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conversations.value: Give me a description for a book titled Secret Sacrament about Shinali, Gabriel, Navora with the genre: Children's Books, Growing Up & Facts of Life.
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conversations.value: the author's (The Raging Quiet) fantasy creates enough drama to keep readers glued to their seats, despite characters that lack dimension. The citizens of Navora have pushed the native Shinali off their land, but a prophesy foretells a coming change: a Navoran man will help the Shinali reclaim what was theirs, and (after much of Navora has been destroyed) the two civilizations will live in peace. When the empire's powerful advisers recognize the signs that Gabriel, a young healer studying at the prestigious Citadel, may be that presaged Navoran, they will stop at nothing to thwart his destiny. They eventually imprison the entire nation and the young healer in an abandoned fort. the author fills her taut narrative with gripping images, such as the opening chapter in which a seven-year-old Gabriel witnesses the murder of the Shinali chieftain's daughter. Unfortunately, the characters themselves are not beleivable: Jaganath, the corrupt chief adviser to the empress, is too evil, while Gabriel's mentor at the Citadel, Salverion, is too wise and pure. But the plot's twists and turns will keep readers hooked; even though it is clear that Gabriel will fulfill the prophecy, readers will wonder how he will manage and what he will have to sacrifice along the way. Ages 12-up. </P><P>Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.</P>
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conversations.value: Add another sentence about Gabriel's, Shinali, murdered, healing.
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conversations.value: the author's (The Raging Quiet) fantasy creates enough drama to keep readers glued to their seats, despite characters that lack dimension. The citizens of Navora have pushed the native Shinali off their land, but a prophesy foretells a coming change: a Navoran man will help the Shinali reclaim what was theirs, and (after much of Navora has been destroyed) the two civilizations will live in peace. When the empire's powerful advisers recognize the signs that Gabriel, a young healer studying at the prestigious Citadel, may be that presaged Navoran, they will stop at nothing to thwart his destiny. They eventually imprison the entire nation and the young healer in an abandoned fort. the author fills her taut narrative with gripping images, such as the opening chapter in which a seven-year-old Gabriel witnesses the murder of the Shinali chieftain's daughter. Her descriptions are equally vivid when Gabriel's look-alike brother is mistakenly murdered by the advisers, when he first sees and instantly falls in love with a Shinali healer and when he applies his powers of healing to the infirm. Unfortunately, the characters themselves are not beleivable: Jaganath, the corrupt chief adviser to the empress, is too evil, while Gabriel's mentor at the Citadel, Salverion, is too wise and pure. But the plot's twists and turns will keep readers hooked; even though it is clear that Gabriel will fulfill the prophecy, readers will wonder how he will manage and what he will have to sacrifice along the way. Ages 12-up. </P><P>Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc. </P>