The Road to Balinor (Unicorn of Balinor, 1)

by Mary Stanton

Book Overview

Introducing a new fantasy series about a girl, her unicorn, and her quest to restore peace in Balinor. After a terrible riding accident, Ari cannot remember anything of her past and is sent to live on... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439113091
• ISBN13: 9780439113090
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A brilliant beginning to a magical series!

This book explains a lot about how the whole series began, and has a great plot with loads of suspense, happiness, and suspicion! There are so many parts in each book of this series where I go, "Oh, NO, that person should not be trusted, they're going to take the JEWEL! Stay away from them!", etc, as it's all very suspenseful with so many twists, and I love it! Sure, some parts can be quite scary, while others can be really cool and make you wish you could have a unicorn or that the Balinor land really does exist, but this book is awesome! I, individually, am very sensative to scary things, yet the frightening scenes in here are good, not the kind of scary where I can't sleep at night, the kind of good scary where I am fearful only at the moment the scene is occuring, then I switch back to being my normal self.This is one GREAT book any horse or unicorn lover would have a fabulous time reading!

Unicorns of Balinor The Road to Balinor

We liked The Road to Balinor because it has adventure, danger, fun, and unicorns in it. It also has a great explnation of what is happening. Our favortie part is when Airanna the princess is in a different place than where she was before. We liked this part because then Airanna is back where she is supposed to be and she realizes she is somewhere eles. We don't think that it needs to be changed because we think it is good the way it is. We read this book because it has a beautiful cover and what it said on the back of the book made us think it was an interesting book. K.D. and C.H.

A beautifully written series...great for all ages

In this book, Ari Langley and Chase, her horse, have endured an awful accident. As Ari struggles to remember things, and overcome obstacles in her everyday life at Glacier River Farm, Atalanta, the Dreamspeaker (a Celestial Unicorn in Balinor) watches over her and gradually tries to let Ari know that Ari's not who she thinks. Ari is really Princess Arianna, and her horse is really Sunchaser, a mighty and majestic unicorn. Arianna and Sunchaser were sent to our world for protection against the Shifter, who has caused much havoc in Balinor. Now Balinor--and Arianna and Sunchaser--are in grave danger, so the two companions must travel back to Balinor to claim what is rightfully theirs and save the kingdom. The world of Magic has long since held our fascination, as well as the mythical creatures the word evokes. Unicorns are the most magical, purest creatures ever, and it is fitting that they receive a storyline such as this. The balance between good and bad is very balanced and the characters are so wonderfully written, that one can clearly imagine the Unicorns speaking (and not at all like Mr. Ed). I proudly admit that I'm 28 years old with two children of my own and I love these books.

Full of Suspense!

At a bookfair at my school, I bought a few books, including the first 3 Unicorn of Balinor books. At first I thought that I had bought some baby books, with a happily ever after ending and story. I was sooo wrong! I read all the books very quickly, and I keep re-reading them, without getting bored of them. They are great books to anyone who loves horses, adventure, and plain fun in books. The first book is basically a begining to the rest of the books, and it is best to start with it. And you don't really understand anything, until the second book. And at the end of the first book, it ends like: There was a sign. And the sign said: Welcome to Balinor. She took one step forward, then another. Becuase I had the second book, I read it, and that's when I really liked the series. So my advice is: If you want to get this book, then get the second, too, or you'll miss the point in it, and you probably won't want to read on. I'm only a 12 year old girl, but as you have seen with other revies about the series, several different ages enjoy it. I hope that this revies helped you, and that you try out the book.

A great start to a great series!

I think that this was a great book.It may not have much action because it's the first book in the series, but it sure is worth it to get to the next book. For anyone who thinks it should be rated less than a four should read the second book which is packed with adventure, action, laughter and fun.I can't wait to get the third book and continue on the adventure. I would definitely recomend this book to anyone who likes fantasy and action.