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Taran Wanderer: Prydain Chronicles Book 4
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Taran Wanderer: Prydain Chronicles Book 4

Lloyd Alexander's wonderful series, and how it impacts me now, and impacted me then.

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Dec 02, 2024
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I recently finished my reading of Book 4 of the Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander. This book, Taran Wanderer, is quickly becoming my favorite in the series.

I first read these books in elementary school. They were my first “real fantasy” books over 40 years ago. By 6th Grade I had started to connect with Weis and Hickman’s Dragonlance and they replaced these books as favorites. I grew up. But I never forgot the covers of these wonderful books.

I returned to them for a few reasons:

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