brotherband 1 the outcasts john flanagan

Hal’s Brotherband seem like they have no chance, they are the laughingstock of this years’ Brotherband contest. They endure a series of challenges designed to test their mental and physical strength and battle prowess and must figure out how they can band together to beat the other teams. Hal finds himself as the leader of this motley group and must attempt to lead them to victory against the other more physically capable teams.

Boys are grouped into Brotherbands for the training and all the strongest and most popular kids are chosen first, leaving a group of leftover outcasts to form their own Brotherband. The story centres on a group of misfit boys who, as part of their coming of age, must endure three months of tough physical training on land and sea to become warriors. Skandia is a medieval world filled with warriors and pirates, battles and adventures, and a bunch of boys trying to find their place in the world. Martin’s Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire series.The Outcasts is the first book in the Brotherband Series by John Flanagan, author of the highly successful Ranger’s Apprentice Series. White’s The Sword in the Stone, Christopher Paolini’s Eragon series, and George R. Full of seafaring adventures and epic battles, Book 1 of The Brotherband Chronicles is sure to thrill readers of Ranger's Apprentice while enticing a whole new generation just now discovering the books. John Flanagan, author of the international phenomenon Ranger's Apprentice, creates a new cast of characters to populate his world of Skandians and Araluens, a world millions of young readers around the world have come to know and admire. especially when not everyone thinks of it as playing. The icy waters make for a treacherous playing field. And courage – which they will need every ounce of to do battle at sea against the other bands, the Wolves and the Sharks, in the ultimate race. Yet that doesn't mean they don't have skills. Skandians, as any reader of Ranger's Apprentice could tell you, are known for their size and strength. Hal, Stig, and the others – they are the boys the others want no part of. From the author of the global phenomenon Ranger's Apprentice!

Brotherband 1 the outcasts john flanagan