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The Green Ember (The Green Ember Series: Book 1) Paperback – December 12, 2014
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Kings fall and kingdoms totter. Tyrants ascend and terrors threaten. Betrayal beckons, and loyalty is a broken road with peril around every bend.
Where will Heather and Picket land? How will they make their stand?
- Print length368 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade level4 - 6
- Lexile measure730L
- Dimensions5.25 x 0.8 x 8 inches
- PublisherStory Warren Books
- Publication dateDecember 12, 2014
- ISBN-100986223506
- ISBN-13978-0986223501
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I don't usually tell people that there is a book they absolutely-must-no-questions-HAVE-TO-without-a-doubt read. But this one? How shall I put this? If I could choose only one book for my kids to read this year, this would be it. How's that for a recommendation? Go get it! Officially our favorite read-aloud ever. I'm recommending this to everyone who happens to lend me their ear for 5 seconds. From the Read-Aloud Revival to S.D. Smith: thank you for giving us this beautiful gem! --Sarah Mackenzie, Author of Teaching From Rest, Host of The Read-Aloud Revival Podcast
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- Publisher : Story Warren Books (December 12, 2014)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 368 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0986223506
- ISBN-13 : 978-0986223501
- Reading age : 6+ years, from customers
- Lexile measure : 730L
- Grade level : 4 - 6
- Item Weight : 13.6 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.25 x 0.8 x 8 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #159,365 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #15 in Children's American Folk Tales & Myths
- #109 in Children's Christian Action & Adventure Fiction
- #25,655 in Fantasy (Books)
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About the author
S. D. Smith is the author of The Green Ember Series, a million-selling adventure saga featuring heroic #RabbitsWithSwords. The Green Ember spent time as the number one bestselling audiobook in the world on Audible. He is also the author of the madcap Mooses with Bazookas: And Other Stories Children Should Never Read as well as a fantasy adventure novel co-authored with his son, Jack Zulu and the Waylander’s Key. Smith’s stories are captivating readers across the globe who are hungry for “new stories with an old soul.”
Smith is a founder and owner of Story Warren, a publishing, events, and IP development house based in rural West Virginia. Story Warren exists to serve families as “allies in imagination.”
S. D. Smith lives in Grandview, West Virginia with his wife and four kids.
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I liked it so much I want a hardback copy.... not paperback... even though I have it for all time on my kindle. It is a book I want to read and pass down to others.
4th grade and up should be able to read it easily, maybe even third, but it is GREAT for the whole family, and would be especially great as a family read aloud. I very strongly recommended it to lovers of fantasy and furry animals everywhere... in fact read it even if you don't usually like those kinds of books. This book may turn you into a lover of these types of books... it is THAT good. I have recommended it to my kids, though they are all 18 yrs. or above now, and I will recommend it to all my Goodreads friends as well as my friends on Facebook.
The Green Ember is about two rabbits, Heather and Picket (brother and sister), who find themselves caught up in the struggle of good vs. evil. The characters have a lot of depth and are thrown into an unexpected and big adventure against long odds. They meet many friends, some long lost family and some enemies along the way. There is danger,betrayal and frequent pitfalls of some sort or another. Fighting forces die and there are many battles... but there is also hope. There are heroic deeds, loyalty, trust and wisdom given out; especially from the older animals to the younger. It is a tender story, fun, adventurous, mysterious, and surprising. It is a beautiful story, sad at times, but really wonderful.
It certainly holds your attention and you will hear many pleas to keep reading and don't stop if you are reading it aloud to your children. It is not Christian but has good values and is very well written. I would compare it to the Redwall series and like it as well as those books and it has some hints of influence from Tolkien and C.S. Lewis as well. I loved the map in the front as well and the illustrations are wonderfully done.
The story really does not end as S.D. Smith is already planning a sequel and I can't wait!!! I hope he hurries up and writes fast!!!
“‘My place beside you, my blood for yours. Till the Green Ember rises or the end of the world!’"
(a quote from the book found multiple times)
A hero story, this is more Hobbit than Watership Down. More Narnia than Beatrix Potter. And it works. I was skeptical because I usually prefer my animal characters to be of the James Herriot kind - rather than the talking Beaver kind. But, this, like Lewis, somehow lets us forget that Heather and Picket are animals and instead we relate to the heroes in these interesting characters.
I had a hard time getting into the story. Because I had no idea what the intention was, I struggled in the first few chapters. They were almost too pastoral for me. Looking backwards, I understand now that they are in fact much like the beginning of The Hobbit - the innocence of the Shire (I mean Nick Hollow) must be acknowledged before the adventure can begin.
Once Picket and Heather and are on the run, the story comes alive.
I have waited weeks to write this review because I want so badly to communicate the profound value of this humble and tender little story. Even two months later, words fail me.
Heather and Picket are unwitting participants in an adventure that transforms them into the very best versions of themselves - in the old fashioned way. They suffer much. They struggle against themselves. They humble themselves. They confront their own worst attributes. And they do it with the help of incredible mentors and new friends who have their own complex histories.
There is so much to love about this book. It feeds the imagination, nourishes the soul and fortifies the character of the reader.
S.D. Smith is the creative force behind Story Warren - a website dedicated to being the horns of Rohan in our lives as we seek stories of truth, goodness and beauty that point our children to the Maker.
There is a sincerity in S.D. Smith's writing that makes the reader feel like they too could be the heroes of their own stories. Like the greats that Smith loves (Tolkien, Lewis, etc.), he tells stories worth knowing. Stories which inform the moral imagination and continue to speak to the reader long after the book has been returned to the shelf.
It is exactly as S.D. Smith says at Story Warren - they are on our side. They are allies in imagination.
I have been asked about the intensity level of this book. I would put it at the same level as The Last Battle. My four year old had no problem with this book but he is not particularly sensitive. I think that it is fair to say that the intensity progresses as follows:
Narnia
The Green Ember/The Black Star of Kingston
The Hobbit/The Wingfeather Saga
The Lord of the Rings
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2016
A hero story, this is more Hobbit than Watership Down. More Narnia than Beatrix Potter. And it works. I was skeptical because I usually prefer my animal characters to be of the James Herriot kind - rather than the talking Beaver kind. But, this, like Lewis, somehow lets us forget that Heather and Picket are animals and instead we relate to the heroes in these interesting characters.
I had a hard time getting into the story. Because I had no idea what the intention was, I struggled in the first few chapters. They were almost too pastoral for me. Looking backwards, I understand now that they are in fact much like the beginning of The Hobbit - the innocence of the Shire (I mean Nick Hollow) must be acknowledged before the adventure can begin.
Once Picket and Heather and are on the run, the story comes alive.
I have waited weeks to write this review because I want so badly to communicate the profound value of this humble and tender little story. Even two months later, words fail me.
Heather and Picket are unwitting participants in an adventure that transforms them into the very best versions of themselves - in the old fashioned way. They suffer much. They struggle against themselves. They humble themselves. They confront their own worst attributes. And they do it with the help of incredible mentors and new friends who have their own complex histories.
There is so much to love about this book. It feeds the imagination, nourishes the soul and fortifies the character of the reader.
S.D. Smith is the creative force behind Story Warren - a website dedicated to being the horns of Rohan in our lives as we seek stories of truth, goodness and beauty that point our children to the Maker.
There is a sincerity in S.D. Smith's writing that makes the reader feel like they too could be the heroes of their own stories. Like the greats that Smith loves (Tolkien, Lewis, etc.), he tells stories worth knowing. Stories which inform the moral imagination and continue to speak to the reader long after the book has been returned to the shelf.
It is exactly as S.D. Smith says at Story Warren - they are on our side. They are allies in imagination.
I have been asked about the intensity level of this book. I would put it at the same level as The Last Battle. My four year old had no problem with this book but he is not particularly sensitive. I think that it is fair to say that the intensity progresses as follows:
Narnia
The Green Ember/The Black Star of Kingston
The Hobbit/The Wingfeather Saga
The Lord of the Rings