Jacques, Brian. Taggerung a novel of redwall.Berkley, Ace. 404p. illus. maps. c2001. 0-441-00968-9. $7.99. JSA JSA - Japanese Standards Association. To quote KLIATT's September 2001 review of the hardcover edition: This is the 14th book in a much-loved fantasy/action series about a world of both brave and villainous animals. Here omens reveal that a Taggerung, a creature that is "a talisman of great power," has been born in Redwall Abbey Redwall Abbey is the fictional refuge of many of the "good" forest animals in the Redwall series by Brian Jacques. The abbey basically follows the rules of a normal Roman Catholic monastery except that it is occupied by animals and that no actual religion is practiced, as . A band of vermin vermin /ver·min/ (ver´min) 1. an external animal parasite. 2. such parasites collectively.ver´minous ver·min n. pl. , "dry-land pirates," snatches this young otter otter, name for a number of aquatic, carnivorous mammals of the weasel family, found on all continents except Australia. The common river otters of Eurasia and the Americas are species of the genus Lutra. The North American river otter, L. . They raise him to be a warrior and a thief, but he takes off to seek his own adventures, with loyal friends at his side, and find his way back to Redwall Abbey. Lots of battle scenes, humor, British slang, and reversals of fortune here; as the prologue puts it, "Sadness and joy, comedy and tragedy, a good dose of rousing action." This volume can stand on its own, for those not yet acquainted with the series. For all libraries. Paula Rohrlick, KLIATT |
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