version or twist of the original story by Valmiki has been so Americanized and kibitzed that the original purpose of the story is completely lost. Ravenna does not even have the redeeming value of Darth Vader. The only Dharma is more like Dharma Greg. The good guys wear white, and the bad guys wear black. The good guys win, and the bad guys die a horrible death.