Mattimeo (Redwall) - Hardcover

Jacques, Brian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 039921741X ISBN 13: 9780399217418

Publisher: Philomel Books, 1990

Synopsis

Slagar the Fox is determined to vanquish peaceable Redwall. Gathering his mercenary band of rats, stoats, and weasels, he advances upon the abbey with a cunning scheme-rather than making courageous battle plans, he will steal the children of Redwall from under their parents' very noses. And his prize captive will be Mattimeo, the headstrong young son of Matthias, the fearless mouse warrior!

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Review:

Preparations for the feast for the Summer of The Golden Rain are underway at Redwall Abbey, and young Mattimeo is set to work with the other inhabitants by his mother. His father, Mathius, is the guardian of Redwall Abbey and it is this that puts the young Mattimeo in danger as the evil Slagar the Fox plots to kidnap him in a bid to shake the very foundations of the Abbey and its inhabitants.

Rip-roaring adventure at its very best, Mattimeo is one of the exquisitely executed and totally bewitching tales in the bestselling Redwall series. Brian Jacques, with his masterly use of language and enviable talent for descriptive prose that transports the reader to the very heart of Redwall, magically weaves an epic tale that is breathtaking in proportion and design. Utterly addictive, Mattimeo is packed with so much colour, passion, fury and love that it will leave readers desperate for more. (9 years and over) --Susan Harrison

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Praise for Brian Jacques' "Redwall"series...
"Astonishing!"--Kirkus Reviews
"Energetic fantasy!"--The New York Times Book Review
"Rousing adventure!"--Publishers Weekly
"Old-fashioned swashbuckling adventure."--Locus
"Jacques's realistically drawn characters are full of personality."--Publishers Weekly"

Praise for Brian Jacques' Redwallseries...
"Astonishing!"--Kirkus Reviews
"Energetic fantasy!"--The New York Times Book Review
"Rousing adventure!"--Publishers Weekly
"Old-fashioned swashbuckling adventure."--Locus
"Jacques's realistically drawn characters are full of personality."--Publishers Weekly"

Praise for Brian Jacques' Redwall series...

"Astonishing!"--Kirkus Reviews

"Energetic fantasy!"--The New York Times Book Review

"Rousing adventure!"--Publishers Weekly

"Old-fashioned swashbuckling adventure."--Locus

"Jacques's realistically drawn characters are full of personality."--Publishers Weekly

About this edition

• Publisher: Philomel Books
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 039921741X
• ISBN 13: 9780399217418
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 446
• Illustrator: Chalk Gary