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Between Two Kingdoms
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Item Description...
In this work of allegorical fantasy, author Joe Boyd takes us on a pilgrimage to a land of two kingdoms, but only one true King. An ancient land, where children never grow old. A living land, where foundations grow in trees and rivers sing and breathe. But also a dying land, where the darkness of a false prince threatens to swallow everything in its shadow.
Enter the adventure with Tommy, a child of the Great King, as he and his friends accept the challenge to live as grown men and women in the Lower Kingdom--where hope is hidden, vision is clouded, and pride twists truth into a beautiful yet deadly deception. |
Item Specifications...
Pages 176
Dimensions: Length: 6.5" Width: 4.7" Height: 0.7"
Weight: 0.35 lbs.
Binding Softcover
Release Date Apr 1, 2010
Publisher Standard Publishing Company
ISBN 0784723583
EAN 9780784723586
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Availability 4 units.
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 | Enchanting and Spellbinding Fairytale Jun 9, 2010 |
I often enjoy reading young adult novels. Some of the best books that I have read are listed as young adult. This book sounded interesting, so I thought I would give it a shot. The book grabbed my attention pretty quickly through the description of this odd universe where everyone is eternally 7 years old except for the King and Prince. Of course, around this time my adult brain kept interrupting. Would you really want to be 7 your entire life? Would you be happy at 7 years old? Are they not allowed to fall in love...and if they do, they are 7....that could lead to some very wrong things happening. Whoa! At this point I told myself that this is sort of a fairytale...just go with it. So, that is what I did.
Then, around page 40-45 the book started to feel like not much had happened and I started to loose interest. However, I stayed with it and I am glad that I did. Between Two Kingdoms is essentially a Good vs. Evil fight. You have the good and holy King in the Upper Kingdom and the Evil, Twisted Dark Prince in the Lower Kingdom. This book ended up being pretty good. I particularly liked how Boyd described the river as though she was a person. The river would sing to you if she liked you and you believed. She would also toss you into the air and carry or guide you to where you wanted. I also really liked how a character in the book that was trying to deceive Tommy turned into a monster. Boyd does an excellent job of describing scenes and creating an atmosphere in your mind. I am actually hoping that there will be another book because of the way it ends.
I would recommend this book for early teens, but it would also be enjoyed by some adults. | | |  | Loved it!!!!! Great read, led to great questions and interactions with my kids. They asked me to read it every night! Jun 9, 2010 |
| This book was so good because of how creatively it was written. It is easy to understand, yet creative enough to draw the kids into the story. Heck, I enjoyed it a bunch too. The kids would even ask me to read it when it wasn't bedtime, and then they'd always beg for one more chapter... Great read, highly recommend! | | | | Reviews from Brizmus Blogs Books May 20, 2010 |
This was a beautifully written, endearing story. Tommy, along with his friends, all live in the Upper Kingdom with the Great King and the Good Prince. They are eternally 7 years old, and it shows through their adorable innocence. And yet, because they are eternally 7, they also have life experience which allows the reader to relate to them as if they are adults. And when they go into the Lower Kingdom, that is what they become.
The Lower Kingdom is populated by miserably, unhappy people who don't believe in the Upper Kindgom, most of whom need saving of some sort. They are headed by an evil king who has come up with an even more evil plot to retain control over all of his citizens and to never have to fear losing them to the joy and beauty and hope of the Upper Kingdom.
It is a very obvious allegory for heaven and hell and the eternal fight between Good and Evil, God and the Devil, and that's what it's supposed to be. Still, when Tommy and his friends are sent by the Great King into the Lower Kingdom to help build treehouses and open people's eyes to the magnificence of the Upper Kingdom, the reader will find themselvses drawn in despite themselves. For Christians and Non-Christians alike, it is impossible not to enjoy the adorable, action-filled story that follows. Most people will be able to relate in some way to the trials faced by Tommy and his friends as they battle their way through the non-believers to the castle and the king in the lower kingdom.
This story is told with such simple brilliance that, while reading, I had somewhat the feeling of sitting by a campfire, chewing sugar cane, and listening to my grandfather tell one of his crazy stories. Because more than anything, that's what this is, a story, a tale to be passed down through the ages, and Boyd communicates it to the reader in such a way to keep them curious, engaged, and turning page after page, wanting more.
My favorite thing about this book, though, was that it questioned. Each of the characters, after an extended period of time in the Lower Kingdom, was forced to question their faith and their belief in the Upper Kingdom and the Great King. They did not just blindly follow and blindly believe (well, one of the characters did), and their reasons for questioning were all valid things that I am sure are faced my most Christians. As such, in a way, if you are Christian, this book WILL make you question your faith, and it will also help you make decisions about your life and yoru faith accordingly. As someone who is a firm believer in constantly questioning everything (and then CHOOSING to believe, as opposed to just BELIEVING - I mean, heck, I believe in unicorns!), I think that this book was fabulous.
Between Two Kingdoms is a great story with a great message delivered by a brilliant writer. It is filled with well-developed, developing, likable characters, exciting plot twists, and a boatload of creativity. And, since it's such a quick, easy read, I feel like I can recommend it to everyone. Adults, young adults, Christians, and non-Christians alike will all find something to be gained from this book. | | | | Imaginative Biblical Allegory Apr 23, 2010 |
This book was such a unique read for me that I can't recall reading anything of this nature, with the one exception of The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, which is also allegorical in nature. The story in Between Two Kingdoms is told as a story that I think young children could appreciate just as well as adults because of the simplistic nature of the text. What intrigued me about this book was trying to figure out what each element of the story represented in reference to the Bible. Some things were obvious, such as the King being God, the Good Prince being Jesus Christ, and the River being the Holy Spirit. The interpretation of many elements though are biased according to how the author, Joe Boyd, interprets Bibical scripture, such as making the River female in nature, which would indicate Boyd's interpretation that the Holy Spirit is also female, which I do not agree with. Another interpretation that I found questionable was the Dark Prince and his true name, Adam. I could be wrong, but that tells me that the author interprets the origin of the Devil as the first man, Adam. I was completely baffled by the language that the Phantom Messengers spoke and what it was supposed to represent.
Many elements of the story were quite imaginative and fascinating, such as the behavior of the River, which was as playful and joyous as it could be peaceful and comforting. I love how the children could use such a simple thing as mirrors to destroy the Phantom Messengers by showing them their true selves. The Long Night was rife with metaphor, and I love good metaphors.
On the whole, I think this story is a great conversation piece for anyone interested in puzzling out the meanings behind the allegory.
| | | | A great wholesome book for the whole family! Apr 10, 2010 |
What a neat book! This book went directly from my hands to my son's desk with the instructions to read it. (For those of you with kids, my son is 11. I think this would be a great read for him yet I enjoyed it a lot also!)
This adventure starts with Tommy, who is a child of the Great King and a friend of the Good Prince, the son of the King. If you're a Christian, you can see where this is going. Tommy must go to the lower kingdom, and there he helps to rescue a friend of his. The friend himself had to make the choice. (As we all do.)
Then Tommy, Mary, Bobby, and Pops have to go on this adventure to save the people of the Lower Kingdom from the "prince" of the Lower Kingdom. There is action, there is adventure, and there is undying faith. The correlation between God the father, Jesus, and Satan is present throughout the book, but written in a way both younger kids and adults will find easy to understand. I just thought it was such a cool way to tell the story. It kind of reminded me of the Chronicles of Narnia, not in how it is written but how one thing symbolizes another.
I think it was just the neatest book. As Charles Schierbeck above me here on this site said:
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It is hard to know how to cast Joe Boyd's book. I think the category of allegory is correct, however, at times I think that parable might be the better word. Rather, a string of parables woven into one longer story. What makes this nice is that you can read the book one chapter at a time, as a sort of devotional, or just plop down on the sofa and get lost in it for a whole night.
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I completely agree with him, it does belong in allegory, but it feels like a parable. I think this book would be so wonderful to pick up at night and read a chapter to your kids. Now that I gave myself the idea, I think I will do that. We call that "buddy reading" at our house.
I will be on the lookout for more books from Joe Boyd because Between Two Kingdoms was absolutely fabulous. It's really nice to find a wholesome book that I feel is appropriate for my whole family. | | | Write your own review about Between Two Kingdoms
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