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  • Age Range: 10 and up
  • Grade Level: 5 and up
  • Hardcover: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Philomel Books; First Edition edition (September 16, 1992)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0399218998
  • ISBN-13: 978-0399218996
  • Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 1.2 x 9.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (59 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsSolid as a redwood
By E. A Solinas HALL OF FAMETOP 100 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on March 4, 2004
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T.A. Barron expanded his fantasy writing career after the critically acclaimed "Heartlight," with the follow-up novel "The Ancient One." His intense love of nature is melded together with modern concerns, time travel, legends and myths, and a cast of quirky supporting characters.
Kate is spending time with her Great-Aunt Melanie in the dying Oregon logging town of Blade. The people there are angry and afraid for their about-to-be-ditched jobs, and are threatening something Melanie is struggling to protect. Recently a giant volcanic crater was found to harbor a strange, "lost" land where the Halami Indians once dwelled. It's a mysterious, dangerous and beautiful place: There's a lake with a strange living island, a cursed spring that mesmerizes anyone who sees it -- and giant redwood trees that could keep the loggers employed for a year or two more.
When some of the loggers try to cut down the redwoods, Kate and Melanie set out to stop them. But when Kate takes Melanie's walking stick, she finds herself and logger's grandson Jody transported five hundred years into the past. After getting the help of a Halami girl, Kate struggles to find a way back to her own time. But to master the staff that took her back in time, she will have to battle the evil Gashra, an evil volcanic creature that threatens to destroy them all.
Showing concern for the natural world is nothing new in fantasy; it dates back to the Ents of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth. And it's pretty clear that Barron loves nature. At times "Ancient One" borders on preaching, but always manages to veer back; even the loggers aren't evil, just desperate and misguided.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe Ancient One
By A Customer on March 6, 2000
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Enter a world of enchantment and foreign creatures as you explore the world of wonders in The Ancient One.You will meet many people and learn the ways of life for different societies. I enjoyed reading this fantasy book because the author mixed very emotional and mythical ideas into the story's plot. Kate visits her Aunt Melanie in Oregon for a peaceful vacation away from home. Her parents are going on a trip and figure that she would like a chance to be with her aunt. Instead of a quiet time to relax with her, Kate gets a far more adventurous surprise. The ancient redwood tree in the middle of a grove of trees unexpectedly transportsKate to a time 5oo years before her own. Her companions are stubborn Jody, who is part of a group of loggers that are threatening to tear down the grove of trees, and a magical walking stick given to her by her own Aunt Melanie. Kate meets a friend, Laioni, who is able to communicate with her because of a special fountain of water that the Stonehags offered to them both. Laioni and Kate are on a mission together to help save all of the people who live in the "Crater of Life" and to restore peace to the communities in the crater. On this journey, the two girls learn about friendship and what a friend will do for another even if they risk something dear and precious. The girls have many victories, but one cannot always win. A great loss comes from this retreat, and the two must help each other to get through their troubles. To succeed in their missions, Laioni and Kate must overcome many fears and obstacles, work together, and most of all learn how to treat all beings with the same respect and dignity, for all have the right to live in happiness together. I recommend this book to all of the readers in this world.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsRemember this from my childhood...
By Rachel Ligocki on January 12, 2016
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I discovered this book some 20 years ago and loved it as a middle-schooler. It was such a magical adventure, and as an Oregonian, it held a special kind of magic for me. I was delighted to see it rereleased in a kindle version! And as an adult, it's still as splendid as ever :)
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5.0 out of 5 starsOur class group LOVED it!
By Mrs J's 4-5-6 on April 5, 2000
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Kate and her aunt Melanie try to save the `Lost Crater' from loggers who want to cut the ancient redwood trees. By a magic walking stick, Kate travels back in time. She makes friends and enemies on her trip. She will need a broken touchstone to control the stick that will take her back to her own time. Can Kate save the Halamis from Gashra, save the Ancient One, and make it back to our time?
Everyone in our class reading group loved the book - except for the ending. :( The authors style was imaginative and very expressive. The sentences flowed for a good `read'. We would recommend this book because it was suspenseful, interesting, and educational. It's a learning experience book for children. You always wanted to know what was going to happen next.
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5.0 out of 5 starsWonderful book for elementary and middle school with a conservationist theme. Adults will not appreciate it as much.
By l.wright on June 26, 2015
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This was my favorite book in the 6th grade. It has a prequel and a sequel, but I read it as a stand alone book and didn't suffer from that. This is by far the best book in the trilogy. The first book, Heartlight, is really stupid. The third book, The Merlin Effect, could be enjoyable to a kid, but was too immature to really get into as an adult. As an adult, it doesn't stand up nearly as well because it is so juvenile, but I put 5 stars on the review because I do think it's very good for its reading level. I loved the main character Kate, and I identified with the conservationist spirit of it since my parents were/are big liberals. This is not a political agenda book other than it encourages you to explore and protect the natural resources in your community because you might be surprised by the beauty and importance of what you find there. It has more of a Native American/rustic/mystical feel to it. It's like Mercedes Lackey for elementary and middle schoolers.
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4.0 out of 5 starsI enjoyed reading Barron’s first two books in his Atlantis series

I enjoyed reading Barron’s first two books in his Atlantis series, so I was more than willing to take a look at this book when the opportunity arose. Read more

Published 3 days ago by DavidWiley
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat value for the hard back books

Great value for the hard back books. These will last longer than paperback books which can break down after multiple uses by students over the years.

Published 26 days ago by Dennis Young
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat Adventure!

Love this book. Such a great adventure and descriptive read! Kids and adults will enjoy.

Published 11 months ago by Chris
3.0 out of 5 starsFun reading

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Published 18 months ago by Carolyn J. Neff
5.0 out of 5 starsMesmerizing Adventures with Kate

I love the adventures with Kate. This book continues her time travel. Tom's imagination and development of characters seems infinite. Read more

Published 20 months ago by Suz
5.0 out of 5 starsAmazing for younger readers

I picked up the book from my school library, and I immediately noticed that the environment posed to the reader by Barron is amazing, and you immediately find yourself immersed in... Read more

Published on January 14, 2014 by Draven Valverde
5.0 out of 5 starsA new world awaits!

While author T. A. Barron is best known for his Lost Years of Merlin series, which has been an enormous popular success, to my mind his single best book is this early one. Read more

Published on September 3, 2013 by William Timothy Lukeman
5.0 out of 5 starsBest Historical Fiction Book Ever!!

This book is the greatest.I found this book in my High school library during my Sophmore year and checked it out every two months because it was so great. Read more

Published on December 31, 2012 by mwells
5.0 out of 5 starsMy favorite book as a child

I was a rather imaginative child and read so many books that our library waived the maximum number of books at once for me. Read more

Published on June 27, 2011 by Matlock
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I read this book when i was in 6th grade so it has been a LONG time since i've read it considering now i am 28! Read more

Published on May 3, 2010 by Jessica Butler

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