Rowan and the Travellers
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Rowan and the Travelers is the sequel to Rowan of Rin, and the second book in the Rowan of Rin series written by Jennifer Rowe and published in 1994. It picks up where the first one ended, and tells the story of then the Travelers, a tribe that may carry a dangerous sickness mysteriously comes and goes from Rin, where Rowan, the shy and weak, but strong minded boy Rowan lives, a dangerous sleeping sickness appears.
The sickness comes from a fruit brought down from the Mountain (by one Rowan's own companions, Allun the baker) next to Rin, the town's river and the Bukshahs's field. The And on the Mountain, a dangerous dragon is said to dwell, which Rowan met on his first big journey.
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Rowan and the Travelers tells the story about how the tribe of the Travelers mysteriously showed up in the town of Rin.
After their even more mysterious departure, a sleeping sickness appears, the Travelers is immediately mistaken, and Rowan and a couple other heroes and people of Rin, takes a trip over the sea to seek and find the answer. A terrible trip to the horrific Pit of Unrin.
Here they find out that the sickness originally descends from a dangerous kind of fruit called Mountain-berries brought down from the Mountain next to Rin. Its juice lulls people drinking it, into a deep and heavy sleep. It turns out that the berries are the smaller and infantile form of big trees growing beneath the Mountain itself.
After Rowan gets the sickness, causing others to dislike him, he was prevented to destroy the Mountain-berries, and in that way saving his hometown, and then the same would happen to the town as with the Valley of Gold, a large and beautiful settlement overrun and flowing with the berries, destroyed by their older adult forms. Rowan must save the town with the help of a potion made of slip-daisy roots.
Other than that, he is very strong-minded and intelligent, and can solve riddles easily. He is both clever and warm hearted, but easy to scare away. Much of the time he's usually picked on by Strong John, the strongest but friendliest of the townspeople. Strong Jonn is in love with Jiller, Rowan's mother, and Rowan easily spots that each time they meet.
Allun was the one who brought down the new and foreign fruit of the Mountain called Mountain-berries. Their juice puts anyone who drink it, into a deep sleep.
The only way to escape the fever and sickness caused by the berries, is to drink an antidote potion made of slip-daisy roots.
, so it was referred to as a original, new and unique kind of fantasy and story.
The sickness comes from a fruit brought down from the Mountain (by one Rowan's own companions, Allun the baker) next to Rin, the town's river and the Bukshahs's field. The And on the Mountain, a dangerous dragon is said to dwell, which Rowan met on his first big journey.
Plot
The book picks up where the first one, Rowan of Rin (novel)Rowan of Rin
The Rowan of Rin series is a series of five children's fantasy novels by Australian author Emily Rodda. The series follow the adventures of a shy village boy, Rowan...
, ended.
Rowan and the Travelers tells the story about how the tribe of the Travelers mysteriously showed up in the town of Rin.
After their even more mysterious departure, a sleeping sickness appears, the Travelers is immediately mistaken, and Rowan and a couple other heroes and people of Rin, takes a trip over the sea to seek and find the answer. A terrible trip to the horrific Pit of Unrin.
Here they find out that the sickness originally descends from a dangerous kind of fruit called Mountain-berries brought down from the Mountain next to Rin. Its juice lulls people drinking it, into a deep and heavy sleep. It turns out that the berries are the smaller and infantile form of big trees growing beneath the Mountain itself.
After Rowan gets the sickness, causing others to dislike him, he was prevented to destroy the Mountain-berries, and in that way saving his hometown, and then the same would happen to the town as with the Valley of Gold, a large and beautiful settlement overrun and flowing with the berries, destroyed by their older adult forms. Rowan must save the town with the help of a potion made of slip-daisy roots.
Rowan of the Bukshah
Rowan is a shy and weak boy of the town of Rin, but nevertheless he is the main character and protagonist, as he appears to be very brave then it is needed.Other than that, he is very strong-minded and intelligent, and can solve riddles easily. He is both clever and warm hearted, but easy to scare away. Much of the time he's usually picked on by Strong John, the strongest but friendliest of the townspeople. Strong Jonn is in love with Jiller, Rowan's mother, and Rowan easily spots that each time they meet.
Strong Jonn
Strong Jonn, as he's called, is one of the strongest but friendliest townspeople, and a man of honesty. But he can get seriously angry. He's a very brave soul, and he's in love with Jiller, Rowan's mother, which Rowan spots easily each time they're together. After the death of Rowan's father, she though needs some company.Bronden
A short but hot-tempered woman. She can get really angry, and she's stronger than she seems.Allun
Allun is the baker of Rin.Allun was the one who brought down the new and foreign fruit of the Mountain called Mountain-berries. Their juice puts anyone who drink it, into a deep sleep.
The only way to escape the fever and sickness caused by the berries, is to drink an antidote potion made of slip-daisy roots.
Jiller
Rowan's mother, and a kindly soul. She's in love with Strong Jonn, who's in love with her as well.Response and reception
The book, and all the others in the series, received mixed reviews, where most of them gave them 10 out of 10, and the series became one of the most popular fantasy series of its time, though most fantasy were in the style of Alice's Adventures in WonderlandAlice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures...
, so it was referred to as a original, new and unique kind of fantasy and story.