The Power of the Rellard

by Carolyn F. Logan

Book Overview

Lucy, repeating the fourth grade after a malady of the nervous system has left her with a withered arm, finds herself and her siblings in the midst of a power struggle with agents of an ancient evil.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394825861
• ISBN13: 9780394825861
• Release Date: August 1989
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Rellardo, do, do ,do

It is rare to have a book that'll take you on a journey, along with the characters, into a fight against evil. This is one of those books. Little Lucy, along with her brother Georgie and her sister Shelly, all got sick, and although her brother and sister got better, Lucy got worse. Her disease scars her arm,the only proof that she was ill at all. Through all this, the children decide to create a game to distract them all, based on a toy stage their mother bought them. They make "trials" to see who should be crowned the Rellard, wielder of The Power. Strangely enough, Lucy, crippled by her disease, manages to win them all and is crowned The Rellard. Immediately, Shelly and Georgie continue with their lives. Lucy, however, does not. She claims a winged man with white horns has asked for their help to stop an evil which threatens their town. But Shelly and Georgie don't know what to believe. It's only a game...or is it? If there's one book you must buy your child, it is this one. Forget about Harry Potter. He can wait. The Power of The Rellard is the book to take ;)

The Wonders of Childhood

This excellent novel is about how when you beleive, anything is possible. Three children, two sisters and a brother, make up a game called The Rellard to play when they are sick. They continue to play as they get well. Creating a series of trials, they crown the youngest, Lucy, as The Rellard. Little do they know at the time, the powers that the Rellard holds are real.

one of those books you can't put down!

I read this book when i was younger, and i still remember it as one of of those books you don't want to end. I seriously recommend this book to any young adult (or older =) ) Sci-fi reader. It has a good plot, and characters that can become your best friends,,,if you like Tamora Pierce, L.J. Smith, or Meredith Ann Pierce you will like this book.