CS Lewis
HarperCollins Publishers
Copyright 1994
pages: 208
Reading Level: 10-14
Genre: Fantacy
Summary:
Peter, Susan, Edmund andLucy are all sent to the countryside to escape WWII. On a rainey day they explore the house and Lucy finds a wardrobe that transports them to Narnia. Lucy spends hours in Narnia and returns to find almost no time has passed in our world. Lucy gets in again and Edmund follows her. Edmund meets the White Witch who casts Edmund under her spell. The children are playing one day when they hear Mrs Macready who is showing the house to some visitors. They end up hiding in the wardrobe and enter Narnia. Edmund tries to get his siblings to go the the White Witch's castle, but the Beavers get the three away in time. The White Witch's power over Narnia is fading, Aslan, the true ruler of Narnia, has returned to Narnia. He offers himself in Edmund's place when the White Witch would kill him. Aslan knows the deep magic of Narnia, in which a innocent life cannot be forfeit when offered for another. In the final battle, the White Witch is killed by Aslan and the children become the Kings and Queens of Narnia. They grow up and forget about our world when they stumble upon a lamppost and enter our world out of the wardrobe, only to find their years in Narnia have taken no time in this world.
Recommendations and Conflicts:
This book I would recommend to children of all ages. I do not see conflicts in this book, but some see it as a religious based book.
Reaction:
I enjoyed the world of Narnia, it opens your eyes to who you are and which of the four siblings would you be.
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