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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This being the first work I have read from John Claude Bemis I was wholly unaware when I opened the book and turned to the first page that I would lose the ability to put it down until I read the conclusion. The Prince Who Fell From the Sky is a post apocalyptic novel for eight and up told through the eyes of the animals that survived whatever world shattering event happened when humans didn’t. Casseomae is an old bear living in a meadow alone away from the rest of her brethren. She was considered to be a curse because every cub she birthed had been born breathless. In Cass’ world the wolves ruled and no one had seen a skinless one (human) for many lifetimes. There are three groups of animals in this story. The predator, the prey, and the animals like dogs and cats that had served the humans when they were still around. Read the rest on Bookalicious.org! Originally reviewed here. As you may know by now, I don't generally read book blurbs before starting books. I saw the tag dystopia and requested this immediately without knowing pretty much anything. Despite the bear on the cover, I was still really confused when I started reading and it was a bunch of bears talking to one another. Very strange. In a dystopian world where humans are thought to have died out, the animals have gone all Animal Farm. Wolves are the rulers of this landscape, controlling boundaries and determining which predators are allowed to stay in their territory. The wolves' control stems from their strength, the fact that they're pack-based (there's a lot of them) and that they helped kill off the last humans, decimated by an infection and who knows what else. All the wild animals have serious contempt for Faithfuls, basically pets. The bears have an uneasy truce with the reigning wolf pack in the area. Casseomae, an old female bear, is chatting with a rat, Dumpster, one day, having just saved him from some hungry coyotes, when something crashes to the ground nearby. Inside the thing are some of the Skinless (aka "Old Devils" or humans). The crash has killed all but one, a Skinless cub. Casseomae's mothering instincts kick in and she determines to save this creature, which every other animal in the forest wants to kill, except for Dumpster and later a dog named Pang. This odd team works together to save the child. I never really got over the sense of strangeness as I read this. In no way is it bad, and I think the concept is fascinating, but it never really worked for me. Partly, I think that this is largely because it doesn't seem to be targeted at a particular age group. It's being marketed as middle grade, but I question that somewhat. The fact that the main characters are animals, and the child's age, which is indeterminate but seems young, would recommend the book to children. However, the violence of the story (especially since it's animals being hurt) would lead me to think it would be best for older readers, who might not be so interested in an animal tale. The Prince Who Fell from the Sky is rather reminiscent of Ice Age, although humans are the ones dying out in that one. Even the main character grouping is fairly similar to Ice Age: child, bear (to replace mammoth - able to carry others and fight), rat (similar to the sloth in usefulness physically, but Dumpster is also a compendium of knowledge), and dog (not as useful as the sabretooth I'll admit). It's kind of like a dystopian mashup of Ice Age and The Incredibly Journey. So if that sounds appealing to you, definitely check this out. On an Earth where mankind has been wiped out by a nameless catastrophe, only animals remain. The bears, coyotes, rats, dogs, and other woodland creatures are subjects of the Forest, living cheek by jowl among the ruins left behind by the fabled “Old Devils.” But mankind, it appears, hasn’t completely disappeared for good. When a spaceship crash-lands in a meadow, killing all aboard except for a small boy, the lonesome she-bear Casseomae rescues the young’un and treats him as her own cub. Some animals, however, fear the child as a sign that the dreaded Old Devils are due to return and reclaim the Forest. Determined to protect her newly adopted “cub” from hostile parties, Casseomae sets out to find a place where she and her ward can live in safety. A truly creative story that straddles the line between fantasy and science fiction, The Prince Who Fell From the Sky is richly imagined, as well as a delight to read. Recommended for Ages 9-12. This is one author who has that magical touch that allows his animals to become somewhat human. In a world where the humans are supposedly extinct, a bear and rat find themselves protecting a child who fell from the sky. When a flying craft crashes in the forest, Dumpster, a rat and Casseomae find themselves the protector of the only survivor, a young boy. The animals of the forest call humans the “skinless ones”. As you read you realize they have many prejudices against humans based on what they have heard from tales passed down. I thought it interesting that Dumpster was the keeper of the memories. He is despised by others in the forest because he lived among the humans. Dogs are even lower on the list because they lived with the humans. Knowing this small boy or cub as Casseomae calls him will not harm them, she sets out to get him to safety. When word of the child reaches their leader Ogeema, he is determined to kill the child. I loved the bond between the bear and the boy. I loved the way Dumpster pretended he didn’t care about the boy and that he was nothing but trouble. His actions proved different. This reminded me of the movie “Ice Age” where the wooly mammoth was determined to get the small boy back to his people. I loved the writing style. Bemis did not tell the names of animals. He described them through the eyes of the band of animals traveling together. When Casseomae comes upon her first strange animal she described it as a “strange deer. It had an exceptionally long neck ….she could make out spots over its coat, large brown blots against a field of tawny yellow.” (Page 193) It would have been so much easier to just say they saw the carcass of a dead giraffe. His descriptions showed the animals as intelligent but not all knowing. I had not read his previous trilogy The Clockwork Dark, but will definitely do so now. This is an author I will proudly recommend to all of my students and parents. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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that came to the earth in a crashed vehicle, a passering (spaceship). In this world, the animals speak to one another in vorago and the ‘cub,’ a young boy who is the only survivor on the ship, chirps. At least that’s how the animals hear it. A smart and wisecracking rat, Dumpster joins the bear and the boy as Casseomae tries to protect him and get the boy someplace safe.
This odd group of characters must fight to save their lives by battling wolves and assorted other animals, while traveling across the land toward the Sun’s birth and to the Havenlands, if they even exist. The Prince who fell from the sky is told completely from the animals’ point of view. It is part Redwall, part The Incredible Journey and part Day of the Animals. ( )