Drujienna's Harp

by Ellen Kindt McKenzie

Book Overview

Adventures in a fantasy world. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525289305
• ISBN13: 9780525289302
• Release Date: January 1971
• Publisher: Dutton Books
• Length: 305 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Fantastic!

The memory of this book has stayed with me since I first read it in grade school over 18 years ago. Having just located a copy I could afford in order to re-read it I can only say wow...Drujienna's Harp is absolutely captivating. It's written in language that a young reader can understand but in a style that makes it a joy for an adult reader to revisit. It'll stay at the top of my list of books to read aloud to my children. If you can find one, get it!

Truly Original Fantasy

I first read this book in 1984 when I was 11 years old. It has stuck with me since then. I think the startling landscape that serves as a backdrop for the story is half the beauty of the story. The relationship between Tha and Eshone, is touching and haunting. Fabulous. Complicated without being cheesy - she doesn't feed you any easy answers here. A definite pre-cursor to higher fantasy like Tolkien.

Great fantasy!

Tha is transported to a strange world where she must escape an evil tyrant and find her brother Duncan before the end of the world. The past history of the world, including the mysterious Drujienna, slowly fits together as Tha meets strange friends and enemies. Sometimes funny, sometimes scary - one of my favorite fantasies! It's written as a children's fantasy, but is somewhat complicated; I enjoyed it as an adult.

This is my favorite book of all time.

A fantasy-mystery, Drujienna's Harp tells the story of Tha and her brother Duncan in a world quite different from their own... They meet an interesting family (five generations of males) and traipse through a bewildering landscape after visiting a pawn shop.