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The Ring of Solomon

Jonathan Stroud

Stroud, Jonathan. The Ring of Solomon. Bartimaeus Books. New York, New York. 2010.

The Ring of Solomon is a wonderful fantasy. The author, Jonathan Stroud won Best Author of the Year. It was on the New York Bestselling Bartimaeus books and it won Best Fantasy Book for five years. This book is wonderful to read to your children, even though is has some adult material.

The Ring of Solomon is about an elder king named Solomon. He has three sons named Charles, Kalvin and Betwiner. Solomon leaves a quest to his sons. The day before Solomon’s death, he brings his three sons to his quarters. King Solomon tells his sons that the one to find his lost wedding ring will be made the next king.

The three brothers begin their journey and went into the forest. The brothers all got along and didn’t really care who got crowned because they would still all be brothers and they would make all the decisions together no matter who was crowned king, but one of the brothers, Betwiner had a different idea. When they got far into the forest there was a mystical creature, it was a Phoenix and it was holding the ring in its beak. Betwiner saw it first, he snuck away and followed it. Kalvin followed Betwiner because they agreed to stick together. Betwiner was not intending to ever come back to his brothers, he was going to get the ring and go back to the kingdom before his brothers knew about it. Betwiner was about to kill the Phoenix with his bow and arrow, but his brother Kalvin was right behind him and he said “What are you doing? We agreed to stick together.” Betwiner was startled and his arrow went into the forest. Kalvin ran quickly back to his brother and told him what Betwiner had done. Charles ran through the forest to find his brother. Betwiner was about to launch his second arrow, but Charles tackled Betwiner. Betwiner pushed Charles and ran away. They never thought they would see Betwiner again.

The two brothers set off again to find the ring. They weren’t use to all this danger, they were use to everything getting done for them. They had no idea were the ring could be, but they would never ever give up. It took them six months to find the ring again. It was in the ocean. Charles was scared of swimming, so Kalvin jumped in and fetched the ring out. They had finally found the ring, but they still have to find there way home and they thought Betwiner was near.

The Ring of Solomon is a magnificent book. It wonBest book of the year five times in a row. People all around the world are waiting for the sequel The Golem’s Eye. The Ring of Solomon is good for any age. People are saying Jonathan Stroud is a genius. He is in the top 50 authors in the world.

3 out of 5 stars

Contributed by N. Thiel

June 6, 2011