The Blue Hawk, by Peter Dickinson
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In an ancient kingdom, a boy and his hawk challenge the gods All his life, Tron has been destined to join the priests who rule his strange desert kingdom. When the old king grows sick, a ritual is called for to restore his health: the sacrifice of a blue hawk, the symbol of the god Gdu. For the first time, Tron is chosen to take part in the ritual. Just before the bird is sacrificed, the young priest notices that its eyes are cloudy. The bird is sick, and to give its soul to the king would be to kill him. And so Tron steals the bird away. The priests are enraged at his disruption of the ritual. Some call for his head, but others see Tron's potential. They give him three months to train the wild bird-three months to save its life and rescue the kingdom from the wrath of the gods. This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Peter Dickinson including rare images from the author's collection.
The Blue Hawk, by Peter Dickinson- Amazon Sales Rank: #1198180 in Books
- Published on: 2015-06-16
- Released on: 2015-06-16
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x .56" w x 5.25" l, .57 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 222 pages
Review “One of the real masters of children’s literature.” —Philip Pullman “Peter Dickinson is a national treasure.” —The Independent “[A] master storyteller.” —School Library Journal
About the Author Peter Dickinson was born in Africa but raised and educated in England. From 1952 to 1969 he was on the editorial staff of Punch, and since then earned his living writing fiction of various kinds for children and adults. His books have been published in several languages throughout the world. The author of twenty-one crime and mystery novels for adults, Dickinson was the first to win the Gold Dagger Award of the Crime Writers’ Association for two books running: The Glass-Sided Ants Nest (1968) and The Old English Peepshow (1969). Dickinson was shortlisted nine times for the prestigious Carnegie Medal for children’s literature and was the first author to win it twice. Dickinson served as chairman of the Society of Authors and was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2009 for services to literature. Peter Dickinson died on December 16, 2015, at the age of eighty-eight.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful. Excellent YA fantasy; quasi-Egyptian setting By A Customer This is the best of the Peter Dickinson juveniles: in a kingdom somewhat like ancient Egypt, with failing harvests and contracting horizons, a young man has adventures. He winds up participating in the rescue of the whole land, joined by the new young king and an exiled priest.While the above sounds like the standard fantasy, the book is both more subtle and less predictable. It is also very well written. The description of the hero's journey down the pseudo-Nile while hidden in the coffin of the old king is a high point.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful. A Classic of Fantasy By Patrick E. O'Neil A review prior to mine gives five stars to this novel, calling it the best of Peter Dickinson Juveniles, saying that it sounds like the standard fantasy, but is more subtle and less predictable, as well as being very well written. I feel that this review actually sells the novel short! This is an underappreciated Classic! It is not, in my opinion, a juvenile: the book makes believable the existence of gods (as of ancient Egypt, but different - 'O' for the sun, "Aa" for the moon (and Death), and "Gdu" for the Blue Hawk (and healing), an avatar of which the title character Tron finds he is able to tame (or...make his friend), and creates an explanation of why these gods came to be, unimaginable powers that The Wise (obviously, modern humanity) found among the stars and then bound on Earth, and how at the end of the novel the gods have escaped their bondage, leaving humans free to become wise again. Thus it has aspects of "The Magic Goes Away" which is one of the best Niven concepts and aspects of Ursula LeGuin, in the sense that it is beautifully written and moving in a way that few other authors can achieve. I do not wish to imply that a brilliant and moving work can't be a juvenile -- I was a bright child, and "Lord of the Rings" and "The Lay of Beren and Luthien" are counter-examples -- but "The Blue Hawk" so surpasses these in sophistication that I feel a young person who would appreciate all of it would be very rare indeed. Compare it rather to Le Guin's "The Left Hand of Darkness", John Crowley's "The Translator", and Tennyson's "Mortre D'Arthur".
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Superbly written, not just for kids By Dan the Moss Gatherer I read this little book as a child of seven or eight years old and remembered liking it. Having just read it again thirty years I realise that it would be a crime to characterise this as juvenile fiction. Like much of the work of Rosemary Sutcliff, Ronald Welch or Alan Garner, this may be ostensibly aimed at children but it is worthy of adult attention. This is part "historical" novel grounded in Egyptian mythology, part coming of age story, written with a kind of strong-limbed delicacy. I'm amazed that this is no longer in print. If you have a bright and thoughtful child, buy it read it, then pass it on to them.
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