The Bellmaker (Redwall, Book 7) | 
 enlarge | Author: Brian Jacques
Publisher: Ace
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 17602
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 416
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Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 044100315X
UPC: 807728289621
EAN: 9780441003150
ASIN: 044100315X
Publication Date: April 1, 1996
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Amazon.com Review
Vicious Foxwolf, Urgan Nagru--a fox who long ago discovered the body of a wolf and skinned it to wear as his own--is holding the young Mariel and Dandin captive. The pair are at the mercy of the evil despot and have only one hope of survival. But can they really count on the legendary freedom fighter, Martin the Warrior, to come to their rescue? The Bellmaker fairly boils over with passion, intrigue, and adventure. A true page-turner, the heat is immediately turned to high, and never cools until the close of the very last chapter. Brian Jacques's skill lies in creating fantastical yet believable characters, placing them in an extraordinary yet convincing setting and then letting loose with a flood of imagination that takes the breath away. One of the best writers of our time, Jacques comes through once again for his readers in this remarkable tale of good triumphing over evil. --Susan Harrison
Product Description
Worried about his daughter Mariel, Joseph the Bellmaker is led by a dream from Redwall Abbey to Southsward, where he becomes caught up in the battle between Squirrelking Gael and the vicious Foxwolf Nagru. Reprint. AB.
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 Southsward August 3, 2007
Urgan Nagru the Foxwolf has taken over Southsward, and it is up to Joseph the Bellmaker to stop him. This book, is exciting and true to the line of Redwall books. A definite read for Redwall fans (or anyone else - they can be read alone). Have fun reading it!
-Emma
pretty good April 3, 2007
Do you like adventure mystery and battles between good and evil ? If you do than you will love The Bellmaker by british author Brian Jacques. In the book the evil foxwolf Urgan Nagru, is sick of the cold northern air. He and his mate, Silvamord, decide to travel south. They set off with their faithful followers, a horde of gray rats. Once the evil fox is satisfied with the warm air, he sets his eyes on the mighty castle floret. This book will captivate children from years ten to !
 gripping, funny, but flat. December 20, 2006
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I do not normally read this sort of book- I am normally sickened by talking animals. However, although this book had some good ingredients- it was gripping and made me want to read on, while some parts made me laugh, I found there were too many characters, and many were rather undeveloped and indistinguishable from one another (sorry about the long words). For example, Foremole and Furrp might as well have been the same mole, while some of the horderats only appear for two sentences before being killed. Sometimes I felt that the story could have functioned without the bonus characters, and there was quite a lot of stereotyping: foxes, rats- nasty evil scum. Mice, hares, etc. : good as gold. It was a little predictable in places and similar to many other of his books- evil fox/rat/wolf catches someone, everyone else tries to save them, someone dies, everyone is sad, baddie dies, the end. I did enjoy Blaggut because he was an exception to the tiresome 'good and evil full stop' rule and he made me laugh, along with Egbert the scholar because he was so quirkily different. I also loved the shrike ( can't pronounce his name!) Overall, I liked this book, but these flaws did annoy me. Read it if you enjoy Brian Jacques' stories, but not if you are a little paranoid or get irritated by anthropomorphic animals. :)
exciting August 15, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book was good but not spectaculare. I think it would be better if they caught every bad animal in the castle and came up from Egbert's tunnels. This book is just not as good as the other books of the redwall series.
 One of my favorite Redwall books April 28, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I recall this book from when I was younger, a lot younger, and I enjoyed it a lot back then. I recall reading it about six or seven times, and I just revisited it now almost nine years later.
What I liked then was that it was an easy, entertaining read - you get sucked right in to the wonderfully realized world of Redwall, which is consistently populated with interesting characters and its own fascinating mythos. The story in this edition gets up and running very quickly, comes to a perfect climax with an awesome conclusion, that makes for a great read.
But now, some years later, the book's shortcomings are more obvious. The book suffers from the age old problem that has existed in the genre since Tolkien's day, and that is certain races that populate Redwall are always evil, without a chance for redemption and that all of the races in general conform to narrow stereotypes that are not as well justified as they are in Lord of the Rings. The book has uneven pacing - the author spends a lot of time describing how wonderous the feasts and songs are, and the songs and poems aren't actually that bad, but the endless mentions of strawberry fizz and damson wine and so on grow very thin, especially since nobody would actually eat anything like that in the first place.
But the biggest shortcoming of this book, as with almost all of the Redwall books after the first few, is that they all conform to almost exactly the same formula. I will not explain it here, but after a few books - especially the most recent ones like the Taggerung and Legend of Luke and so on - the story develops very predictably and it really spoils what is otherwise probably one of the most consistently enjoyable series of books I have ever come across.
Other things to concerned parents - yes, the book is violent in parts, but not to the point of requiring editing. I have read far more graphic books, and this is pretty PG stuff. I mean, the Ninja Turtles squashed Shredder in the first movie and it was only PG. This is about as graphic, and serves a great role in the story.
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